Budget, Taxation & Economy
Fortune columnist pans NJ tobacco bond plan
Allan Sloan explains in the latest issue of Fortune magazine why the New Jersey government is off track with tobacco bonds. Why am I, a New Jersey resident who owns…
Allan Sloan
American journalist
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Fortune columnist examines companies’ efforts to flee American tax burdens
Allan Sloan‘s latest Fortune magazine column decries the recent growth in “tax avoiders,” those companies that reincorporate in other countries to avoid an excessive tax bill in the United States.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Fortune columnist highlights a tough federal tax reform battle
Allan Sloan of Fortune magazine focuses attention in his latest column on Michigan congressman Dave Camp‘s struggles to reach a bipartisan deal on tax reform. Everyone talks about wanting bipartisan…
Regulation
Taking the Rube Goldberg approach to regulation
Allan Sloan writes in the latest Fortune magazine that the transformation of former Fed chairman Paul Volcker’s proposed financial reform into a government “rule” represents “a triumph of complexity over…
Liberty
The president’s ‘fake bipartisanship’
That’s the description Fortune columnist Allan Sloan, no raging right-winger, offers in his latest piece for the magazine. Washington is very good at creating things out of thin air. The…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Fortune’s Sloan questions the president’s plan to target retirement funds
The Fortune 500 edition of Fortune magazine features an Allan Sloan column questioning President Obama’s proposals targeting retirement savings. President Obama’s proposal to limit the value of 401(k)s, pensions, and…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
More evidence that the corporate income tax is a mess
You don’t have to agree with Fortune magazine columnist Allan Sloan‘s policy prescriptions to appreciate that his latest column exposes some of the problems associated with the corporate income tax.…
Liberty
Coming Soon, Thanks To ObamaCare
If you liked how the Alternative Minimum Tax snagged more and more taxpayers because it wasn’t indexed to inflation, you’ll love ObamaCare’s surcharge on high-income earners, according to Allan Sloan…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Fortune’s Sloan offers Democrats a Social Security warning
The Fortune magazine columnist Allan Sloan, no rabid right-winger, thinks the recent fiscal cliff fiasco should serve as a warning for Democrats who see no need to reform Social Security.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Repeat after Roy: Corporations don’t pay taxes
Allan Sloan‘s latest Fortune column urges American corporations to reveal more details about their tax returns. The print version of the article carries the headline “Big corporations need to show…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Fortune columnist echoes Hood’s argument
Read Allan Sloan’s latest Fortune column, and you’ll note that his politics differ from those of John Locke Foundation President John Hood. Still, Sloan’s argument that New York and New…
Liberty
Unintended bailout consequences
When the government gets involved in bailouts, it?s not always easy to identify all possible negative consequences. Sure, there?s the moral hazard, and the fact that resources are seized from…