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Rich and poor taxed alike as cantons compete

swissinfo.ch
13-Nov-2008 2 related
        

Will Frauenfeld in Thurgau vote for a flat tax rate? (picswiss) More cantons are likely to adopt a flat rate tax model as competition to attract higher revenues heats up in Switzerland and abroad, specialists have forecast....

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For the First Time In My Adult Life I am Ashamed of My Country

wackbag.com
05-Nov-2008
        

http://www.edgeblog.net/2008/ashamed-of-my-country/ ---Quote--- For the First Time In My Adult Life I am Ashamed of My Country Filed under: Politics — bill @ 10:33 pm Freedom, Liberty, Personal Responsibility, and general...

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Flat Tax Is Fairest of Them All

minyanville.com
03-Nov-2008 2 related
        

Auditors recently revealed that the IRS paid out an estimated $1.6 billion in potentially fraudulent tax refunds during the 2006 and 2007 filing seasons. Given the track record of government agencies that figure is probably...

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Income, tax, fairness, redistribution and response

scholarsandrogues.com
03-Nov-2008 5 related
        

Income distribution is a divisive subject. Fairness, more so. The standard way of evaluating income distribution is the GINI Coefficient, an extremely complex equation that produces a number between 0 and 1. With GINI = 1, one...

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Ryanair half-year profit falls 47% to €215m; Fuel up 101% as traffic grows to 32m

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03-Nov-2008 74 related
        

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today announced half year profits of €215m, 47% down on last years interim profits as half year fuel costs more than doubled from €392.7m to €788.5m. Traffic grew by 19% to 32m, as...

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Personal Income Taxes Fall As Governments Compete For Talent

tax-news.com
31-Oct-2008
        

Top personal income tax rates around the world have fallen by an average of 2.5% in the past six years, as governments strive to balance their need for revenue with the impact of increasing global labor mobility, a new study...

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Chaz is wrong again - Flat or Fair tax is better

granitegrok.com
30-Oct-2008
        

Once again, Chaz makes a claim about Jeb Bradley's tax plans, calling them "half baked". He's wrong again and doesn't even try to back it up. Over at NHInsider, he simplistically tosses away Democrat cry for "Change". Instead,...

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They don’t call it “The Progressive Era” for nothing.

moreorlessbunk.wordpress.com
29-Oct-2008
        

Although I’m not a flat taxer, I think Andrew Sullivan makes a very good point here: I’m a flat taxer, because I don’t believe the government has any business punishing people for getting richer. But I don’t think that people...

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Economy takes center stage in Kanjorski / Barletta race

freerepublic.com
28-Oct-2008
        

Democratic U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski believes the best way to jump-start the economy is to restore confidence in its financial institutions. Republican Lou Barletta favors instituting a flat tax of less than 20 percent on...

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Shea-Porter, Bradley debate economy, taxes

eagletribune.com
28-Oct-2008
        

MANCHESTER (AP) — Asked to put a personal price-tag on the economic meltdown, Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter said yesterday that her 401K has tanked, while Republican Jeb Bradley said he is stocking up on wood for the winter.

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