Lucille
11-10-2008, 04:09 PM
Is Obama Planning a Surprise Tax Hike? (http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2008/11/10/is-obama-planning-a-surprise-tax-hike.html)
I have been arguing that Barack Obama's tax hike plan represents a floor, not a ceiling. (And even that floor seems to fluctuate.) I recall that some House Democrats, like Charlie Rangel, were pushing a for a "millionaire" surtax during the last Congress.
Now this: My guy Dan Clifton, superanalyst at Strategas Research, has noticed that Speaker Pelosi is pushing for a permanent refundable tax credit on payroll taxes paid. Clifton thinks that tax credit could be paid for by a five percent surtax on higher income taxpayers. "While this achieves the same goal of raising the top tax rate, to achieve the permanent middle class tax cut, the 5 pct. surtax will fall on top of the higher income tax rates after the Bush tax cuts expire (39.6% + 5%)."
So we could end up with a top rate of 45 percent, higher than the top rate during the Clinton years. And up it goes.
Awesome. This will go great with never-ending corporate bailouts, increased spending both here and abroad, and an ever-increasing inflation tax.
Our economy will recover in no time! /sarc
Hope! Change! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m23piTFsY40)
I have been arguing that Barack Obama's tax hike plan represents a floor, not a ceiling. (And even that floor seems to fluctuate.) I recall that some House Democrats, like Charlie Rangel, were pushing a for a "millionaire" surtax during the last Congress.
Now this: My guy Dan Clifton, superanalyst at Strategas Research, has noticed that Speaker Pelosi is pushing for a permanent refundable tax credit on payroll taxes paid. Clifton thinks that tax credit could be paid for by a five percent surtax on higher income taxpayers. "While this achieves the same goal of raising the top tax rate, to achieve the permanent middle class tax cut, the 5 pct. surtax will fall on top of the higher income tax rates after the Bush tax cuts expire (39.6% + 5%)."
So we could end up with a top rate of 45 percent, higher than the top rate during the Clinton years. And up it goes.
Awesome. This will go great with never-ending corporate bailouts, increased spending both here and abroad, and an ever-increasing inflation tax.
Our economy will recover in no time! /sarc
Hope! Change! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m23piTFsY40)