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Homes, Schools and Taxes
Below is link to letter to Bernards Township Planning Board that was submitted during the public hearings for the township Master Plan in 2009. Click’ on the link to read the letter in pdf format. Homes, Schools and Taxes I … Continue reading
The Carbon Tax Debate
Economist Paul Krugman writes a column in the NY Times twice weekly and blogs almost daily. He has an excellent blog post on April 28 on the issue of “carbon taxes”, which are taxes on the CO2 that is produced when a fossil fuel is burned. See Krugman … Continue reading
An Economist Argues for a Carbon Tax
The article below was published in the New York Times on September 1, 2013. The author is the economist I quoted in my post The World We Leave for Our Children here on July 26. Below he elaborates on the merits of a carbon … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street: Following the Facts, Update
Following is update of analysis first posted on 10-17-11 to include data for quarter ending this past September. For many years I have read that the size of the financial sector has been growing relative to the economy as a … Continue reading
Tax Simplification: A Proposal for the Super Committee
The proposal below is written for the “Super Committee” that was formed by Congress in August to recommend measures that will reduce the federal deficit by $1.5 trillion or more over ten years. It has been sent to each committee member and will be copied … Continue reading
Do something, g-d d-mn it!!!
The message below was emailed to President Obama on June 7, 2011 and published as a letter to the editor in the Bernardsville News on June 16. Dear Mr. President: “So do something, g-d d-mn it!!!” These words came hissing thru clenched … Continue reading
Tax Simplification and the Plain Tax
This proposal was originally posted on the website Dead River Journal. The president’s deficit commission chaired by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson issued its report in December. It concluded that meeting the debt challenge will require both reductions in spending … Continue reading
Extend ALL tax rates for one more year
The message below was emailed to Senator Frank Lautenberg today, and similar messages were sent to Senator Robert Menendez and Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen. Dear Senator Lautenberg: The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform issued its first report yesterday. This was … Continue reading