http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/alternative-minimum Blog Articles Tagged with 'alternative-minimum' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1146700?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum If you received and exercised stock options, and had to pay taxes on the phantom income, I have got some good news for you:Buried in the $700b TARP Bailout is this AMT tax amendment: Their tax nightmare was created by a provision of the Internal Re... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:21:12 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1146700?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145247?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum 2009 is likely to be a watershed year for the solar photovoltaic [PV] industry, and one which many PV manufacturers will not survive. Even before the credit crunch and plummeting housing market made capital intensive PV much harder to finance, t... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:14:24 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145247?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1120794?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum Tax cuts paying for themselves, or not:Yes, Bush's Economic Policies Are a Failure, by Brad DeLong: Rex Nutting of Marketwatch:Budget outlook worsens on war, economy - MarketWatch: With the economy weakening and spending on the war rising, the federa... Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:33:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1120794?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1120767?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum Rex Nutting of Marketwatch: Budget outlook worsens on war, economy - MarketWatch: With the economy weakening and spending on the war rising, the federal budget outlook has deteriorated in both the short-run and the medium-term, the Congressional Budg... Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:03:34 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1120767?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1114676?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum We economists have a scenario that we call current policy plus Bush tax cuts. It is made up of (i) the laws currently in force in the United States of America, plus (ii) the assumption that the defense, veterans, and other spending currently approp... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:35:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1114676?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1109624?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum But math is hard! says Time magazine stenographer Michael Scherer. He opens with an interesting story: The Candidates' Tax Plans: Fuzzy Math: The choice in this election is stark and simple, John McCain said at recent Denver event, repeating a p... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:23:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1109624?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1109635?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum John McCain says that his closest economic advisor--Phil Gramm--does not speak for John McCain: CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - McCain: Phil Gramm does not speak for me - Blogs from CNN.com: John McCain for... Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:03:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1109635?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1106878?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum Douglas Holtz-Eakin's McCain Budget Plan: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301643_pf.htmlEven the thoroughly-in-the-tank Washington Post editorial page of Fred Hiatt cannot swallow this, and barfs it up:McCain ... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:34:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1106878?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/argmax/1106914?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum As I was saying, the McCain plan is not so much a plan as a rhetorical fog. I can understand setting a deficit reduction goal, but a plan should articulate how you get there under reasonable assumptions. Here's the Post editorial.McCain Math - wash... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:14:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/argmax/1106914?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1107011?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum Douglas Holtz-Eakin's McCain Budget Plan: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301643_pf.html Even the thoroughly-in-the-tank Washington Post editorial page of Fred Hiatt cannot swallow this, and barfs it up: McCai... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:46:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1107011?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1106042?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum Cr--! Robert Pear of the New York Times called, looking for asoundbite on McCain's budget policy. I blathered on, while the perfect soundbite was waiting in my email inbox, unread.It was: Underpants Gnomes.You all remember the plan of the Underpants... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:26:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1106042?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1095116?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum Though they differ greatly in how they would affect rich, poor and middle class taxpayers, the tax proposals of both US presidential candidates would add to the national debt even under optimistic scenarios. That is one of the conclusions of an analy... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:03:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1095116?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1095266?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum Though they differ greatly in how they would affect rich, poor and middle class taxpayers, the tax proposals of both US presidential candidates would add to the national debt even under optimistic scenarios. That is one of the conclusions of an analy... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:03:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1095266?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/kudlows-money-politics/1090919?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum McCain has called himself a foot soldier in the Reagan revolution. His tax speech clinches it.Sen. John McCain moved decisively to the supply-side Tuesday in a strong speech to the National Small Business Summit in Washington, D.C. For investors, sma... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:34:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/kudlows-money-politics/1090919?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1053455?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum Paul writes: Bush Made Permanent: [T]he perception, eagerly propagated by Mr. McCain s many admirers in the news media, [is] that he s very different from Mr. Bush a responsible guy, a straight talker. But is this perception at all true? Dur... Thu, 01 May 2008 15:25:24 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1053455?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1044050?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum Douglas Holtz-Eakin, John McCain's top economic adviser, says not to worry about the fact that John McCain's budget plan is out of balance by hundreds of billions of dollars, they have aplan to increase revenues and take care of the problem: As Mr. M... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:35:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1044050?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1041385?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum John Berry is--rightfully--unhappy: April 21 (Bloomberg) -- The three major presidential candidates, ignoring the tenuous outlook for federal finances, are making foolish, untenable promises not to raise taxes... are pretending the next president isn... Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:04:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1041385?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1041012?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum Dean Baker on John McCain's economic policies: The Meltdown Lowdown The American Prospect: 1. Confusing Tax Day and April Fools' Day 1: McCain's Tax Breaks: Some politicians have trouble distinguishing between tax day and April Fools' Day. After al... Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:33:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1041012?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1036449?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum The press ought to be all over McCain for his lack of an effective plan to help struggling Americans. From the WSJ report below, here's what McCain proposes to do:Temporarily reduce gas taxes and quit adding to Strategic Reserve. The reduction in tax... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:07:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1036449?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/digital-rules/1036444?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum Last night I plopped into bed at 1 a.m., but at least it was my own bed. The last three weeks have taken me to Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar and India. From Mumbai, India, I hauled it to Phoenix via Newark, N.J., in time to give a... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:56:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/digital-rules/1036444?rsstype=tag&tag=alternative-minimum