Tax Guru – Ker$tetter Letter

Following Clinton’s lead, John Kerry would raise everyone’s taxes

IRAs: a Calculation, a Caution and a Charitable Benefit

Escape from tax maze is unlikely

Appropriate for a rainy weekend here in the Ozarks, working on tax returns and extensions.

The trouble with taxes: Too hard and they make no sense – This is breaking news to anyone?

In Pig Book, lawmakers go hog wild – As usual, we all get a good laugh at the tax dollars being wasted; and nothing ever changes.

Ploy by “Dirty Dozen” GOP conservatives planning to stymie spending via rules – It’s nice to see that there at least a few politicians on our side who are willing to play the game a little tougher than the spineless wimps who don’t want to appear mean and insensitive by opposing the flushing of tax dollars down the commode.

Reiner Drops Initiative to Raise Taxes for Schools – MeatHead is giving up in his attempt to mess with Prop 13 in the PRC.

Antitax groups hit ‘big spenders’ in Virginia

John Kerry Taxes Will Sock It To Middle Class Families

Despite Major Tax Cuts, Fiscal Voting Records Showed Only Minor Improvement, Non-Partisan Congressional Rating Finds

Comparing Tax Burdens Across the Nation

No, Virginia, government isn’t Santa Claus – More on the RINOs trying to raise taxes in Virginia.

New Data Show How Your State Ranks in Taxes

Justice Dept. Files Suit on Tax Shelters for Churches – IRS cracking down on the Corporation Sole scam that I’ve mentioned a few times before.

Top execs turn to tax code to boost fuel-efficient sales – Using the tax code for some more social engineering, encouraging purchases of vehicles that can’t survive in the marketplace on their own merits.

Tax cuts are not ‘spending’ – One of the long running lies from the Left that has always bugged me is that allowing anyone to keep some of their own money is considered to be the exact same thing as taking money out of the pockets of poor people and cutting a check to evil rich fat cats.

Pro-taxers aren’t real Republicans – That’s where the term RINO (Republican In Name Only) comes from.

Give Peace a Chance – I hadn’t heard of this new group set up to fix the dreaded AMT problem; nor could I find it via Google. It sounds very similar to the ReformAMT group I have been promoting for the past few years; so I hope they can work together for a common goal.

Six Fixes for the Tax Mess – I don’t agree with some of these ideas – especially the concept of taxing capital gains and dividends the same as other income – but in the spirit of honest and open debate, we can look at them. In case anyone has forgotten my position on dividends and capital gains, they should be completely tax free; not just taxed at special rates.

Why Your Tax Cut Doesn’t Add Up – NewsWeek fanning the flames of class envy.

The Most Taxing of Seasons – NewsWeek’s leftist tax expert, defending all of the things I’m against, such as the estate tax and other punitive soak the rich schemes.