U.S. Economy, and Proposals to Provide Middle-income Tax Relief, Tax Equity and Fairness, Economic Stimulus and Growth: February 4, 5, and 6, 1992U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 1877 pages |
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Page 1350 - It was organized in 1973 to foster a broader understanding of the importance of venture capital to the vitality of the US economy.
Page 1231 - Congress concluded that the minimum tax should serve one overriding objective: to ensure that no taxpayer with substantial economic income can avoid significant tax liability by using exclusions, deductions, and credits.
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Page 1180 - US now taxes long-term capital gains at a higher rate than nearly all of its major Asian and European competitors. The current level of capital gains taxation discriminates against capital income, discourages venture capital formation, impedes job creation, and hinders the US's international competitiveness by raising the cost of capital relative to that of its competitors.
Page 1817 - In short, if Medicare coverage were desirable, employees would certainly bring pressure to bear upon their employers (which are, after all, elected governments) to adopt it. In fact, the opposite is true; far from clamoring for Medicare coverage, public employee groups are vehemently opposed to efforts to impose these programs upon them. They do not need the federal government to provide these programs "for their own good.
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Page 1181 - rich" for one year. The next year, however, they are back among the middle class. Realized capital gains tend to be nonrecurring events. Yet, when combined with a taxpayer's other income, those gains appear to be realized predominantly by wealthy people. IRS data ''show that capital gains realizations are actually spread quite evenly throughout ordinary income groups.