MetaFilter posts tagged with Taxes and UnitedStates

Red state in the red?

dubold — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:10:33 -0800

Where Federal taxes are raised and spent. "Some American states receive more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes; others receive less. Over twenty years these fiscal transfers can add up to a sizeable sum." A graph of the United States, color-coded to indicate surplus or deficit.

Who is J.C. Owsley? and why did he pay a 69% tax rate back in 1941?

yeoz — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:10:14 -0800

Think your taxes are high now? A list of the top ten salaries in the US in 1941, and the taxes they paid (spoiler: 65-73% tax rate! but, still doesn't include total compensation, though, which makes it a little sketchy). Interestingly, the NYTimes couldn't figure out two of the names, C.S. Woolman (who is probably C.E. Woolman, one of the founders of delta airlines) and another mysterious name, J.C. Owsley, that seems to be unidentifiable...

The Gentle Art of Poverty

goodnewsfortheinsane — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:19:29 -0800

A former magazine writer in his late fifties moves to San Diego and lives on very little money indeed. In the October 1977 issue of The Atlantic, he describes the stratagems behind his thriftiness. [via Give Me Something To Read] Present-day introduction by Joshua Green, who recalls the article in response to Todd Henderson's tax protest discussed here previously. As this is archive copy, it seems that formatting errors have mangled some sentences. Still, I found it reasonably easy to read.

A flood of red ink

y2karl — Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:49:40 -0800

A flood of red ink This time the turnaround will be much tougher. There will be no “peace dividend” from the end of the cold war (indeed, the pressure on military spending may continue to increase). America is unlikely to see another stockmarket bubble, with its surge in tax revenues. As baby-boomers retire, the pressure from entitlement spending will be more acute. Set against this background, the path back to a sustainable fiscal policy will be extremely painful, even without any dramatic fiscal crisis. Long after Dubya is back on his ranch, Americans will be trying to recover from the mess he created.