Problem+Research

__** Problem Research **__

"IRS." //Internal Revenue Service//. Web. 31 Oct. 2011. .


 * Airlines have a ticket tax
 * Truckers will have to pay a tax for driving trucks

Hinkel, Nate. "Gas companies pay lower taxes in Arkansas." //Arkansas Business// 19 Nov. 2007: 1+. //Student Resources in Context//. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. < http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA172133395&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w >.
 * In Arkansas, gas companies pay less for taxes

In Million Cubic Feet
 * Implied (Import)/Export || 2001 || 2002 || 2003 ||
 * Missouri || (283,793) || (275,629) || (262,529) ||
 * Tennessee || (253,990) || (253,465) || (255,512) ||
 * Mississippi || (240,502) || (247,387) || (143,371) ||
 * Arkansas || (61,547) || (80,849) || (77,637) ||
 * Louisiana || 130,211 || (132,417) || (8,061) ||
 * Oklahoma || 1,035,041 || 992,021 || 943,307 ||
 * Texas || 674,711 || 476,709 || 860,530 ||
 * Oklahoma || 1 || 992,021 || 943,307 ||

"Warren Goes after Tax cuts in Attacking Brown." //Nationaljournal.com// 10 May 2011. //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 31 Oct. 2011. < http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA256004336&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w >.
 * Setti Warren was singling out Scott Brown's (a Republican from Mass.) plan keeping Bush's taxes breaks for the rich
 * He was doing this so he could get into senate
 * The tax cuts put him in "hot water" with President Obama
 * It also did with his old boss Sen. John Kerry D-Mass.
 * Warren said that Brown voting for the breaks was one of the many ways Brown going against Mass.

"Democrats give up on winning GOP support for Brown's jobs plan, leader says." //San Jose Mercury News// [San Jose, CA] 12 Sept. 2011. //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 31 Oct. 2011. < http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA266803471&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w >.
 * Democrats gave up in winning the Republican's support for Jerry Brown's $1 billion job plan
 * Brown won the required 2/3 vote in the Assembly with two Republicans but didn't get a single republican Friday
 * Since it would have changed tax law, he would have needed 2/3 vote
 * Gil Duran said that the Republicans voted against lower taxes for businesses and working Californians
 * Duran said that it was as if there was no change in their mind
 * Tem Darrell Steinberg said that they could get a 2/3 in both houses and he'll work on it in the fall

"Perry Airs First TV Ad in Iowa." //Nationaljournal.com// 26 Oct. 2011. //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 31 Oct. 2011. < http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA270848154&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w>.
 * Rick Perry said that he would create jobs
 * He didn't mention the flat-tax centerpiece
 * It's a 20% flat-tax to replace the graduated income tax rate
 * He said it'd start the economic recovery by opening American oil and gas fields
 * Also cutting Obama's "red tape" on business

Bandazzo, Anthony, and Dean Stansel. "The upper-class entitlement: it's time to end the mortgage interest deduction." //Reason// Nov. 2011: 38+. //Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 1 Nov. 2011. .
 * The mortgage interest deduction is coming to a halt
 * A thing that was going on allowed taxpayers to deduct 1.1 million in home loan-related interest payments
 * All taxes on income cause disputes and disagreements
 * In 2009, 22.1% of tax returns contained the mortgage interest deduction
 * When the price bubble collapsed, very little equality was left in some peoples homes

Smith, Chris. "How Andrew Cuomo Lost; He's going to be governor--but by playing it safe, he gave up a chance to start leading." //New York// 25 Oct. 2010. //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 1 Nov. 2011. < http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA240392286&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w >.
 * One person, Carl Paladino, is finally mad about wasteful government spending
 * He also hated the corrupt political establishment
 * Paladino said the health-care reform was an assult on the Constitution
 * His upstate real-estate took full advantage of the tax breaks, yet hes against them
 * Paladino hated a Gay Pride Parade but doesn't hate gays

"Federal Tax Credits for Hybrids." //Fuel Economy//. Web. 02 Nov. 2011. .
 * People will get tax credits for driving hybrids if the car is purchased or put out after December 31, 2005
 * They can get up to $3,400 in tax credits
 * Cars bought after December 31, 2010 aren't eligible
 * Credit will phase out when a given manufacture has sold over 60,000 eligible cars
 * Toyota hybrids purchased after September 30, 2007, are not eligible

"Anger over taxes." //International Herald Tribune// 1 Nov. 2011. //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 2 Nov. 2011.
 * Americans aren't really complaining about the tax system
 * Americans just want the rich to be paying more
 * Rick Perry-R Tex. said that a flat tax would be the best idea
 * What Perry-R Tex. is really doing is giving the rich a huge tax break
 * Herman Cains "9-9-9" plan is a flat tax rate modified plan