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...will pay those taxes? Obama's plan to target the highest earners has merit, given that almost all income gains in recent years have gone to the top 1%. But because the rich can afford good tax lawyers, there are diminishing returns to increasing their tax rates. Returning to the pre-2001 top rate of 39.6% (from 35% now) would surely bring in more money, but going much higher might not. Also, the bulk of the recent gains at the top of the income spectrum has come from huge paychecks in the financial sector--paychecks that are almost sure...
Tony Hillerman won the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America for the Best Novel of the year (Dance Hall of the Dead) in 1974, and in 1991 he received the highest award the organization can bestow: the title Grand Master for lifetime achievement. Yet the honor that brought him greatest pleasure was given to him by the Navajo Tribal Council when they named him a Special Friend of the Dineh (Navajo...
...anti-metabo campaign. Japan’s problems are too specific to pretend that the solutions for other countries are going to work for them, too. Instead of piggybacking onto the obesity epidemic, government officials should address Japan’s specific concerns. High smoking rates (among the highest of the developed nations) are infinitely more pressing than obesity. Ditto for stomach cancer (start a campaign against pickled foods! They’re the proven culprits). Japan, stop trying to fix your cuts with America’s casts. Maybe the cast will stop the bleeding, but a band...
...question his judgment in selecting his running mate, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. Palin’s nomination has been controversial, and while we understand her appeal to a limited slice of the electorate, we do not believe that she is prepared for the nation’s second-highest office...
...creation likewise initiates contention on liberal college campuses. The US has the second highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world at 39.3 percent. McCain plans to cut the corporate tax rate by 10 percent, encouraging businesses to hire more workers and remain in the US. Obama’s plans to raise the corporate tax rate would have the opposite effect; businesses would be forced to cut jobs and may choose to leave the US for a nation with lower taxes. Despite his recent rise to fame, Joe the Plumber may only have a future in Calcutta...