Category: Taxes

Politico’s Jonathan Martin Compares Romney to Gordon Gekko; Finds Obama’s Failed Eco-Crony Capitalism Uninteresting

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Gwen Ifill of the PBS Newshour hosted Jonathan Martin of Politico and Molly Ball of The Atlantic magazine in a left wing cuddlefest that bashed Romney over Bain, his taxes, and Solyndra on July 16. : Ms. Ifill was not the least concerned that this story is mere fodder for the Obama campaign to pivot away […]

 

The Supreme Court, the Mandate, and “Taxes”

Posted on by Dustin Siggins

In light of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA), conservatives have by and large been apoplectic. A picture with Chief Justice Roberts above the word “traitor” has made its way around Facebook, his Catholic faith has been called into question, and Mitt Romney’s campaign says 42,000 donations […]

 

Rare Kudos to the New York Times

Posted on by Dustin Siggins

On Sunday, the New York Times published an editorial about the “fiscal cliff” pundits and politicians are concerned will hit the nation on January 1, 2013. Consisting of spending cuts and tax increases, the “cliff” is based upon the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) expectations that the nation will be put back into recession if the […]

 

Call the President’s Bluff, Part 2

Posted on by Dustin Siggins

This morning The Hill reported that seven Senate Democrats are opposed to ending the Bush tax policies on anyone, even the wealthy, without a deficit deal along the lines of Simpson-Bowles. This puts the President in quite a tight spot, especially in light of White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s statement on June 6 that […]

 

Racine Tea Party Rally for Scott Walker/Kleefisch (Also Paul Ryan, Dana Loesch, Tony Katz, More)

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

This morning I got up bright and early, jumped into the car and took a drive up into Wisconsin to witness the Racine Tea Party rally in support of Wisc. Governor Scott Walker. Speakers included the lovely Rebecca Kleefisch (Wis. Lt. Gov.), Rep. Paul Ryan, State Senator Van Wanggaard, Talk Show Host Tony Katz, Breitbart […]

 

Dangers of the Ballot Initiative

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

At first blush, the idea of having ballot initiatives on election day seems like such a great, democratic idea. Unfortunately, all too often, all they are is a way to enlarge government, chip away at freedom, and cost the taxpayers money without returning the benefits promised. California is the perfect example of these troubles. The […]

 

Jon Lovitz: Another Hollywierder Mugged by Reality

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Last week comedian Jon Lovitz appeared on a podcast to talk about his years on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. The conversation, though, veered toward politics and to many left-wingers it veered too to the right! On the pocast, Mr. Lovitz went on a tirade about what he feels are the tax lies Obama is unleashing […]

 

Video: Costs of Energy Killing Small Businesses

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Maria Tworek owns and runs the Brass Monkey Sports Bar in Omaha, Nebraska. It takes a lot of electricity to keep her business going, a commodity whose price just seems to rise. With a greater reliance on coal for electricity, America can keep prices affordable for people like Maria. Clean Coal. Now Is The Time. […]

 

Obama: “Prosperity Grows From People With No Money”

Posted on by William Teach

Yes, he was throwing down one his well used class warfare cards (Washington Times) Two days after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the White House’s “Buffett rule,” a proposed tax increase on millionaires, President Obama used the rejection to rally supporters in swing-state Ohio and paint himself as a champion of the middle class. “In […]

 

Welfare, Not Work: Obama Shuts Down Minority Business Agency

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Hosannas. Obama has finally cut some federal spending. But noting which agency he shut down is sort of emblematic of his whole welfare/big government-pushing presidency. On Friday, the Department of Commerce announced that it would be shutting down all five regional offices of the Minority Business Development Agency, an agency that was created by Richard […]

 

American Cancer Society Attacks Me by Name Over California Tax Grab?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Oddly enough, a coalition of big tax hikers in California, including the American Cancer Society, has attacked me by name for daring to write about Proposition 29, a California ballot measure that will appear on this year’s ballot. Prop 29 will force Californians to foot the costs of nearly a billion dollars in new and […]

 

Canada’s tax revenues steady as they lowered corporate tax rates

Posted on by Wintery Knight

Canada: Corporate tax cuts, not stimulus spending From the: Daily Caller. Excerpt: The chart shows Canada’s federal corporate tax revenues as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) and the federal corporate tax rate. The tax rate plunged from 38 percent in 1980 to just 15 percent by 2012. Amazingly, there has been no obvious drop […]

 

Who’s Offering Economic Solutions?

Posted on by Michael Fell

Given America’s growing national debt, now in excess of $15 trillion: http://www.usdebtclock.org/ A per capita government debt that’s worse than Greece’s: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/chart-america-s-capita-government-debt-worse-greece_631797.html Unemployment numbers “officially” listed at 8.5%: http://www.bls.gov/bls/newsrels.htm#OEUS Petroleum prices trending higher, adding pain at the pump for consumers while decreasing money available to them for spending on vital necessities like food and shelter: […]

 

Tax Law Provision Could Keep Supreme Court From Making Obamacare Decision Till 2015

Posted on by William Teach

Perhaps this is one of the reasons Team Obama is arguing that the mandate is a tax (USA Today) Next month’s challenge to the Obama-sponsored health care law could affect the care available to most Americans, alter the balance of power between Washington and the states and remain a flash point through this presidential campaign. […]

 

Congress Reaches Tentative Deal On “Temporary” Payroll Tax Extension

Posted on by William Teach

Of course, many in the media and the Democrat Party (but, I repeat myself) are portraying this as Republicans caving. Pretty much because this is about the only thing that Obama has done that is actually popular, to a degree. Why removing money from the Social Security fund is popular, I’m not sure (Washington Post) […]

 

Rick Santorum’s Sweep Changes the Race

Posted on by Michael Fell

As the final Colorado vote counts were coming in late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning, confirming that Rick Santorum scored a hat trick against his Republican competitors, it was becoming clear that a sea change is occurring within the GOP race. More than before, it’s now arguable that the inevitability of Mitt Romney’s candidacy is a […]

 

Democrat hypocrisy: 36 Obama aides owe $833,970 in back taxes to the IRS

Posted on by Wintery Knight

From: Investors Business Daily. Excerpt: How embarrassing this must be for President Obama, whose major speech theme so far this campaign season has been that every single American, no matter how rich,: should pay their “fair share” of taxes. Because how unfair — indeed, un-American — it is for an office worker like, say, Warren Buffet’s secretary […]

 

Awesome: Democrat Short Term Payroll Extenstion Unworkable

Posted on by William Teach

Obviously, the Democrats in the Senate are playing their typical games in kicking the issue of the payroll tax cut extension down the road. And, via Jake Tapper, we learn (ABC News) Officials from the policy-neutral National Payroll Reporting Consortium, Inc. have expressed concern to members of Congress that the two-month payroll tax holiday passed […]

 

Democrats Trick Americans With Payroll Tax Cut Extension Ruse

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

The Democrats are accusing Republicans in Congress of opposing the extension of payroll tax cuts. On the face of it, something seems wrong. Republicans are usually in favor of tax cuts and Democrats generally oppose them, except when there is a Democratic special interest involved like environmental causes. Democrats using the payroll tax cut extension […]