the Bear at The Absurd Report on Apr 15 2009 | Filed under: Quote of the Day, Tax, tax payer revolt
Your income taxes are normally due on April 15th unless that date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, in which case they are due on Monday the 16th or 17th.
However, under the new administration’s policies and for the next 4 years, taxes will not be due until you are nominated to a cabinet position. -
Anonymous
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Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Sep 08 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Feature Article, Tax
Wow! Unless I’m very confused, beneath all the O-babble here, Obama is conceding that low taxes benefit the economy:
Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush’s tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase would further hurt the economy.
Nevertheless, [...]
Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Jul 24 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Liberalism Watch, Politicians at Work, Tax
Taxes Fine for You Lowly Peasants, Democrats Avoid Tax Pain At The Pump, Dem Mayor Lies About Republicans
Earlier this year John McCain called for a gas tax holiday during the Summer in order to ease the burden of the cost of gasoline. Hillary Clinton agreed with the idea but Barack Obama and many other Democrats [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Jul 13 2008 | Filed under: Tax
Democrats have one attitude towards taxes: raise ‘em. The higher they are, they think, the more money that government will have to redistribute to those the Democrats deem worth. They never seem to grasp that low, stable taxes are infinitely more beneficial to the economy, in both boom times and bust.
Obama, of course, is foremost [...]
Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Apr 15 2008 | Filed under: Feature Article, Tax
New York Times Op-Ed contributor Richard Conniff wrote a piece where he calls for us to abolish all taxes; his method for accomplishing this is to change the word “taxes” to “dues”. Conniff writes that this would take a page from the conservative play book where words are changed to reframe the debate. He cites [...]
Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Mar 29 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Tax
‘Taxman’ was when I first realised that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes. It was and still is typical. - George Harrison
The Beatles (a famous musical group for those of you too young) had a song about the Taxman. When George Harrison wrote that [...]
Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Nov 19 2007 | Filed under: Tax
The legislature of Maryland wrapped up the Special Session called by Governor O’Malley and the result is going to be very painful to Maryland residents. For the past three weeks the legislature has been mulling over how to screw the citizens of this state out of their hard earned money and they finally succeeded at [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Nov 01 2007 | Filed under: Tax
Each of the front-running Democratic candidates has promised to raise taxes, to remedy the “disastrous” tax cuts that President Bush put into place. What I’ve somehow missed from them, though, is any explanation about why the tax cuts are so disastrous. I’m not saying the Dems don’t have an explanation. I’m just [...]
Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Oct 31 2007 | Filed under: Tax
Warren Buffett, the billionaire who has not yet found a way to enjoy his wealth, complains that he does not pay enough income taxes and states that he pays less than his employees who make far less money. Buffett indicated that he does not have accountants, (I find that hard to believe), and that he [...]
Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Oct 25 2007 | Filed under: Liberalism Watch, Politicians at Work, Tax
Charlie Rangel has introduced a new tax scheme to extort more money from people making what he considers to be rich people money. The tax increase would offset a reduction in the taxes that corporations pay and it would increase the earned income tax credit. Rangel’s “fair” plan would charge a surtax of 4% on [...]
