Governments in both states have wooed Kansas City–area businesses with tax breaks to relocate across state lines. Now they’re partnering to stop the giveaways.
tax policy
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Taxing Remittances? How About Taxing the Rich When They Send Their Money Abroad?
The Trump hath tweeted, and proclaimed that he wants to subject Guatemalan imports to tariffs, and to subject the remittances that Guatemalan immigrants in the United States send back to their families in Guatemala to a tax. What, you may ask, has the little Central American nation done to deserve such treatment? Simple: Its Supreme […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Can Vacancy Taxes Bring Down Housing Prices?
Some California cities may be willing to try them.
Posted inEconomic Policy
What’s Not to Like About the EITC? Plenty, It Turns Out.
The Earned Income Tax Credit subsidizes low-wage employers and increases low-wage work.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How to Replace the Trump Tax Cuts Is the Story of 2020
Democrats need to be specific about repealing the Trump tax cuts.Â
Posted inEconomic Policy
Tax Reform: Target the Whales, Not the Minnows
Small complex loopholes get too much attention from reformers; it’s time for Democrats to pursue structural tax reform.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Forcing Corporations to Pay At Least Some Tax
Warren’s creative breakthrough against corporate scofflaws
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Democrats Have Broken the Taboo about Raising Taxes, and That’s a Good Thing
But the eventual political choices will be complicated.Â
Posted inEconomic Policy
What Taxing the Rich Could Yield
America’s 15 wealthiest families are worth a combined $618 billion. That’s not good for our economy—or our democracy.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Rough Roads Ahead if California Voters Repeal Their Gas Tax
Beyond jeopardizing road repairs and mass transit, Prop. 6 would strike at the very nature of governance itself in the Golden State.
