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Category Archives: Make America Great Series
How Does Donald Trump Mellow Out, But Keep His Supporters?
There is a way. Not only that, this path would help calm the rancor in the country and could very well guarantee a uncontested nomination at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July. If executed correctly, Trump could very … Continue reading
America Great Series: My Proposed Individual Income Tax System – Sort Of
Here’s what happened. I decided to propose my own individual income tax plan with the intention of closing two-thirds of the federal deficit. Later, I would propose changes to the business income tax system designed to close the other third … Continue reading
America Great Series: Donald Trump’s Solid Support
Something occurred to me while I was working on tax returns and listening to presidential campaign news. With three early primary victories and his large lead in most of the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, Donald Trump is likely to … Continue reading
The America Great Series – Intermission (i.e., Summary to Date)
After all that research and pretty detailed blog posts about federal spending, budget resolutions, and presidential candidates’ tax plans, it seems to be time for a break. We’ve hit intermission. It’s time to leave your seats, go out to the … Continue reading
Part III-D-2: Let’s Look at All the Presidential Candidates’ Tax Plans (America Great Series; Taxes, Economy & Jobs)
In my last post I created five hypothetical families at different income levels and calculated the federal taxes paid, or refunded as a credit, by each household with the current tax code for 2014, and with the flat tax proposed … Continue reading
Part III-D-1: How Would Ted Cruz’ Flat Tax Plan Affect Federal Income Tax Revenues (America Great Series; Taxes, Economy & Jobs)
Update: During subsequent research into the presidential candidates’ tax plans, I found a page from the Tax Foundation which contained additional information on the Cruz Flat Tax Plan. The differences to what I had used are: the standard deduction is … Continue reading
Part III-C: A Look at How Job Creation is Effected by Tax Cuts and Increases (America Great Series; Taxes, Economy & Jobs)
Fair warning – this is going to annoy a few people. There is not a lot of agreement among economists on how tax cuts stimulate the economy or tax increases dampen it. But it is also a political and ideological … Continue reading
National Debt Nightmares
I tossed and turned in my sleep last night. I generally sleep well when I have had a fruitful day, and I finished the very difficult post on the 2016 Congressional concurrent budget resolution (H.R. 114-96) shortly before going to … Continue reading
Part III-B: An Evaluation of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget For Fiscal Year 2016 (America Great Series; Taxes, Economy & Jobs)
“Uncle … Uncle … UNCLE!” I give up – you win, Congress! That’s how I feel after trying to figure out the federal budget. That is also what you might be saying after trying to read through this post. I … Continue reading
Part III-A: What Should We Use for the Minimum Size of the Federal Government? (America Great Series; Taxes, Economy & Jobs)
For today, I will describe the U.S. Federal government budgeting process, break down federal spending based on the 2015 fiscal year budget, and determine a “minimum size of federal government” based on a rough consensus of economic plans and statements … Continue reading
A One Man Think Tank 