Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute,
The tax "reform" currently being discussed in Washington is mostly a political exercise for politicians who can use the process to extract more campaign contributions from supporters, and punish non-supporters. The actual tax burden imposed on Americans overall will change little.
Earlier this month, newly minted Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made his first high-profile public appearance when he sat down for an interview with the New York Times’s Andrew Ross Sorkin. Speaking in dulcet tones, Khosrowshahi laid out his vision for making Uber’s workplace culture more inclusive, for building out the product, working with regulators who famously chafed at some of the policies of his predecessor, while also discussing his relationship with Uber’s board members, including former CEO and founder Travis Kalahnick.
For the past few weeks, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have screamed to anyone who would listen that the GOP tax plan is nothing more than a tax break for millionaires and an attack on middle class working families. But, as the Wall Street Journal points out this morning, America's millionaire, billionaire, private jet owners living in expensive urban areas are set to lose 'bigly' if Trump's $500,000 cap on the mortgage interest deduction survives.
America's liberal left coast states count themselves among the most adamant supporters of controversial pieces of legislation intended to support low-income families. From their stunningly high income tax rates to their $15 minimum wage mandates, states like California and Washington are leading the charge on implementing Bernie's socialist agenda.
In the latest sign that America’s looming pension crisis is inching closer to an all-our collapse that will inevitably end in a series of bailouts – or worse, the failure to pay out retiree’s coveted benefits - a handful of California cities are lashing out at CALPers after being forced to hike pension contributions to offset expectations for long-term returns that have been revised lower by the state pension system.