Posts Tagged: tax

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7
Feb 10

A word on the hand beats two on the teleprompter

The right loves to mock Obama’s use of the teleprompter – including Sarah Palin.  It appears the Quitta from Wasilla cheated during her Tea Bag speech last night by writing the answers – such as “tax” – on her hand.  Via HuffPo:

UPDATE: (Huffpost Exclusive)

Closer inspection of a photo of Sarah Palin, during a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, reveals several notes written on her left hand. The words “Energy”, “Tax” and “Lift American Spirits” are clearly visible.

Twitter reports, you decide.  Read more...

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14
Oct 09

Damned if you do, Damned if you don’t.

Political Calculations,  has seemingly been listing to port this last year if  their blogroll is any indication, seems to be aligned with some of the wackier denizens of the far-right.  That said, I still read them for their occasional non-partisan metric analysis and tools.

Today finds this one – a tool for determining the implicit income tax rate for benefit phaseout (emphasis mine):

You see, the government has two ways of really sticking it to people with taxes depending upon their income level: tax rates and the phaseout of benefits with a rising level of income.  Read more...

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8
Oct 09

8% Sales Tax in Philadelphia Starts Today!

The sales tax increase may be an ideological cause for concern, but it certainly isn’t a rational one. 

People talk about going to the outside counties (ie. Bucks, Chester, etc., at a 6% sales tax) or going to Delaware (for a 0% sales tax).  I would only do this for big purchases (note cars are taxes where they are registered, not purchased), and I would likely do that regardless of the Philadelphia sales tax anyway.   Read more...

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