Monday, April 13, 2009

tax day

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As President Obama moves to make significant changes in the Federal budget, we're forever hearing that the rich pay too much, that their taxes should be cut (and cut...and cut...and cut), but the opposite is true. There are some surprises here. See especially Lakoff's article:

"Progressive Taxation: Some Hidden Truths." By George Lakoff, Bruce Budner
http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/research/lakoff/progressive-taxation-some-hidden-truths

"Gilded Age Taxation." By Robert L. Borosage, Eric Lotke and Hillary Hampton. Institute for America's Future. April 13, 2009.
http://assets.ourfuture.org/documents/eco-20090410-gilded-taxation.pdf

"Is 'Tax Day' Too Burdensome for the Rich?: The U.S. Tax System Is Not as Progressive as You Think"
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=z%2FhsrYZ6mJ6AMIC1NyX%2FKJJKeHGRI%2B0D

"Answers to Your Tax Day Questions"
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oXpaiwWlzynaBXenxDyKTpJKeHGRI%2B0D

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