Politicians like to talk about the income tax when they talk about overtaxing the rich, but the income tax is just one part of the total tax system. There are sales taxes, Medicare taxes, social security taxes, unemployment taxes, gasoline… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“Wage insurance works best when all workers are covered under the same plan and the coverage starts at the beginning of their working lives.… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“Pope Francis I, denouncing “an economy of exclusion,” has made inequality a centerpiece of his reign: Just as the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say “thou shalt not” to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an economy kills. How can it… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share
“We have created a society in which all the nation’s economic gains flow to the top and the vast majority sees income stagnation or… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
Congress is supposed to fund the IRS, and it has been steadily reducing the number of auditors and tax collectors the IRS has at the very time that the tax system has become vastly more complicated. And of course America continues to grow, so there's an increasing number of tax returns coming in. The IRS responds by doing exactly what… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share
“By 2012 the average income of the vast majority had shrunk to the equivalent of 45 weeks of 1973 income—a 13 percent decline to… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“No person, I think, ever saw a herd of buffalo, of which a few were fat and the great majority lean. No person ever… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“The worst of these are laws in nineteen states that let companies pocket the state income taxes withheld from their workers’ paychecks for up… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“it shouldn’t be the case that the only route out of poverty is to get married to someone who also has a job.” — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“Halliburton’s is a more extreme example, one in which a powerful and wealthy company transcends national borders so thoroughly that it is not an… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“The real income reported on federal tax returns by the vast majority of Americans, the 90 percent, doubled between the end of the war and 1973.” — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
You, as a wage earner have to pay your taxes every year on your income for that year. So if you have a one-time windfall that makes you a lot money you could end up in the top tax bracket. But if you're a corporation you are allowed to reach forward with deferrals for years. Over a 45 to 50… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share
“Social Security gives concrete expression to widely held and time-honored American commitments. Grounded in values of shared responsibility and concern for all members of society, it reflects an understanding that, as citizens and human beings, we all share certain risks and vulnerabilities; and we all have a stake in advancing practical mechanisms of self- and mutual support. It is based… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share
