January to March 2012
In The News and the 2-4-8 Response
March 2012
Code Penalizes Success - Small business owner argues in favor of
consumption tax - Fair Tax
Washington Post, March 30, 2012, “The tax code
is too complex and penalizes successâ€, by Brian Stein.
Tax Reform is
Hard - popular tax expenditures make it difficult to reform the tax
code
Slate, March 26, 2012, “Tax Reform is Really Hard†by Matthew Yglesias.
Tax More Work
Less? -
the rich pursue
tax avoidance strategies rather than altering their economic behavior
Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2012, “Do the Rich
Work Less as Their Taxes Increase?†by Robert Frank.
Two Page Tax Code
- the US tax code is so corrupt that any symplified reform would be
better
CNN World, March 24, 2012, "Zakaria: America needs a
2 page tax code" by Fareed Zakaria.
God
Taxes Wealth - Jewish and Christian lessons about taxation in
bliblical times
Huffington Post, March 8, 2012, “Memo to
Presidential Candidates: Redistribution of Wealth Is a Divine Commandmentâ€
by William O’Brien and "Purim and Taxes: Paying Civilization's Price" by Ari
Hart.
Reform Will Happen - After
the November elections the entire tax code will be in play
Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2012, “Tangled Tax Code Primed for Pruning†by
John D. McKinnon.
February 2012
Not
Social Security
US News, Feb. 29, 2012, “Obama, Romney, Santorum, and
Gingrich Fall Short on Tax 'Reform'†by Anthony Davies.
Buffet on Wealth
Tax
CNBC, Feb. 27, 2012, Warren Buffet would accept a tax on a person's total
wealth: “… I’d Buy Up Millions of Single-Family Homes If I Could†by Alex
Crippen.
Reform Inevitable?
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 27, 2012, “Former Obama aide Lawrence Summers says
tax reform is inevitable†by Jim Puzzanghera.
Efficient, Simple and Fair
Financial Times, Feb. 26, 2012, Editorial: “The tax debate America needsâ€
Fair Share Myth
The Daily Caller, Feb. 24, 2012, “The ‘Fair Share’ Myth†by Joseph F. Petros
III.
Obama Corporate Tax
NY Post, Feb. 24, 2012, “Reform Poison, O’s corporate-tax plan: Just the
same old tricks†by Charles Gasparino.
Romney Tax Reform
Wall Street Journal, Feb. 23, 2012, “A Tax Reform to Restore America’s
Prosperty†by Mitt Romney.
Tax Code Principles
New York Times, Business Day, Feb. 21, 2012, “Tax Code Not Aligned with
Basic Principles†by Bruce Bartlett.
Ryan Tax Reform
US News, Feb. 16, 2012, “No Turbo Tax for House Budget
Chairman Paul Ryan†by Lauren Fox
Retirement
Plans
Advisor One, Feb. 16, 2012, “No Tax Reform Without Incentives for Retirement
Savings†by Melanie Waddell.
Capital-Gains
Bloomberg, Feb. 16, 2012, “Two
Tricks to Raising Capital-Gains Taxes Fairly by Ray Madoff.
Manufacturing
Politico, Feb. 15, 2012, “Obama, in Wisconsin, talks tax reform†by Donovan
Slack.
Social Security
The Washington Post, February 15, 2012, “Obama’s budget
guts the governmentâ€, by Robert J. Samuelson.
Big Tax Lies
The American Prospect, Feb. 14, 2012, “Three Big Tax Liesâ€, by David Cay
Johnston.
Wealth Gap
Mother Jones, Feb. 13, 2012, “It's the Wealth Gap, Stupid, Why the
truly alarming economic trend is not income inequalityâ€, by Reid Cramer.
Progressive
Tax Theory
Forbes, Feb. 13, 2012, "Progressive
Income Tax Theory: How Much More Can The Rich Be Taxed?" by Matthew
Campione.
New Flatter Tax Plan
Governing, Feb. 9, 2012, "Could a Flatter Federal
Tax Plan Actually Work?" by Giraid Miller.
Wealth Tax for Facebook
Reuters, Feb. 8, 2012, “Mark Zuckerberg and the case
for a wealth tax“ by Felix Salmon.
Purple Tax Plan
[Parody]
The Huffington Post, Feb. 7, 2012, "The Purple Tax
Plan", by Professor by Lawrence J. Kotlikoff.
Tax Reform
Not Likely
FoxNews.com, Feb. 6, 2012, "Tax reform in this
election year: It's not likely",
By Tom Raum.
Corporate
Tax Charade
The Kansas City Star, Feb. 4, 2012, “Commentary:
Obama's corporate tax charadeâ€, by E. Thomas McClanahan.
Tax Justice
Verdict Justia.com, Feb. 3, 2012, "The Buffett Rule ... an Important
Step in the Right Direction", by
Neil H. Buchanan.
Class Warfare
The Washington Post, Feb. 2, 2012, "Warren Buffett’s ‘nuclear bomb’", by
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite.
January 2012
Tax
Reform always Fails
The Washington Post, Jan. 31, 2012, "Major
tax reform: Why it always fails", by
Robert J. Samuelson.
Low-Rate Flat Tax
Wall Street Journal, Jan. 31, 2012, "Why Gingrich's Tax Plan
Beats Romney's",
by Arthur Laffer
Wealth and Tax
Reform
Bangor Maine Daily News: Jan. 26, 2012 Editorial:
“Wealth must be tied
to tax debateâ€.
Wealth
Incentives
Forbes: Jan. 23, 2012 Dean Zarras discusses why Romney and Buffet need
tax rewards for wealth creation.
Debunk - Constitution - Retirement
TownHall: Jan. 17, 2012 Daniel J. Mitchell tries to "debunk" any
conservative case for taxing wealth.
Timid on Tax Reform
Kudlow: Jan. 12, 2012 Mitt should start exciting the country on tax
reform; 2-4-8 Objections to the "Fair Tax".
Private Business Valuation.
Wall Street Journal, Jan. 11, 2012: The Wealth Report by Robert Frank
questions valuation process for private business.
Conservative Case
Wall Street Journal, Jan. 9, 2012: Stanford Professor suggests 3% Net
Wealth Tax as "Conservative" tax solution.
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