Taxes

News                                                                                                                             
Politico | Democrats win key tax fights in emerging fiscal cliff deal
The emerging fiscal cliff deal is enough to leave Republicans with a major New Year’s hangover. The package being negotiated by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Vice President Joe Biden amounts to a defeat for the GOP on multiple fronts.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
WSJ | Nothing Is Certain Except More Debt and Taxes
Whatever ultimately emerges from the fiscal-cliff negotiations over the past 48 hours, the country will survive. But the damage can't be undone. Taxes are going up for all working Americans. And so is the size of government.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Reason | A Tax Cuts Mystery
The chief of detectives shoved his hands into the pockets of his trenchcoat and tugged at the brim of his fedora. “We’ve got a murder on our hands, gentlemen.”