Category Archives: taxes

Message to the rich…

Leave now while you still can. Bill Whittle suggests the “Rush Limbaugh getting out of New York” on a much grander scale. Well, I read this article in the Washington Post, and I thought: there you have it. The top … Continue reading

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Colorado Tea Parties

Get your list of Nationwide Tea Parties scheduled for April 15th here (click on “Tea Party Schedule”. Below is info on the Denver (Facebook registration required) and Ft. Collins Tea Parties. Not surprisingly Boulder doesn’t have one scheduled. Probably because … Continue reading

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Cigarette/tobacco tax

The Daily Camera has a short write-up on the recently implemented tobacco tax. My comments are… I sure hope the recipients of all these tax dollars don’t count their chickens before they hatch. And for the rest of us, as … Continue reading

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Play nice!

The IRS wouldn’t retaliate against an attorney who complained about an agent would they?

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More taxes the answer?

Even Mayor Bloomberg of NYC warns against blindly raising taxes… But late last week Mayor Bloomberg was channelling these columns when he said that raising taxes on high earners could drive them from the city. “One percent of the households … Continue reading

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Tax simplification

Don’t these continuing tax problems call for tax simplification? I’m not so naive as to believe this is only a Democratic problem, although I am naive enough to believe it’s more of a Democratic issue then a Republican one. Still, … Continue reading

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Under penalty of perjury

The 1040 tax form that all these yahoo’s sign, do they actually read what they are signing? Glenn’s comment is “spot on”… Really, I’m starting to wonder if anybody in this crew is paying all their taxes. In case you … Continue reading

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Eliminating MA state income tax

What an interesting concept, eliminating the Massachusetts state income tax… Supporters of Question 1, a measure that would eliminate the state’s 5.3 percent income tax, denounced government spending as wasteful and excessive and said workers deserve to keep more of … Continue reading

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Gotta love the IRS

The IRS has acknowledged that Jamey and Lora Costner of Newport are victims of identity theft and Congress has called on them to testify. But does that mean the IRS will take a step back and be reasonable? Do pigs … Continue reading

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New York Times and corporate taxes

Power Line reports on the NYT’s vast ignorance regarding the basics involved in the simplest of corporate income tax calculations. In theory, a company pays 35% of its net income to the feds, not its gross receipts. That reporters and … Continue reading

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What’s a “Fair Share” of taxes anyway?

Published in yesterdays Wall Street Journal, referencing 2006 IRS data: The article goes on to say… Well, the latest IRS data have arrived on who paid what share of income taxes in 2006, and it’s going to be hard for … Continue reading

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Top 1% earners pay > 40% taxes

Darren comments on soaking the rich. Are you a socialist in Darren’s eye?

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Lieberman-Warner fiasco

If you still belive that “America’s Climate Security Act”, better known as the Lieberman-Warner fiasco, that has been exponentially complicated by California Senator Barbara Boxer, is good for America read the latest Power Line posting on the issue.

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City Council decides ballot measures

The Colorado Daily reports on possible November ballot initiatives that the Boulder City Council will discuss tonight. Mostly it’s about having enough money to keep Camelot running. There could be two sales tax extensions, a “de-Brucing” measure on property taxes … Continue reading

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Dire financial shape coming to Boulder

The Boulder City Council is prepared to put three tax continuation/increases on the ballot this November. It would be nice to hear one word about belt tightening, eh? Council members generally agreed at the evening study session that the city … Continue reading

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‘Freebie tax’ continues

Boulder City Council decided to continue the freebie tax last night . I’d call this the “death of common sense” but that happened a long time ago in this distinctively liberal bastion. No doubt, it’s all about the money… Councilman … Continue reading

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Educational Challenges

Newmark’s Door extracts the critical quote from the NY Times article on the challenges of education in New Orleans… “Most of the kids come from broken homes,” he said. “Their parents are dead, in jail or on drugs. You can … Continue reading

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