Hill's Group: Tax Plan Showdown: Hillary Clinton vs. the Republicans

[BlueMTexpat]

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/03/tax-plan-showdown-hillary-clinton-vs-republicans

The Tax Policy Center has analyzed Hillary Clinton's various tax proposals, which means we now have data for the top three Republican candidates and the top Democractic candidate: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Clinton. Click the links for details. Or just look at the charts below for the nickel summary.

You don't need to look very hard, do you? One of these things is not like the others. The Republicans all give middle-income taxpayers a tiny benefit as a sop to distract them from the humongous payday they give to the rich. Clinton basically leaves middle-income taxpayers alone and makes the rich pay a little more.

On the cost side, all of the supposedly fiscally conservative Republicans would blow a massive hole in the deficit. Clinton would actually make the deficit smaller.

Republicans will claim that their tax plans are designed to supercharge the economy and pay for themselves blah blah blah. This is BS, and they know it. They also claim they'll slash spending. This is mostly BS too. On the other hand, Clinton says she'll use the money from her tax plan to fund additional programs, which is entirely believable. This makes her plan deficit neutral. Basically, we have three fantasy plans and one realistic plan. The difference in fiscal responsibility is kind of mind-boggling, isn't it?

[yallerdawg]

1. The states are the 'Laboratory of Democracy.'

Let's look at the conditions in Brownback's Kansas, Jindal's Louisiana, Snyder's Michigan.

[fleabiscuit]

2. That might not be correct.

Don't the Republithugs use 'magic numbers' that reverse themselves?

[BlueMTexpat]

3. LOL!

They just make S*** up. It sounds good to them so they keep repeating it. They also get away with it.

[SharonClark]

4. Republicans can't govern

They screw up every state they can and then blame 'the government'.

[BlueMTexpat]

5. There is a saying that Republicans manage to campaign very well

(it helps when one is not constrained by truth or scruples) but literally have no idea what to do when they actually win a political office.

This was not always true. Ike either knew how to manage or delegate pretty well and Nixon, for all his faults (I still literally abhor the man), was smart enough basically to let the pros manage their own government offices. Reagan implemented his agenda to overturn the New Deal and his economic policies are at the root of our economic strait-jacket today. Bush I continued them and Bush II was simply disastrous in every possible way.

These new yahoos know enough to repeat the mantras that taxes should be reduced (replaced for many of us by user fees that disproportionately harm the most vulnerable) and that government should be reduced (never having a clue as to what civil servants actually do to keep things running smoothly).

They literally have no comprehension of how long it takes to set up a working system (yes, there's always room for improvement) and when they are elected, simply act to demolish it with no thought of long-term consequences. Thus, the Brownbacks, the Walkers, the Jindals, etc. Everyone has always told them they are brilliant. They aren't.

[Buzz cook]

6. Here's Bernies plan

http://taxpolicycenter.org/UploadedPDF/2000639-an-analysis-of-senator-bernie-sanderss-tax-proposals.pdf

The author of the original article was remiss in not mentioning it.

Basically it's two real world tax plans and three fantasy pony tax plans.

[BlueMTexpat]

7. Thanks for the link.

You are correct. It should have been included in the analysis!

[UtahLib]

8. K&R