http://www.heritage.org/research/ The Heritage Foundation Papers: Taxes Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:10:10 EST http://www.heritage.org/ui/icons/thflogo.gif http://www.heritage.org/ en-us heritage.org Copyright 2009 The Heritage Foundation The Pelosi health care plan relies on a large surtax that would gradually encompass all American taxpayers, much like the dreaded Alternative Minimum Tax does. http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2687.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and Guinevere Nell Taxes Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:13:37 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2687.cfm The Joint Tax Committee recently shed important new light on the proposed "Cadillac excise tax" contained in the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill. http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2667.cfm The Heritage Foundation - J. D. Foster, Ph.D. Taxes Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:14:13 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2667.cfm The Baucus plan's excise tax on "Cadillac" health insurance plans would fall mostly on low- and middle-income workers. http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2654.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Curtis S. Dubay Taxes Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:11:07 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2654.cfm Congress should drop its efforts to levy sin taxes and targeted taxes. They lead only to higher deficits and higher taxes. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/wm2635.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Curtis S. Dubay Taxes Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:13:56 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/wm2635.cfm The OMB and CBO budget updates show that spending cuts—not tax increases—are necessary to bring deficits under control. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2597.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Curtis S. Dubay Taxes Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:02:26 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2597.cfm The OMB's new budget spending estimates are alarming and absolutely unsustainable-and are the true cause of these appalling levels of deficit and debt. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2595.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian M. Riedl Taxes Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:24:46 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2595.cfm Senator John Kerry has suggested a new excise tax on "gold-plated" health insurance policies. But this is not the right way to go. http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2578.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Edmund F. Haislmaier Taxes Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:51:01 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2578.cfm Raising taxes on the rich would increase the progressivity of the already highly progressive tax code. It would also damage economic growth by stifling job creation, further slowing the growth of already stagnant wages. Tax hikes on the rich hit small businesses hard. Raising these rates will hurt the businesses that are the primary engine for job growth in the U.S. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/bg2306.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Curtis S. Dubay Taxes Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:53:12 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/bg2306.cfm Taxing health insurance companies is a bad, backdoor alternative to the more sensible, more transparent policy of capping the exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance. http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2561.cfm The Heritage Foundation - J. D. Foster, Ph.D. Taxes Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:45:15 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2561.cfm The large tax increases proposed by House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) would harm over a million small businesses, making them less likely to expand and hire new workers. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/wm2556.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Rea S. Hederman, Jr. Taxes Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:22:04 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/wm2556.cfm