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A Solidly Republican House Crashes Down on Grover Norquist

January 3, 2013 By steven-j-gulitti

At this point all I can do is laugh when I think about how some of my friends on the far right were naive as to think that sensible Republicans in Congress had failed to heed the message of the 2012 election and the current political … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-elections, barack-obama, Charles Krauthammer, Deficit Talks, Eric Cantor, Fiscal Cliff, grover-norquist, john-boehner, mitch-mcconnell, Patrick J. Toomey, Paul Ryan, tax-policy, tea-party-movement, tom-coburn

The Growing Revolt Against Grover Norquist

December 1, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti

Two weeks ago I penned a short piece titled “Grover Norquist Collateral Casualty of 2012?” where I broached the question of whether or not Norquist would become a casualty as a result of the coming fiscal cliff negotiations and where I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Anti-Government Ideas, barack-obama, Bob Corker, Conservative Ideas, Diane White, Entitlement Spending, Eric Cantor, Federal Deficit, Grand Bargain, grover-norquist, House Republicans, Jeff Flake, john-boehner, john-mccain, koch-brothers, Lamar Alexander, lindsey-graham, Peter King, republican-party, Saxby Chambliss, senate-republicans, sheldon-adelson, tax-policy, tea-party, Tom Cole, tom-coburn

Grover Norquist Collateral Casualty of 2012?

November 12, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti

In light of the election post mortems taking place among conservatives, perhaps no one is more delusional, with the exception of Karl Rove, than Grover Norquist. Norquist, a high priest of limited government, is having nothing to do with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-election, barack-obama, congressional-republicans, Fiscal Cliff, grover-norquist, john-boehner, tax-policy, Taxpayer Protection Pledge, tea-party

The Tea Party, Taxes and Spending Cuts‏

May 23, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti

A key goal of the Tea Party movement is the reduction of the national debt and thus the size of government via spending cuts. However, it is highly unlikely that the federal deficit can be reduced through spending cuts alone. That said if … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: alan-simpson, Alice Rivlin, American Politics, barack-obama, Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt Reduction Task Force, David Wessel, david-stockman, Deficit Reduction Panels, Erskine Bowles, Gang of Six, government-spending, grover-norquist, john-boehner, Martin Feldstein, medicaid, medicare, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility, Pete Domenici, Saxby Chambliss, Scope of Government, social-security, tax-foundation, tax-policy, Tea Party Caucus, tea-party-movement, tom-coburn

BHI: State tax revenues to increase by 9.8% in FY 2011 and by 4.4% in FY 2012

December 14, 2010 By bhi

(BOSTON - Dec. 14, 2010) -   The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University (BHI) estimates that Massachusetts state tax revenues will come in at $20.363 billion for Fiscal Year 2011, a growth of 9.8% over FY 2010.  Revenues will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: income-taxes, revenue-estimates, tax-policy, tax-revenue

Tax Cuts and Their Efficacy: A Postscript

September 20, 2010 By steven-j-gulitti

In two previous articles, "Maintain Tax Cuts for the Rich? Americans Don't Seem to Buy the Conservative Argument" and the "Efficacy of Tax Cuts Is now Questioned" I laid out two basic premises. One was that a majority of the American people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2010-elections, barack-obama, cbo, david-frum, joint-committee-on-taxation, mitch-mcconnell, republican-party, tax-cuts, tax-policy, tax-policy-center

Maintain Tax Cuts for the Rich? American’s Don’t Seem to Buy The Conservative Argument

September 10, 2010 By steven-j-gulitti

We constantly hear the monotonous refrain from the right that now is not the time to raise taxes, even for the richest Americans, citing that this will somehow threaten the weak and halting recovery. Yet a composite number of 59% of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: alan-greenspan, barack-obama, bill-clinton, david-stockman, john-boehner, mitch-mcconnell, tax-policy

Could Adjusting Loopholes be Part of a Balanced Approach to Support Our State?

October 19, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway

Peter Enrich, Law Professor at Northeastern University and former general counsel to the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance has been testifying before the Revenue sub-committee on Tax Expenditures, and for this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, state-revenue, tax-policy, taxes

Nothing but the facts and very little good news from the Mass Budget and Policy Center

February 7, 2009 By judy-meredith

The proposal would reduce unrestricted local aid by 28.5 percent. The Governor, however, proposes increases in the meals and hotels taxes that could produce $150 million in new revenue and reduce the local aid cuts to 16.7 percent. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-cuts, budget-deficit, tax-policy

Talking about the government we want and how we pay for it.

February 4, 2009 By judy-meredith

Connecting the Dots Revenue decisions made over the past 20 years have left a structural deficit so large that our public structures -- from education to social services -- are crumbling. 9C cuts in FY 09 and threatened cuts in the FY 10 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-policy, revenues, tax-policy

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