Graetz Michael J (329 results)

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Hardback. Condition: Good. How the antitax fringe went mainstream?and now threatens America?s futureThe postwar United States enjoyed large, widely distributed economic rewards?and most Americans accepted that taxes were a reasonable price to pay for living in a society of shared prosperity. Then in 1978 California enacted Proposition 13, a property tax cap that Ronald Reagan hailed as a ?second American Revolution,? setting off an antitax, antigovernment wave that has transformed American politics and economic policy. In The Power to Destroy, Michael Graetz tells the story of the antitax movement and how it holds America hostage?undermining the nation?s ability to meet basic needs and fix critical problems.In 1819, Chief Justice John Marshall declared that the power to tax entails ?the power to destroy.? But The Power to Destroy argues that tax opponents now wield this destructive power. Attacking the IRS, protecting tax loopholes, and pushing tax cuts from Reagan to Donald Trump, the antitax movement is threatening the nation?s social safety net, increasing inequality, ballooning the national debt, and sapping America?s financial strength. The book chronicles how the movement originated as a fringe enterprise promoted by zealous outsiders using false economic claims and thinly veiled racist rhetoric, and how?abetted by conservative media and Grover Norquist?s ?taxpayer protection pledge"?it evolved into a mainstream political force.The important story of how the antitax movement came to dominate and distort politics, and how it impedes rational budgeting, equality, and opportunities, The Power to Destroy is essential reading for understanding American life today.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. How the antitax fringe went mainstream?and now threatens America?s futureThe postwar United States enjoyed large, widely distributed economic rewards?and most Americans accepted that taxes were a reasonable price to pay for living in a society of shared prosperity. Then in 1978 California enacted Proposition 13, a property tax cap that Ronald Reagan hailed as a ?second American Revolution,? setting off an antitax, antigovernment wave that has transformed American politics and economic policy. In The Power to Destroy, Michael Graetz tells the story of the antitax movement and how it holds America hostage?undermining the nation?s ability to meet basic needs and fix critical problems.In 1819, Chief Justice John Marshall declared that the power to tax entails ?the power to destroy.? But The Power to Destroy argues that tax opponents now wield this destructive power. Attacking the IRS, protecting tax loopholes, and pushing tax cuts from Reagan to Donald Trump, the antitax movement is threatening the nation?s social safety net, increasing inequality, ballooning the national debt, and sapping America?s financial strength. The book chronicles how the movement originated as a fringe enterprise promoted by zealous outsiders using false economic claims and thinly veiled racist rhetoric, and how?abetted by conservative media and Grover Norquist?s ?taxpayer protection pledge"?it evolved into a mainstream political force.The important story of how the antitax movement came to dominate and distort politics, and how it impedes rational budgeting, equality, and opportunities, The Power to Destroy is essential reading for understanding American life today. …

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Unravels the following mystery: how is it that the estate tax, which has been on the books continuously since 1916 and is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of Americans, was repealed in 2001 with broad bipartisan support? This work is a portrait of American politics as viewed through the lens of the death tax repeal saga.…

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Hardback. Condition: Fair. Cuts through the hype to tell you what tax reform proposals will really do to your wallet. To cheering crowds, politicians announce plans to dismantle the "IRS as we know it" and replace it with flat taxes and consumption taxes. But if we burn our 1040 forms, will we really be better off? In this trenchant book a distinguished law professor who served in the Treasury in the Bush administration takes a no-holds-barred look at our leaders' compulsion to use the tax system for short-term political ends. With telling anecdotes of politicking past and present, Michael Graetz shows how Congress lost the public's trust on tax policy: taxing more and more of people's stagnant buying power during the high-inflation years of the '70s and '80s, requiring ever more complicated tax forms and filings, and continuing to promise reform while powerful corporations and the rich dodge paying their fair share all while failing to deliver the goods in a tough economy. Taking on current proposals for tax reform, Graetz cuts through the rhetoric and crunches the numbers to reveal that ordinary taxpayers will foot a disproportionate share of the bill for flat and consumption taxes. Most of all, he demonstrates how PACS have become a legalized form of influence peddling that especially corrupts the political process where taxes are concerned. Breaking down the political deals and bureaucratic stupidities that have made the tax system so burdensome, he points the way to a saner, fairer system.…

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Condition: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.