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Taken from http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/index.php http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/index.php Provide a Tax Cut for Working Families: Obam
by viggity 18y ago
Taken from http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/index.php http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/index.php
Provide a Tax Cut for Working Families: Obama and Biden will restore fairness to the tax code and provide 150 million workers the tax relief they need. Obama and Biden will create a new "Making Work Pay" tax credit of up to $500 per person, or $1,000 per working family. The "Making Work Pay" tax credit will completely eliminate income taxes for 10 million Americans.
Enact a Windfall Profits Tax to Provide a $1,000 Emergency Energy Rebate to American Families:Barack Obama and Joe Biden will enact a windfall profits tax on excessive oil company profits to give American families an immediate $1,000 emergency energy rebate to help families pay rising bills. This relief would be a down payment on the Obama-Biden long-term plan to provide middle-class families with at least $1,000 per year in permanent tax relief.
- viggity 18y agoA "windfall profits tax" is a pretty slippery fucking slope. Who decides what is "excessive". Fuck that. The margin on my software is several hundred percent, is that excessive? The margin on oil is 4-6%. Does that mean I'm super fucked?
- petercooper 18y agoEnact a Windfall Profits Tax to Provide a $1,000 Emergency Energy Rebate to American Families: That's interesting, actually. A similar prospect was laughed out of British parliament not too long ago - a parliament far to the left of US tastes.