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Far-reaching reform of the tax system and a much tougher approach to Government spending than the Budget foreshadowed will be necessary if New Zealand is to narrow the income gap with Australia and other developed countries,...
By PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press Writer PHOENIX (AP) - More spending cuts and borrowing could be under consideration, as well as Gov. Jan Brewer's desire for a temporary sales tax increase and still-developing economic...
Andrew Stern is a close friend of President Barack Obama. That's hardly a revelation. His organization, the Service Employees International Union, spent more than $60 million to get him elected. And President Obama has made...
clipped by: merrie clipper's remarks: Ryan Ellis, tax policy director at Americans for Tax Reform, said the new marriage penalty comes on top of an existing one that's always been part of the payroll tax, which funds Social...
I would mention Obama’s promise he made about not raising anyone’s taxes if they make under $250,000 a year, but he broke that one months ago when he signed the SCHIP tax into law. Also, one of the few health care services to...
From Americans for Tax Reform , A word search of Sen. Harry Reid’s 2,074-page Senate healthcare bill (H.R. 3590) reveals that the term “tax” is used 183 times, “taxable” is used 164 times, and “excise tax” is used 8 times....
Updated Friday, November 20, 2009 ; 01:52 PM The Tax Modernization Project met Nov. 20 in Charleston. The above were only three of many proposed tax reforms thrown out at the first meeting of the reconstituted state Tax...
MARK DAVIS November 21, 2009 NUDGE, nudge; wink, wink; say no more. CSIRO scientists have urged the Treasury Secretary, Ken Henry, to use the insights of ''nudge theory'' - the idea that governments should (gently) push...
Unprecedented levels of government debt may require radical solutions STUDENTS at National Defence University in Washington, DC, were recently given a model of the economy and told to fix the budget. To get the federal debt...
POSTED: 8:27 am EST November 19, 2009 LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky’s Democratic governor and Republican Senate president have offered their views for helping make up the $1 billion projected budget deficit during the next two...
