1. Despite fiscal-cliff deal, Americans to pay more

    blood_turnip

    ... research group, estimates that 77 percent of American households will face higher federal taxes ... -income families will feel the biggest tax increases, but many middle- and low-income families will pay higher taxes too. ... (Associated Press) While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99

  2. 77% face higher taxes despite debt deal

    Barack Obama, Joe Biden

    ... Washington research group, estimates that 77 percent of American households will face higher federal taxes ... - income families will feel the biggest tax increases, but many middle- and low- income families will pay higher taxes too. ... WASHINGTON (AP) - While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent

  3. Poor are not poor because rich are rich

    ... the complex reality behind the fact that "median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black ... ; there are an equal number of households with higher and an equal number with lower wealth. "Average ... white household wealth is 20 times higher than median black household wealth, average white household

  4. More working familiesphased out of tax breaks

    ... 20 tax benefits, such as the child tax credit, phase out at higher income levels. Complaints ... -outs of deductions that could offset those higher rates. In effect, families are losing tax ... such as the higher $600-per-child tax credit that went into effect last year as part of President

  5. Amnesty harms blacks

    ... , that is most damning. It is the 10-ton pink elephant in the middle of the room that no one is willing ... in to the convoluted desire of President Bush and passes an immigration bill that allows for amnesty ... points out the following: "Our research shows that low-skill immigrants' households, on average

  6. Death, wealth and taxes

    ... contribution to total federal tax revenues of $2 trillion -- about 1.5 percent or $30 billion ... death tax repeal, and 20 percent more somewhat favor repeal. In favor of keeping the death tax ... reached a higher decile 10 years later. An amazing 23 percent rose four or more deciles, with 1.5 percent

  7. If Rubio's amnesty is so great, why is he lying?

    ... tax system. By "paying taxes," Rubio means "filing a tax return and getting a payment back from ... Rubio was the Mount Vesuvius of lies about his immigration bill. Here is how Rubio explained ... the powerful border-enforcing mechanism in his bill on "Fox News Sunday," which he denied was merely

  8. Reagan revolution redux?

    ... . Also, individual and corporate income tax receipts are up 30 percent in the two years since the tax ... and on capital gains from 20 percent to 15 percent. Moore says the sharp cuts in the double tax ... Bush's tax cuts, according to a new Congressional Budget Office report. The theory by economist

  9. French court rejects 75% millionaires' tax

    Francois_Hollande

    ... (Yahoo!Sports) France's Constitutional Council on Saturday rejected a 75 percent upper income tax ... rate to be introduced in 2013 in a setback to Socialist President Francois Hollande's push to make ... tax on annual income above 1 million euros ($1.32 million) - a flagship measure of Hollande's

  10. Phony divide between fiscal, social issues

    ... born to women under 30) were illegitimate, growing up without their own fathers. It is obvious ... Murray laid this all out more than 20 years ago. He said, "Illegitimacy is the single most ... Foundation reports that more than 70 types of federal means-tested handouts, in cash or benefits

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