Buffett Needs to Write a Check
David explains the difference between marginal and effective tax rates and why the Buffett Rule doesn’t really mean anything.
Read More...Obama’s Taxing Efforts to Turn Around the Economy
David walks you through the tax portion of President Obama’s American Jobs Act and evaluates how successful (or unsuccessful) these specific ideas might be.
Read More...American Jobs(?) Act
-David looks at the potential tax consequences of the American Jobs Act and why he doesn’t think the bill will live up to its name.
Read More...American Jobs Act Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Jobs
David gives his take on why extending the payroll tax rate cuts of last year isn’t likely to create more jobs. He also discusses how to encourage businesses to expand and hire.
Read More...Fix the Tax Code!
-David makes the case for not extending the payroll tax cuts, but rather fixing the tax code.
Read More...When Is a Tax Cut Not a Tax Cut?
David explains why the payroll tax is not really a tax at all, and why the temporary cut given by President Obama didn’t work anyway.
Read More...“New” Tax Bill Not So New After All
The new tax bill leaves most current tax policy in place for two years and does nothing to streamline or simplify the ridiculously complicated tax code.
Read More...The True Meaning of Labor Day
David explains the true meaning of Labor Day and explores why Americans work (the reasons may surprise you).
Read More...The Payroll (FICA) Tax: Origins and Legacy
David wonders what happened to all the payroll tax revenue collected since FICA’s inception in 1937.
Read More...Payroll Tax and the True Meaning of Labor Day
David discusses the origin and true meaning of Labor Day celebrations and muses about what has become of all the FICA tax collected since 1937.
Read More...Polls
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