Should Congress get rid of tax-exempt municipal bonds?
Tax-exempt bonds are certainly worthy of discussion. Should the federal government subsidize state and local borrowing?www.csmonitor.com
Loss of tax credits could cripple future of wind farms
The topic has become a key issue in the presidential race, with President Barack Obama supporting the continuation of the federal subsidy, while Mitt Romney says he would let the tax credit expire. Obama has touted the jobs the green energy has brought ...www.joplinglobe.com
Romney's Wind of Change in Iowa
The Obama campaign clearly views the wind-energy subsidy - a 2.2-cent tax credit, enacted in 1992 and set to expire in December, for each kilowatt-hour of electricity generated - as a winning issue and an essential part of keeping Iowa blue this cycle.www.nationalreview.com
What's Better? A Carbon Tax or Energy Subsidies?
With all the debate about energy jobs, wind power tax breaks, and oil subsidies, it's hard to see what federal incentives do for energy in America.www.forbes.com
Texas wind energy boom may go bust if tax subsidies disappear
SWEETWATER, Texas -- The impact of wind energy in this region of West Texas can be seen simply by driving down the road. South of Sweetwater, hundreds of towering wind turbines from some of the nation's largest wind farms dot ridge lines as far as the ...www.sacbee.com
On energy, the leave-us-alone-but-give-us-our-subsidies line
TAMPA - I am always skeptical of big energy because of how much energy companies seek subsidies, handouts, mandates, and quotas.washingtonexaminer.com
From jobs to taxes, the GOP platform
Here are key elements of the GOP platform: Job creation: "We do not offer yet another made-in-Washington package of subsidies and spending to create temporary or artificial jobs." Taxes: "We reject the use of taxation to redistribute income, fund ...www.startribune.com
No subsidies or relief in toll tax: MSRDC minister
NAGPUR: Despite the statewide agitation by MNS against imposition of toll tax on highways, the state government has no intention of withdrawing it.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The Energy Subsidy Tally
It found that in 2009 fossil fuels accounted for 78% of U.S. energy production but received only 12.6% of tax incentives. Renewables accounted for 11% of energy production but received 77% of the tax subsidies—and that understates the figure because ...online.wsj.com
Employers push for subsidies to adapt childcare to modern workforce
"Our group also believes that there is a need for more readily available information to be put together for companies - the tax arrangements that apply, how might they assist their employees in finding childcare places." Ms Ellis said the government ...www.theaustralian.com.au
Possible subsidized paper mill in Nova Scotia worries Maine industry
Maine's industry worries that provincial subsidies that include loans and discount electric rates would let the Canadian mill sell its products at lower prices, at a time when demand for magazine and catalog paper in North America is already down ...www.onlinesentinel.com
Tax subsidies drain localities
While taking tax subsidies, Cabela's and Bass also ship capital out of the areas where they operate. Cabela's is based in Nebraska, Bass in Missouri.www.newsreview.com
Why not let wind tax credit expire?
... federal subsidy that has fertilized the wind-energy industry with results that can be seen for miles -- and miles -- along Interstate 84 as it follows the Columbia River (talk about a footprint).www.oregonlive.com
Dental subsidies for over 5 million people
Children aged two to 18 in Family Tax Benefit-A eligible families will get basic dental treatment, capped at $1000 per child over two years.au.news.yahoo.com
Subsidizing the CEOs
The four most direct tax subsidies for excessive executive pay cost taxpayers an estimated $14.4 billion per year—$46 for every American man, woman, and child.www.truthdig.com
FCC to tax broadband Internet
"But the tax revenue goes to the businesses to subsidize their coverage." "Right now, the money goes to mainly rural phone providers on the idea that their costs are very expensive to have to wire remote geographic areas therefore they need subsidies ...dailycaller.com
Why Subsidize CEOs?
Those tax subsidies for executive excess add up to over $14 billion a year. That equals 12 percent of the planned savings from the deficit deal sequesters, 211,732 times the annual cost of hiring an elementary school teacher, or $46 for each American.www.thenation.com
Rigell: Cuts, raising taxes key to staving off fiscal collapse
He points to legislation he has sponsored the would end the tax deduction for corporate jets as an example of subsidies he supports eliminating. Rigell also said he would be willing to eliminate some tax advantages oil companies receive, but did not ...www.dailypress.com
Toyota Faces 20% Drop in Japan Industry Sales as Aid Ends
"The government will have to come up with ways to offset the negative impact of the consumption tax increase," said Yoshiaki Kawano, an analyst at IHS Automotive in Tokyo.www.bloomberg.com
Marty: Public Subsidies to Create Jobs Have Failed
Unfortunately, most of the proposals for doing so, whether cutting taxes and spending (allegedly creating private sector jobs), or the alternative of subsidizing private business projects, simply don't help. Remember how the Bush tax cuts for the ...roseville.patch.com
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