Sentences with phrase «supporting higher income taxes»

In addition, they support higher income taxes and property taxes.

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The ministry was to ensure that the tax code is used to «support small businesses, rather than used to reduce personal income tax obligations for high - income earners.»

Moreover, we understand that you support entitlement reform, but do you believe that it is politically realistic for the Republicans to actually achieve your goal when it would entail asking seniors to sacrifice by cutting Social Security and Medicare shortly after Republicans argued that we could afford to add over a $ 1 trillion to the deficit for tax cuts that largely benefit corporations and high - income households?

This may involve using privatization proceeds to pay down debt, higher corporate taxes, and even higher income taxes if other forms of wealth transfer are robust enough to support them, but one way or another total government debt must be reduced, or at least its growth must be contained to les than real GDP growth.

As we reduce the small business tax rate to 9 percent from 11 percent, we will ensure that Canadian - Controlled Private Corporation (CCPC) status is not used to reduce personal income tax obligations for high - income earners rather than supporting small businesses.

There is less public support for raising taxes on higher - income households.

Another $ 8 billion is not a rounding error and is all the more unacceptable after the huge tax hikes imposed on the country's higher income earners who, frankly, support the system.

She makes the common sense argument that failing to pay for more healthful meals up front will only result in higher health care costs on the back end, and she considers a variety of ways to pay for universal lunch, such as a tax on soda or soda advertising, an increase in the capital gains tax, or by reducing income guarantees and price supports to producers of corn and soy.

In addition to the more high - profile policy issues in the budget talks, the IDC's resolution also includes an elimination of the personal income tax for New York City residents earning $ 45,000 and less, efforts to make college more affordable and reduce student debt and support for a multi-state effort to close a «loophole» in carried interest.

The conservative Tax Foundation, in its annual report, found that New York once again had the highest tax burden of any state in the nation, with 12.7 percent of income going to support state and local taxTax Foundation, in its annual report, found that New York once again had the highest tax burden of any state in the nation, with 12.7 percent of income going to support state and local taxtax burden of any state in the nation, with 12.7 percent of income going to support state and local taxes.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the Business Secretary indicates that he is ideologically opposed to the new higher rate of income tax and said he would not support any plan to increase the number of high earners paying the levy.

The least poorly funded schools tend to be rural schools in low income rural areas with an insufficient local tax base to support them and with high costs associated with a lack of economies of scale and large transportation costs for students.

«Obviously we have as a conference continued to support raising the tax rates on the highest income New Yorkers,» said Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle.

NEW YORK, NY (12/06/2011)(readMedia)-- The New Deal for New York — a coalition of grassroots groups in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Yonkers, and New York City — today joined with allied organizations to support a progressive taxation plan that would create new tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the state.

Just as successive Labour leaders and MPs have ignored and dismissed grassroots support for nationalisation, high income taxes and an aversion to fiscal prudence.

Mr. de Blasio is expected to lean heavily on Mr. Fuleihan's counsel as he urges state legislators to support the central pledge of his mayoral campaign — an increase in taxes on high - income earners to finance an expansion of prekindergarten programs.

In addition, public support for income redistribution through higher taxes on the wealthy has now reached historic peak levels: according to Gallup polls in 2013 and 2014, a majority (52 %) of Americans agree that the government should redistribute wealth through heavier taxes on the rich.

The CFT's progressive approach, which has Gov. Jerry Brown's support, would slightly raise income taxes on the state's highest earners and temporarily increase the sales tax by one - quarter of 1 percent.

At stake is whether California's highest income earners will continue to pay a particular stream of taxes to support the State's schools and social programs, or whether they will be given a tax break amidst growing poverty and inequality.

Finally, the state makes a minimal contribution to school facilities funding and plays a small role in supporting capital outlays, which does little to offset the vast inequity that is a result of tier II tax rates for higher - income districts.

Moreover, a recent Friedman Foundation survey found that support for school - choice tax - credit laws was highest among groups that traditionally vote for Democrats, including low - income Americans (67 percent), younger people (74 percent), blacks (72 percent), and Hispanics (80 percent).

Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, urged fellow members of the «privileged 1 percent,» earning the highest incomes, to support higher U.S. taxes on carried interest and capital gains to help the economy.

Support for raising taxes on high income households dissipates quickly once how much they are already paying is understood.

However, as a consequence of young mothers being required to work, infants may be placed in child care at a very early age, and mothers often require a patchwork of solutions, some of which may be substandard.40 Quality child care and early childhood education are extremely important for the promotion of cognitive and socioemotional development of infants and toddlers.41 Yet, child care may cost as much as housing in most areas of the United States, 25 % of the budget of a family with 2 children, and infant care can cost as much as college.42 Many working families benefit from the dependent care tax credit for the cost of child care, allowing those families to place their children in a certified or higher - quality environment.43 However, working families who do not have sufficient income to pay taxes are not able to realize this support for their children, because the credit is not refundable or paid to families before taxation.44 Therefore, some of the most at - risk children who might benefit from high - quality early childhood education are not eligible for financial support.

Support policies that help parents increase family income, including higher minimum wages, education and job - training programs, and the EITC, child tax credit, and child and dependent care tax credit.

In 2004, California voters passed a proposition to charge a one percent income tax on high - income state residents to support the Mental Health Services Act (California Department of Mental Health, 2004).

She is also a frequent lecturer on Divorce tax, pensions, financial issues in divorce, and high income child support.

What makes Delaware one of the best places to raise a family is the state's high median household income and support systems for low - income families, which include Medicaid expansion and an earned - income tax credit (though at a lower rate than other states).