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Income taxes: not a penalty for success

Posted on February 10, 2014 by maradanto

Income taxes are not a penalty for working hard. To the contrary, they are a way of acknowledging that our success is due in part to a system that helps to make our success possible, by providing schools, libraries, roads … Continue reading →

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I say this with great reluctance

Posted on July 26, 2011 by maradanto

In the current battle over raising the debt ceiling, I fully expect the Republican Party will come out on top. I say this partly because there is moral strength to the argument that we should not continue to increase our … Continue reading →

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Progressive taxation is economic justice

Posted on April 23, 2011 by maradanto

I’m dying to know how someone “earns” a billion dollars a year, or even a paltry $30 million. Taking more than you rightfully have earned violates another commandment about theft If somebody works hard and invests her money wisely and … Continue reading →

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We’re redistributing the wealth — upward

Posted on March 15, 2011 by maradanto

Center for American Progress has an interesting breakdown of tax cuts being vigorously defended by congressional Republicans, juxtaposed with the social programs that those Republicans are demanding be cut, to balance the budget. It’s rather stunning how easily the Congress … Continue reading →

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It’s a lie that taxes are theft by government

Posted on March 9, 2011 by maradanto

I would like to take a moment to address a popular fiction among my Republican friends, that taxes involve the government stealing hard-earned money from the citizenry and that subsequent use of these misappropriated funds somehow is inherently wrong and … Continue reading →

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‘What a Tax Cut Means to You’

Posted on February 20, 2011 by maradanto

What does the tax cut now sailing through Congress mean to the average American? After a careful analysis, the Brothers Grinn has good news. Over the next year: * The poorest 50 percent of Americans can afford an extra box … Continue reading →

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‘Please forward this to help this Destitute Woman’

Posted on February 20, 2011 by maradanto

Dear Occupant: I just received this mail from a friend of mine in Texas. Please read and forward it. It will just mean frittering away a little bit of your life for a useless purpose, but it won’t cost you … Continue reading →

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The party of fiscal responsibility isn’t the GOP

Posted on December 30, 2010 by maradanto

It wasn’t long ago that the president and congressional Democrats were derided as tax-and-spend liberals. Such liberals are a marked improvement over the past three Republican administrations, whose spend-without-taxation approach has been horribly irresponsible. It has left us with a … Continue reading →

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