Mark Perry at Carpe Diem ponders why Congress wants a windfall profits tax on oil when there are 57 other industries with HIGHER profit margins than oil.
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Why Pick On Oil?
Interesting Findings On Gas Prices
Prof. Mark Perry over at Carpe Diem has posted some pretty nifty graphs on gas prices today: In sum, while gas prices are a pain today, they are not as bad, in terms of percentage of per-capita personal income, as they were during the early part of the 1980s. In addition, we could have...
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Speaking of taxes…
62 million “taxpayers” or 37% of the taxpaying public had no tax liability in 2008 and generally have a marginal tax rate of zero. Prof. Mark Perry over at Carpe Diem asks: Are you still a “taxpayer” if you don’t pay taxes?
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