businessweek.com - 1/12/2009
—
Let’s get this straight right away. I’m not a dogmatic supply-sider, who believes that tax cuts are the solution to all economic ills. But I believe that Obama's $300 billion tax cut is essential to ‘recapitalize’ the American consumer, just...
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/5/2009
—
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
I don't know yet. But news reports this
morning certainly raise questions. Let's lay out the basics...
here. Other things equal, public investment is a much better way to provide economic stimulus than tax cuts, for two reasons. First, if the government ...
(more)
Is Obama relying too much on tax cuts?
econospeak.blogspot.com - 1/6/2009
—
econospeak.blogspot.com —
Jonathan Weisman and Naftali Bendavid report: President-elect Barack
Obama and congressional Democrats are crafting a plan to...
offer about $300 billion of tax cuts to individuals and businesses, a move aimed at attracting Republican support for an ...
(more)
Obama Goes For Tax Cuts
Comments
Blog Reactions
Sunday links: research independence
Abnormal Returns —
... “So the three prongs of the stimulus package serve distinctly different purposes.”(BusinessWeek.com) ...
Stimulus Package
Short-Term Trading —
... The prevailing orthodoxy among the nation’s elite holds that increased government spending is the right medicine for what ails the economy". Paulson Bank Bailout in ‘Great Stress’ Misses Terms Buffett Won "Henry Paulson’s bank bailouts, done under “great stress” during the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, failed to win for U.S. taxpayers what Warren Buffett received for his shareholders by investing in Goldman Sachs Group Inc." Why Big Tax Cuts Are Essential "I believe that Obama’s $300 billion tax cut is essential to ...
Related Content
Obama Tax Cuts Likely Soon
washingtonpost.com 12/29/2008 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
It's Time to Think Big on Tax Cuts
online.wsj.com 10/8/2008 — John McCain needs to show the nation that he has the economic recovery plan to restore long-term economic growth. To do that, he needs to refocus his campaign with a new tax plan. Mr. McCain should come out for an alternative, optional flatter tax ...
No tax cuts?
tvhe.co.nz 8/2/2009 — So Bill English has said there is now no room for tax cuts , specificially:
New Zealand had to get out of the tax-cut “mode” it had been in for the past five years, he said, because of the new economic conditions, which see budget deficit forecasts of up $12 billion for the next ...
Obama’s Tax Promises
cato-at-liberty.org 11/11/2008 — President-elect Obama has made a slew of tax promises. Some of them are tax increases, some of them are tax cuts, and many of them are actually spending increases. Let’s try to sort them out.
Here I classify tax changes in comparison with the ...
Pork is Essential for Good Health
knzn.blogspot.com 2/7/2009 — Yeah, it's not just " good for you " Here's how things stand: the stimulus bill is way too small, it's floundering in the Senate, and we stand possibly on the edge of a deflationary abyss. Solution: find, say, the 5 most wavering Republican senators ...
Why Permanent Tax Cuts Are the Best Stimulus
online.wsj.com 11/25/2008 — The incoming Obama administration and congressional Democrats are now considering a second fiscal stimulus package, estimated at more than $500 billion, to follow the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. As they do, much can be learned by examining the ...
Tax Cuts vs. Government Spending
freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com 2/11/2009 — As the Senate and the House look to reconcile competing stimulus plans, the big debate is whether to emphasize government spending or tax cuts. A new paper by the New York Fed's Gauti Eggertsson argues that the risk of deflation should tilt the ...
Stiglitz: Just Say No to Tax Cuts
economistsview.typepad.com 1/16/2009 — Joseph Stiglitz on the tax cuts versus spending question:
Do not squander America’s stimulus on tax cuts,
by Joseph Stiglitz, Commentary, Financial Times : As news of the US economy
worsens, worries about whether a stimulus could restart the ...
25 Essential Bear Market Stock Tips For Investors
stocktradingtogo.com 10/17/2008 — Last week the stock market free fell more than 18% as investors tried to navigate a bear market that has ripped through not only the US but the whole world. What are investors supposed to do? Pros like World Record Holder Dan Zanger advise moving to ...
Obama to Congress: No Time to Waste —
The Big Money 1/9/2009
Double-digit unemployment. A recession that lingers for years. That's what is coming to America should Congress dither over an ambitious $775 billion economic stimulus plan , its architect, president elect Barack Obama, told the country yesterday. ...
Obama to Get Bailout Cash —
The Big Money 1/13/2009
It looks as if president-elect Barack Obama will get his $350 billion , the remaining half of the TARP fund yet to be spent, the New York Times reports this morning. Despite growing hostility from many Democrat and Republican lawmakers, the ...
My Stimulus Is Better Than Yours! —
The Big Money 1/14/2009
Even before President-elect Obama takes office, critics are circling his yet-to-be-released stimulus plan. There is skepticism from both the left and right, but the most emphatic objections come from conservatives, who question the utility of ...
Follow WallStreetBlips on Twitter
