I hate job killing tax increases. Those are taxes on the poor and the middle class. Those are taxes that favor capital over labor. Those are taxes that make taxes regressive.
I fully support job creating tax increases. Examples of tax increases that create jobs include:
* Eliminating the preferential rates for capital gains and dividends. When capital is taxed at a lower rate than labor it kills jobs. People don't want to work, they only want to speculate.
* Having a truly progressive tax rate structure, that starts at no more than 10% and tops out at 50% but with a surcharge rate of an additional 20% for income over $10 million.
* Giving people exactly the same tax benefit for "tax expenditures," such as mortgage interest, charitable contribution, etc. Right now a wealthy person gets a $35 tax break for every $100 given to charity but a middle class person gets only a $10 or $15 tax break for the same contribution. The easiest way to do this is to convert all deduction to tax credits and value the credit at about 15%.
These are all job creating tax increases. That proposition is supported by at least as much evidence as is the argument that they would not create jobs.
Here are some more from the comments.
From lineatus,
* A transaction tax on stock trades Fifty cents per trade, plus a fraction of a penny per share. It would add bazillions to the treasury, and most of the tax would be paid by speculators. If you're a buy-and-hold investor, you won't be much affected by this... probably no more than tens of dollars a year, if that. But if you're someone who's churning money (the kind who fucked up the economy in the first place) you're going to pay this tax every day.
The proceeds can go toward any number of job creating programs - infrastructure, educations subsidies for laid off workers, etc.
From Manhattan Man,
*Heavy taxes on good made:
1) In countries where workers can't vote and can't organize.
2) In countries where workers are not paid a living wage.
3) In countries where the local environment is not respected.
4) Using processes that rely on CO2 emissions. These products probably hurt climate in the USA by increasing the Greenhouse Effect.
These job-creating taxes will force more goods to be manufactured here.