I asked for it, and now I’m starting to get some more details about the McCain economic plan. Here’s a nice summary from the WSJ. Takeaway quote.
John McCain’s tax policies are designed to create jobs, increase wages and allow all Americans — especially those in the hard-pressed middle class — to keep more of what [...]
US News and World Report calls Obamanomics a “fascinating experiment,” in response to the recent NYT Magazine article on the presumptive Democratic nominee’s economic plan.
Has anyone seen any analysis on McCain’s plan? There must be stuff out there, I just haven’t come across it.
Here are some highlights from Barack Obama’s economic plan.
The top two income-tax brackets would return to their 1990s levels of 36% and 39.6% (including the exemption and deduction phase-outs). All other brackets would remain as they are today.
The top capital-gains rate for families making more than $250,000 would return to 20% — the lowest rate [...]
In the past year I’ve been to at least a dozen political events, mostly cocktail parties. The most striking thing about these events is that every time, people go out of their way to introduce me to others and to introduce others to me. And–as those of you who know me know–I’m no [...]
Okay, I went off the board today and picked an article that is not about today’s hot topic. Check out the article from Fortune that I posted to the left. It starts out seeming to argue that the top 1% of earners are paying a larger and larger share of the nation’s taxes, [...]
They had a hearing in congress yesterday that featured big oil execs getting grilled. Sometimes hearings like these are pure political theatre, giving Senators and Representatives a chance to score some points with their constituents at the expense of others.
This is not one of those instances.
Reading the WSJ recap, it seems like [...]