Share the View: Obama's Tax Plan

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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

FEBRUARY 3, 2015 bloombergview.com

TAXES The Editors: "In his latest attempt to find the money to repair the U.S.'s decrepit roads and bridges, President Barack Obama is proposing to raid the overseas bank accounts of corporate America. Inevitably, because it involves the U.S. tax code, the plan is not without its absurd aspects. But it could point the way toward making tax policy more sensible." Read more... HEALTH Zara Kessler: "The U.S. has a large -- and largely preventable -- problem on its hands: measles. ... Perhaps even more troubling, young Americans seem especially likely to believe discredited assertions connecting vaccination to autism." Read more... 2016 ELECTIONS Jonathan Bernstein: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's "apparent attempt to appeal to vaccination opponents, while a surprising strategy for a governor in a densely populated state, is consistent with a plausible Iowa caucus strategy: an attempt to lock up a small faction of voters." Read more... EUROPEAN ECONOMY Justin Fox: "Greek officials are flying around Europe this week, trying to talk to their counterparts in different countries instead of the 'troika' of the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and European Union that had been their negotiating partner up to now. Why would they do this?" Read more... SPORTS @kavithadavidson (Kavitha A. Davidson): Take a break from second-guessing Pete Carroll to second-guess the NFL's concussion protocol: Read more... RUSSIA Leonid Bershidsky: "Is Russia fighting a war against Ukraine? ... The case of a Russian housewife with a two-month-old baby, accused of treason and jailed for making a call to the Ukrainian embassy, proves that Russia sees the neighboring country as an enemy and that it has troops there."Read more... CHINA William Pesek: "Jack Ma, 1. China, 0. That seems to be the score in the unusually public tussle between the Alibaba billionaire and Beijing." Read more... HEALTH-CARE REFORM Megan McArdle: "If you got health insurance subsidies last year, and you're worried that you got too much in federal tax credits and will be faced with a huge tax bill for repayment, then you can worry a little less: The IRS says that people who are liable for repayment ('clawback') of excess subsidies won't have to pay by April 15." Read more...