Sentences with phrase «about raising tax»

We need to think less about raising tax and more about cutting spending.

State lawmakers have had an ongoing debate about raising taxes to pay for infrastructure projects.

On any given day, he may or may not express the policy views associated with the American right — he will muse about raising taxes on hedge funds, or passing gun control into law, or slapping deep tariffs on foreign steel.

People did not even want to hear Walter Mondale's talk about raising taxes, to say nothing of his warnings about the arms race.

ALBANY — It's absolutely time to talk about raising taxes, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Tuesday, adding his voice to several on the institutional left of the Democratic Party who pounced on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's assertion on Monday that there's «no reason or appetite» for a tax hike in the current election year.

After months of behind - the - scenes talks, some conservative Democrats still have concerns about raising taxes at all.

«We see on the issue of taxes he's talking now about raising taxes, but just three years ago he stood in the room full of business people and said he would never raise taxes because it's bad for business.»

Support falls to 45 %, however, when the question (posed to the second group) asks about raising taxes to pay for teacher salaries.

Subtract the average teacher salary plus benefits of some $ 85,000, and Oregonians should ask where the additional $ 300,000 are going before even thinking about raising taxes to address the alleged «inadequate funding» of public schools.

Not exact matches

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin talks to Squawk Box's Becky Quick, Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin about reducing the corporate tax rate, raising the debt ceiling and improving the economy.

In a sharply worded press release, a group known as the 9948 Fair Treatment Coalition states that documents it obtained through Access to Information «raise disturbing questions» about the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Department of Finance's conduct in the so - called iPod tax dispute.

Some business owners are concerned about the idea of «chipping in,» who the «hardship waiver» would apply to, and whether the promise not to raise taxes to cover the $ 900 billion cost over the next ten years is one that Obama can keep.

Instead, it's a creature of politics, brought to life by our lack of political courage when it comes to tough decisions about what taxes to raise or what spending to cut, and by how much.

A new bracket that taxed incomes over $ 250,000 at 32 %, lower than the 33 % rate applied to that income level in the U.S., would raise about $ 2 billion.

But while the nonprofit, nonpartisan lobby group says it represents the interests of small business owners, some Democrats are raising questions about both its funding sources and its tax status.

One of the most talked - about «dark money» groups of the election released its tax returns yesterday, showing it raised almost $ 77 million from fewer than 100 donors over 19 months.

How about it, Inc. entrepreneurs: if your taxes were lowered, would you raise wages?

The conversation was charged as panelists sparred on 421a, with Pinsky — the former head of the city's Economic Development Corporation — raising questions about the cost of lengthy tax abatements.

Doing that would raise about $ 1.3 trillion over a decade, said the Tax Policy Center, a Washington think tank.

Eliminating the state and local tax deduction would raise about one - quarter of the $ 4 trillion in revenues that some Republicans say they need to prevent tax cuts from creating a massive increase in the federal budget deficit.

«You ought to be willing to raise the tax level and even slow down the speed of that adoption somewhat to figure out, «OK, what about the communities where this has a particularly big impact?

On pp. 19 - 21, Michael McCullough explores Warren Buffett's argument for why wealthy Americans like him should pay more taxes — which raises fundamental questions about distributive justice, freedom, and property rights.

By one estimate, changing the tax status of retirement - plan contributions — by taxing them today, but then not taxing the eventual withdrawals — would raise about $ 1.5 trillion over the next decade.

«In Britain, for example, where the financial transaction tax has fluctuated from half a percent to 2 percent, the tax has raised significantly less revenue than one might expect, about # 3 billion a year.

Assuming nominal returns are 6.5 % a year, a straightforward calculation shows the transactions tax will raise about $ 6.75 from our hypothetical retirement saver over the stipulated 10 - year holding period.

Well, at a time when people are saying that the arrival of that robot is a net loss because of displacement, you ought to be willing to raise the tax level and even slow down the speed of that adoption somewhat to figure out, «OK, what about the communities where this has a particularly big impact?

The country's tax agency gave no date for the 25 percent increase to take effect and said that will depend on what President Donald Trump does about U.S. plans to raise duties on a similar amount of Chinese goods.

Again Taylor offered a cautious outlook, though it was largely ignored in stories about the «green» budget with its centre piece carbon tax that will raise the price of gas by a couple cents a litre this year.

Matt Yglesias raises an important point here about conservatives who can't abide any increase in tax rates but will entertain raising more tax revenues through reductions of tax expenditures — that cool trillion or so we forgo in tax revenue each year through various favored activities in the tax code, like the mortgage interest deduction or the... Read more

Donald Trump's promise that corporations will use his giant new tax cut to make new investments and raise workers» wages is proving to be about as truthful as his promise to release his tax returns.

U.S. stocks took their biggest loss in five months Tuesday as a health care bill backed by President Donald Trump ran into trouble in Congress, which raised some questions about his agenda of faster economic growth spurred on by lower taxes and cuts in regulations.

Among the concerns about the HST that we at the CCPA have raised was the poor timing of the tax change.

At a moment when the Republicans are talking about entitlement reform, and Ben Carson, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is proposing to triple the rents of some of the poorest people in the country, the sight of big banks reporting surges in profits that were fuelled by tax cuts raises alarming moral questions.

Some economists have raised concerns that recent moves by the Trump administration and Congress to boost economic growth through $ 1.5 trillion in tax cuts and increased government spending could cause the Fed to worry about overheating and inflation.

Although private cable TV and telephone companies raised concerns about competing with a government utility, Ferguson said EPB has paid tax equivalent payments to local governments sufficient to make EPB the top payer in Hamilton County of local taxes.

It is worth remembering that Reagan, hardly a fan of reversing course or raising taxes, found it necessary to propose significant tax increases in 1982 and 1984 (the equivalent in today's economy of $ 3.5 tn over a decade) due to concerns about federal debt.

An additional tax of one cent on a dollar would raise about $ 8 billion annually.

But, as seen in the Figure above, because income taxes have been cut, the province's reliance on income tax revenues have dropped by one third over the last decade, so much so that income taxes now raise about the same amount as sales taxes.

There have been reports by the Broadbent Institute (the Kesselman study) as well as the Parliamentary Budget Office that also raise concerns about how over time the implementation of the expanded limit will increase the size of the tax exempt base and erode future government revenues.

And the NDP's hints about raising the corporate income tax are unlikely to be enough to offset future austerity, much less finance any new spending that they have in mind.

About a quarter of U.S. adults (24 %) say tax rates on corporations and large businesses should be lowered, while roughly twice as many (52 %) say they should be raised.

During the interview, Plank raised concerns about the possible «border tax» Trump has floated.

New Democrats proposed: Joining forces with thousands of British Columbians who soundly rejected the HST, New Democrats repeatedly raised concerns about the negative impacts of the HST on families and small businesses, campaigned for the elimination of the tax, and advocated for a faster return to the PST.

Contribute to NACO's efforts to raise awareness about the impact of Angel investors on Canadian innovation, and on the potential impact of the proposed tax changes to CCPCs may have on entrepreneur access to private risk capital.

I'm also getting a lot of enjoyment listening to the breathless hyperbole by Nancy «Armageddon» Pelosi, Chuck «Fake Tears» Schumer and the gang denouncing the bill, plus the stories by their allies in the press about the «victims» of tax reform, neglecting to mention the «victims» at AT&T, Wells Fargo and all who are being given immediate raises as a result of the measure.

He could raise the GST, but the Prime Minister has ruled that out; he could fulfill an election commitment by undertaking a serious simplification of the income tax system, which could yield substantial revenues (about $ 3 to $ 5 billion), but he seems reluctant to do that; or, he could take the easy way out and simply cut his fiscal prudence in half and «miraculously» free up $ 3billion annually for his cabinet colleagues.

His tweet sent the stock down about 4 percent this morning as investors feared Trump could raise taxes on the e-commerce company or try to break it apart.

According to a new nationwide consumer survey from realtor.com, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by Congress on Dec. 20th, 2017 is raising anxiety about owning a home.

And that raises questions about his ability to get the pro-business pieces of his agenda enacted (think increased infrastructure spending and cuts in taxes).

The Seattle City Council is considering a «head tax» on high - grossing businesses to raise about $ 75 million a...