[PEN-L] Tax Cuts to Rescue N. Orleans

2005-09-02 Thread Michael Perelman
Memo from K. Rove: It is wasteful to send rescuers to N. Orleans. We need a tax cut for corporations which will invest in the city and save lives. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] Tax Cuts to Rescue N. Orleans

2005-09-02 Thread Jim Devine
On 9/2/05, Michael Perelman wrote: Memo from K. Rove: It is wasteful to send rescuers to N. Orleans. We need a tax cut for corporations which will invest in the city and save lives. how could they cut coporate taxes any more than they have already? (in 1962, corporate tax revenues were

Re: [PEN-L] Tax Cuts to Rescue N. Orleans

2005-09-02 Thread Max Sawicky
$1.6 billion? Do you mean just for L.A.? how could they cut coporate taxes any more than they have already? (in 1962, corporate tax revenues were 20.5 billion. In 2004, there were 1.6 billion. That's nominal, non-inflation-corrected, dollars. It's not corrected for the large rise in the size

Re: [PEN-L] Tax Cuts to Rescue N. Orleans

2005-09-02 Thread Max Sawicky
Not to rub salt into the wound, for FY05 it took a big jump, though probably a temporary one. -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 11:38 AM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re: Tax Cuts to Rescue N.

Re: [PEN-L] Tax Cuts to Rescue N. Orleans

2005-09-02 Thread Jim Devine
On 9/2/05, Max Sawicky wrote: Not to rub salt into the wound, for FY05 it took a big jump, though probably a temporary one. yeah, it's because profits surged. That's clearly the result of the success of supply-side economics. If Bush cut taxes for rich people and corporations once again,

Re: [PEN-L] Tax Cuts to Rescue N. Orleans

2005-09-02 Thread Max Sawicky
The biggest piece of the surge was a depreciation break in second, 2002 tax cut bill. You take a bigger deduction for capital expenses sooner, less later -- it just shifts taxes that would have been paid anyway from 2003-2004 to the current fiscal year. AT the same time, the PV of taxes paid is

Re: [PEN-L] Tax Cuts to Rescue N. Orleans

2005-09-02 Thread Michael Perelman
Also, the Fed pays a portion of the corp. tax bill, around 5%? On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 01:45:40PM -0400, Max Sawicky wrote: The biggest piece of the surge was a depreciation break in second, 2002 tax cut bill. You take a bigger deduction for capital expenses sooner, less later -- it just