tax issues

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Texas House wants to use federal COVID relief funds to send out $525 checks — but only to homeowners

Amazon is setting up a relief fund for the company and its workers. The company has donated so far, $25 million. They are asking for the public to donate money. The company's CEO, Jeff Bezos, is worth $135 billion dollars. Anyone see a problem here...

Jeff Bezos is personally worth $150 Billion bucks. This writer contends that that illustrates failures of tax and social policy. Discuss. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/08/the-problem-with-bezos-billions/566552/

Probably wrong section, but Australia and New Zealand are losing access to most of Amazon due to tax changes. I buy all books on Kindle now, will this be possible by some remote server idea?

Trump's tax plan, despited claims of his minions, would be mostly a gift to the richest, including himself. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/us/politics/trump-tax-cut-plan-middle-class-deficit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/opinion/a-boondoggle-masquerading-as-tax-reform.html...

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/17/first-bicycle-tax-nation-deflates-oregon-riders/ "Democratic Gov. Kate Brown is expected to sign the sweeping $5.3 billion transportation package, which includes a $15 excise tax on the sale of bicycles costing more than $200 with a wheel diameter...

It's clear in the coming years if we are not there already that increased automation will destroy more jobs and opportunities than it creates leading to more unemployment and making permanent the socioeconomic strata. Some ideas to deal with these problems include taxing robots and universal...

This could alternatively be in Non-US Politics or Economics, Business and Finance - Mods feel free to move as required. There is a suspicion that the super rich (both individuals and companies) manage to get away with a lot when it comes to taxation. This is vehemently denied by the tax...

And he wants a tax cut Awesome http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html

You didn't build that, take two: 1nbFYP3xB6k I'm gob-smacked. How does she think jobs are created? By the government?

The Most Interesting Climate Policy Debate You Haven't Heard Of http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/385336/most-interesting-climate-policy-debate-you-haven-t-heard It is very interesting that, at the least, when conservatives discuss among themselves, such issues, they seem to be able to...

Social Security stops trying to collect on old debts by seizing tax refunds Is the IRS out of control? What agency in its right mind would even dream it had the authority to assess to one person the debts owed by another, let alone act as if it did? And even if the person who they went after...

Apple avoids taxes with ‘complex web’ of offshore entities, Senate inquiry finds I'm pretty sure it's not just Apple that is guilty of this, but this story is about Apple in particular, which is one of the largest, most valuable, and most profitable companies in the world, so I think it...

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2012/Pres/Maps/Oct18.html#item-2 I'm sure he can put on his magic underwear and use magic to make it all work out...

If I had to put my own money on the line right now, I would say that Mitt Romney will win the election. Not that I want that to be the case, but that is the grim reality that I believe we are now facing. So given that Romney has promised to add 7 trillion in new spending and pay for it by...

Should Corporate Profits be Banned? Peter Schiff poses the question to Dem Delegates and gets the incredible answer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07fTsF5BiSM&feature=share

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/top-conservative-says-read-lips-don-t-sign-101721355.html We've reached the point where it is newsworthy when a top Republican says that if a tax deduction is eliminated then some or all of the additional revenue should be used to pay down...

I actually listened to Rush Limbaugh today (yes, I will be okay). He's spent some time criticizing Warren Buffett and how he supports the need to raise taxes. Yes, Rush spent some time on this issue discussing how Mr. Buffett has let the "liberals" get to him, raising taxes would be bad for this...

http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/12/news/economy/newt_gingrich_taxes/index.htm Tax Policy Center calls his plan "mind boggling". It would cut revenues by $1.3 trillion (in just the year 2015)! That's about the amount of deficit reduction over a 10 year period that the Super Committee couldn't...

http://www.freep.com/article/20111209/NEWS15/112090361/Payroll-tax-cut-plans-fail-in-Senate-House-GOP-ready-for-fight I guess they don't want an economic recovery if it benefits a Democratic President.

Ramesh Ponnuru is a conservative commentator who writes for National Review. (BTW, the National Review editorial, Bold, Brash, and Wrong, on Cain's plan is equally critical.) Here's Ramesh's column: Bad Math Hurts Herman Cain’s Good Tax Intentions: Ramesh Ponnuru A couple highlights: Here's...

Latest poll, today, Zogby. http://img.ibtimes.com/www/articles/20111007/227265_herman-cain-leads-mitt-romney-zogby-poll-republican-presidential-race.htm "Herman Cain holds an astounding 20-point lead over Mitt Romney in a poll of Republican primary voters released Thursday," "The Zogby Poll...

Is inheritance tax a fair tax (The fairest of them all?) and is there anyone here who thinks the state should take 100%? Just venturing my head into what I imagine should become a lively (and hopefully respectful) debate, and stating my belief that in the same way someone on benefits should not...

So, should I be lucky and any one respond, here's the thing, it strikes me that the two sides aren't even having the same public discussion. There is mostly rhetoric, attack and focus on a narrowly defined set of assumptions and variables. The purpose of which is largely political and not an...

Just a simple and obvious fact. That doesn't mean too much taxes are good, but sometimes you just have to pay your way was a society. The alternative is much worse than just putting in for your share of a civil society.

Antitax Extremism in Minnesota There will no doubt be those here who will identify the source and thus dismiss this out of hand. But I think it is spot on. I am hopeful, however, that the tide of public opinion is turning, and people are not going to stand by the stubborn refusal to raise any...

I just listend the GOP prez candidate Pawlenty's economic speech today and wow it sounds alot like something I came up with on the internet several times. I might even have posted it here. Here goes: On the individual rates we need a simpler — fairer — and flatter tax system overall. I propose...

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/cigarette.tax.hike.2.1762962.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8321967.stm Interesting.