Capital Gains

A Response To Rep. Elijah Cummings

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The loopholes which allow such corporate excess were not exactly handed down to Moses on tablets -- each and every loophole was approved by Congress.

McCain's Capital Gains Proposal Would Give The McCains $55,000 A Year

Think Progress | Michael Ettlinger | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics


On Friday, the McCain campaign released Cindy McCain's 2007 tax returns. Sadly for the McCains, Mrs. McCain shows over $1.8 million dollars less tax r...

Dear Ms. Maria Bartiromo: Some Basic Economics

Ben Cohen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business


Ben Cohen

Your warning that Obama would likely raise taxes is correct. Your warning that this would have a negative impact however, is ridiculous. You're a decent economist; you should know better.

Jason Linkins

CNBC's Bartiromo Misleads On Impact Of Obama's Tax Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics


CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, whose collagen injections are widely reputed to be a key market bellwether, offered the New York Post the precise sort of dire...

The ABC Debate: Enough Capital Gains Tax Nonsense

Jeff Madrick | Posted 04.21.2008 | Business


Jeff Madrick

Capital gains tax cuts are not magic. Over time, cuts in taxes on profits made by investing do not raise total tax revenues.

Friday Talking Points [28] -- It's Debatable...

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The twenty-first debate of the Democratic presidential nomination race happened this week. Much fulminating in the blogosphere immediately followed. ...

Debate Questions I'd (Still) Like To Ask

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Unfortunately these questions remain largely unanswered, almost two months after the last debate.

Debate Questions I'd Like To Ask

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Tomorrow night may be the last debate in the Democratic primary race. This will be the twentieth debate so far, which has to be some kind of record. ...

Friday Talking Points [20] -- Populism 101

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

No awards this week A few quick thoughts this week before we get to the talking points. First, I will not be awarding the Most Impressive Democrat Of...

Friday Talking Points [17]

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

This column is dedicated to the idea that Democrats can learn to use talking points as effectively as Republicans often do. This idea annoys many who...

Friday Talking Points [15] -- De-Bushification

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

I apologize in advance for the disjointed nature of this week's column. There are a lot of odds and ends to cover, including tomorrow's primary picks...