MetaFilter posts tagged with taxes and government

Death and Taxes: 2009

Knappster — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:25:10 -0800

"Death and Taxes: 2009" is a representational poster of the federal discretionary budget; the amount of money that is spent at the discretion of your elected representatives in Congress. Basically, your federal income taxes. (prev iou sly)

Stories of where US stimulus checks are going

ThePinkSuperhero — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:35:38 -0800

HowISpentMyStimulus.com In January, Congress approved $152 billion in economic stimulus checks for millions of American households, intended to boost the economy and avert a recession. Just how this money will be spent remains to be seen. We hope this website helps shed some light on where the stimulus money is going.

Death and Taxes 2008

konolia — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:41:37 -0800

The Entire Federal Government in Six Square Feet

public assets and infrastructure go private--and we pay

amberglow — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:49:13 -0800

Roads To Riches (or We've Got a Bridge in Brooklyn to Sell You--Seriously) -- Why investors are clamoring to take over America's highways, bridges, and airports—and why the public should be nervous.--...a slew of Wall Street firms—Goldman, Morgan Stanley, the Carlyle Group, Citigroup, and many others—is piling into infrastructure ... Assets sold now could change hands many times over the next 50 years, with each new buyer feeling increasing pressure to make the deal work financially. It's hardly a stretch to imagine service suffering in such a scenario; already, the record in the U.S. has been spotty. ...

We already have a flat tax?

knave — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:41:39 -0800

US TaxFilter: Your real tax rate: 40%.
"In a study for the National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston University economists Laurence J. Kotlikoff and David Rapson have found that our all-in marginal tax rate is 40%, give or take a bit. Yes, you read that right: 40%." The table at the end is telling.

July 4 might be Independence Day in another way, too

Gyan — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:55:04 -0800

Cost of Government Day - "n. the date of the calendar year, counting from January 1, on which the average American has earned enough in cumulative gross income to pay for his or her share of government spending (total federal, state, and local) plus the cost of regulation."

Death and Taxes

Space Coyote — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:19:34 -0800

Death and Taxes: A Visual Look at Where Your (U.S.) Tax Dollars Go

IRS fraudulent?

woil — Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:37:19 -0800

Rumors abound about the legality of the IRS, and about people who've managed to avoid paying income taxes based on the lack of legality of the IRS itself. Is any of this real, or simply people trying to make a buck selling a book or two? And if the IRS is fraudulent, what can a citizen without massive fundage do to fight it?

The Economy of Policy

the fire you left me — Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:43:33 -0800

No Tax Relief for Married Poor. Because they, presumably, are not American.

The view is nice from the yacht

four panels — Thu, 29 May 2003 06:14:49 -0800

The bait and switch. A last-minute revision by House and Senate leaders in the tax bill that President Bush signed today will prevent millions of minimum-wage families from receiving the increased child credit that is in the measure.

al gore did a little fundraising at a buddhist temple, this guy on the other hand ...

specialk420 — Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:56:32 -0800

many of haliburtons subsidiaries pay no taxes as they are ensconsed in offshore tax havens. the vice president is collecting substantial sums in deferred payments, and sizable government contracts are being awared to this company without competition. should we ask our vice-president to encourage his former employer to pay corporate taxes like the most of the rest of americans and american businesses, considering the hefty sums of money being handed them by the american tax payer?

the_0ne — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 10:01:22 -0800

I'm curious, isn't this exactly opposite of what we're being told? I'm always hearing the wealthy are benefitting somehow from GWB's new tax plan. I'm certainly no-where near the top 5%, and now I don't want to be.

argybarg — Thu, 08 Nov 2001 10:39:47 -0800

"The sky won't fall, it will probably just trickle down." On whom? (Guess who.) Out here in Washington State voters just approved another in a series of initiatives that, collectively, choke off the state government's primary funding sources. What else are the results of the initiative process around the country? And are The People responsible enough to be trusted with it?

jhiggy — Wed, 25 Jul 2001 07:01:28 -0800

The We-Did-It-Our-Way Tax Relief Anti-Massacre Page one guy describes how he spent the tax rebate check, and invites you to tell him how you did. (the title's a bit of a nod to Alice's Restaurant, fyi)