BEYOND STUPID: Martin Feldstein: The 'Tax Expenditure' Solution for Our National Debt - WSJ.com: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"
What puzzles me is why any expense of a household to support the work of the income earner isn't deductible - in particular, this would include any kind of servants and staff.
After all, how many smart, educated, talented and trained individuals decide to stay home because the net return from working doesn't compute tax wise.
Meanwhile, a number of people that could fulfill such domestic support functions have no work. And, many of the people who could provide jobs to these people and have the skills to compete on a global job market decide the after-tax benefits are greater for not working.
Can anything be more insidiously stupid?
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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