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		<title>Good Riddance: J.K. Harris Shuts Down</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/06/good-riddance-j-k-harris-shuts-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/06/good-riddance-j-k-harris-shuts-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Collections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.K. Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roni Deutch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax masters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax scams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The second unscrupulous player in the tax resolution business has been forced to shut its doors as a result of thousands of consumer complaints and several government investigations. Paul Caron has the story: JK Harris Tax Resolution Firm Closes its Doors Consumer Affairs, JK Harris Suspends Operations, Prepares to Liquidate: Tax-Preparation Firm Swamped by Consumer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Synopsis of Two Weeks of Super Bowl Pre-Game Analysis</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/05/synopsis-of-two-weeks-of-super-bowl-pre-game-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/05/synopsis-of-two-weeks-of-super-bowl-pre-game-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superbowl]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Timothy H. Tebow! If I have to listen to another pseudo-expert assert the patently obvious as if it were an epiphany, I think I&#8217;ll projectile vomit. Here&#8217;s a quick synopsis of 300 plus hours of expert pre-game &#8220;analysis&#8221;: Turnovers are key Defense must put pressure on QB Game will be won in trenches Team that wants it most will win [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New IRS Rules: Obamacare Tax Rules Document Dump</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/04/new-irs-rules-obamacare-tax-provision-document-dump/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/04/new-irs-rules-obamacare-tax-provision-document-dump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michelle malkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax provisions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Malkin reports that the transparency President has done another one of his patented Friday afternoon document dumps,¹ this time with the voluminous and highly complex IRS rules for implementing the tax provisions of Obamacare: (footnote is mine). If it’s Friday, it’s another White House dump day. Cue the dump truck horn: Doot! Doot! Doot! While Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Ginsburg Disses Constitution She Swore to Uphold</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/03/justice-ginsburg-disses-constitution-she-is-sworn-to-uphold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/03/justice-ginsburg-disses-constitution-she-is-sworn-to-uphold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judicial activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice ginsburg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us constitution]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you wonder why conservatives are so concerned about Democrats stacking the court with liberals, read Eugene Volokh&#8217;s blog post reporting that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared on Egyptian television and warned developing nations of the world not to use the U.S. Constitution as a model (emphasis is mine): Liberty Counsel points to these these excerpts of an interview with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Anti-Romney: One Percenter Pays 102% of Taxable Income in Federal, State and Local Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/03/one-percenter-james-ross-pays-102-of-income-in-federal-state-and-local-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/03/one-percenter-james-ross-pays-102-of-income-in-federal-state-and-local-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupy wall street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soak the rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax the rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[top 1 percent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[who pays taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The left would have you believe that 1 percenters like Warren Buffett and Mitt Romney are the poster boys for a tax system that favors the rich. Enter James Ross, a 1 percenter who paid 102% of his 201o taxable income in federal income, state income local taxes. James Stewart of the Associated Press has the story: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Nation of Takers</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/02/a-nation-of-takers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/02/a-nation-of-takers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charles sykes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entitlements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moocher nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nation of takers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A fellow named Charles Sykes has written a new book titled A Nation of Takers: America&#8217;s Addiction to Getting Something for Nothing. In the first pages of his book Sykes presents a few scenes from what he calls &#8220;Moocher Nation.&#8221; Here&#8217;s my favorite scene: Q.  Why are you here? A.  To get some money Q.  What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma Republicans Want to Abolish the State Income Tax</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/02/oklahoma-republicans-want-to-abolish-the-state-income-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/02/oklahoma-republicans-want-to-abolish-the-state-income-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oklahoma state tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state income tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wealth flight]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The AP&#8217;s Sean Murphy reports that Oklahoma Republicans want to abolish their state income tax: A year after Republicans swept into office across the country, many have trained their sights on what has long been a fiscal conservative&#8217;s dream: the steep reduction or even outright elimination of state income taxes. The idea has circulated among academics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Compliance Increases as Tax Rates Decline</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/01/tax-compliance-increases-as-tax-rates-decline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/01/tax-compliance-increases-as-tax-rates-decline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daniel mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david cay johnston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high tax rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low tax rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax compliance rate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29245</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month in American Tax Compliance Rates Highest in Civilized World Despite What David Cay Johnston Says I refuted David Cay Johnston&#8217;s absurd claim that America&#8217;s low tax rates are the cause of it&#8217;s alleged rampant tax evasion: Johnston claims that there is “rampant evasion in the U.S.” even though the very study he cites shows that there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super-Pacs, Citizens United and the Role of Supreme Court Justices</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/31/super-pacs-citizens-united-and-the-role-of-supreme-court-justices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/31/super-pacs-citizens-united-and-the-role-of-supreme-court-justices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizens united]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ed rendell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super pacs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supreme court justices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I winced this morning when former Pennsylvania Governor, Democrat Ed Rendell, said that he hoped the Supreme Court majority that had decided the Citizens United case was paying close attention to the corrosive influence of super-pacs in the Republican primary.¹ Mr. Rendell apparently believes that the Citizen United Justices should have based their decision not on what the law was, but on what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson&#8217;s Starts Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/30/taxpayer-advocate-nina-olsons-new-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/30/taxpayer-advocate-nina-olsons-new-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Advocate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nina olson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My favorite IRS employee has started a blog. Paul Caron reports: National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson has started a blog: Welcome to the National Taxpayer Advocate’s blog about taxpayer  rights and taxpayer burden. For starters, let me explain that I use the  term “taxpayer rights” here to mean not only statutory rights but also  the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hayek on the Dangers of Socialism</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/30/hayek-on-the-dangers-of-socialism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/30/hayek-on-the-dangers-of-socialism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hayek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[limited government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[socialism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[totalitarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[utopia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29204</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You can put this post in the thick file labeled &#8220;why I favor small government and oppose high taxation.&#8221; F.A. Hayek tells us why socialism (i.e. central planning) inevitably leads to totalitarianism (emphasis is mine): Planning leads to dictatorship because dictatorship is the most effective instrument of coercion and, as such, essential if central planning on a large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buffett Rule Irony: Tax Won&#8217;t Apply to Warren Buffett</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/30/buffett-rule-irony-tax-wont-apply-to-warren-buffett/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/30/buffett-rule-irony-tax-wont-apply-to-warren-buffett/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buffett rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james freeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surtax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax the rich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By way of Paul Caron, the WSJ reports that the Buffett Rule, if enacted, won&#8217;t apply to its namesake: Wall Street Journal, Will Buffett Avoid the Buffett Rule? The Sage of Omaha Is Already Positioned to Shield Most of His Rising Wealth From Such a Tax, by James Freeman: Billionaire Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warren Buffett Deserves to Pay Taxes at a Lower Rate than his Secretary</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/29/warren-buffett-deserves-to-pay-taxes-at-a-lower-rate-than-his-secretary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/29/warren-buffett-deserves-to-pay-taxes-at-a-lower-rate-than-his-secretary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buffett rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair share]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[progressive tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regressive tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soak the rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax the rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warren buffett]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Please bear with me on this one. If Warren Buffett really does pay taxes at a lower rate than his secretary does, it is a fairer result than if he paid taxes at a higher rate.¹ Here&#8217;s why: Warren Buffett employs his secretary. Debbie Bosanek employs no one Warren Buffett, directly and indirectly, employs hundreds of thousands of workers. Debbie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debating Taxes with People Who Think You Just Want to Buy a Bigger Yacht</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/29/debating-taxes-with-people-who-think-you-just-want-to-buy-a-bigger-yacht/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/29/debating-taxes-with-people-who-think-you-just-want-to-buy-a-bigger-yacht/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soak the rich]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first rules of debate is that you should endeavor to understand your opponent&#8217;s argument &#8211; both the strong and weak points &#8211; better than he does. The pro-tax left is, apparently, unaware of this rule. Count left-leaning economist Robert H. Frank among those who simply do not understand why many conservative Americans, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>280,000 Federal Workers are Tax Deadbeats</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/29/280000-federal-workers-are-tax-deadbeats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/29/280000-federal-workers-are-tax-deadbeats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tax gap]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Caron reports that nearly 280,000 current and former federal workers are delinquent in their tax obligations: Over 279,000 federal workers and retirees owed more than $3.4 billion in back income taxes in 2010 (up from $3.3 billion in 2009, $3.0 billion in 2008, and $2.7 billion in 2007). The cabinet departments with the largest percentages of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maule Responds &amp; Pappas Rebuts</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/28/maule-responds-pappas-rebuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/28/maule-responds-pappas-rebuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james maule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soak the rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax lies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In his post Lying About Tax Myths Professor Maule responds point by point to my recent post More Lies About Tax Lies. I have published Maule&#8217;s entire post below. After each of his assertions, I give my rebuttal. 1.  Maule&#8217;s Assertion: Peter Pappas is at it again. My Rebuttal: I agree, I am at it again. &#8220;It&#8221; being the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bottom 60% Receive More Government Benefits than they Pay in Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/25/bottom-60-receive-more-government-benefits-than-they-pay-in-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/25/bottom-60-receive-more-government-benefits-than-they-pay-in-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality lie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair share]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scott hodge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wealth inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[who pays taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=28985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scott Hodge of the Tax Foundation has, in rebuttal to President Obama&#8217;s State of the Union speech, published two charts that show how radically progressive our current tax system is: We found that federal tax and spending policies are already very progressive and redistributive. As the charts below indicate, the bottom 60 percent of families [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romney&#8217;s Effective Tax Rate Closer to 45%</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/25/romneys-effective-tax-rate-closer-to-45/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/25/romneys-effective-tax-rate-closer-to-45/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capital gains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax the rich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=28975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Berlau and Trey Kovacs of The Wall Street Journal point out that Mitt Romney&#8217;s capital gains income was paid with after-tax corporate dollars and, therefore, taxed twice. I don&#8217;t expect people on the left to understand this. And even if they do, I don&#8217;t expect them to stop their anti-rich, class-warrior, Buffett secretary nonsense. But hope springs eternal. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pro-Tax Candidate John Kerry&#8217;s Tax Rate Lower Than Anti-Tax Candidate Mitt Romney&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/24/tax-the-rich-candidate-johnkerrys-tax-rate-was-lower-than-romneys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/24/tax-the-rich-candidate-johnkerrys-tax-rate-was-lower-than-romneys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john kerry taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax hypocrisy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax the rich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=28959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Kerry, the Democratic nominee for President in 2004, paid a lower rate of taxes than Mitt Romney paid in 2010. Of course, we didn&#8217;t hear much about Mr. Kerry&#8217;s low tax rate from the mainstream press even though, unlike Romney, he thinks the rich are undertaxed. It almost seems unfair to point out that unlike Mr. Romney, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Lies about Tax Lies</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/24/more-lies-about-tax-lies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/24/more-lies-about-tax-lies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality lie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair share lie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james maule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax lies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=28858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor James Maule has, once again, lied about who tells tax lies. He lists five myths &#8211; he really means lies &#8211; which he says the right tells about taxes. In this post I will discuss and hopefully refute the first three of them. Maule&#8217;s First Myth The first myth, that “47% of Americans do not [...]]]></description>
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