Tag: marginal tax rate

Bipartisan support for tax cuts for everyone.

December 5, 2010

I’ve long believed there was a fundamental misunderstanding of how our tax system works that has lead to groundless support for extending the Bush tax cuts to incomes over $250,000.  I partially addressed the topic in a previous posting, The arithmetic of taxing the “rich”.  What I did not address was how the message was being … More Bipartisan support for tax cuts for everyone.

Top fractiles income share and the “good old days”

November 21, 2010

I hear some people pining for “the good old days” and how good things used to be.  Many times it seems like those same voices are also quick to fault the “socialist” programs of the Obama administration as the reason we are not enjoying the same prosperity as we did “back in the day”.  If … More Top fractiles income share and the “good old days”