Tag: fiscal policy
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Withholding is a behavioral trick the government uses to keep you docile
Tax withholding feels normal, but it was designed to make taxes painless and politically invisible. The behavioral economics behind it are worth understanding.
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The IRS is bloated and ineffective, and progressives have it backwards
Progressives push for a bigger IRS, but the agency’s real problems are structural and self-inflicted. Here’s why more funding hasn’t fixed enforcement gaps.
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Long-term capital gains should be taxed as ordinary income, full stop
Taxing investment income at lower rates than wages distorts the economy, widens inequality, and rests on weaker evidence than its defenders claim.