Category: Taxes

Video: Obama: Capitalism and Liberty Don’t Work

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Barack Obama, President of the United Deniers of America, is slamming the country again. This time he ways that capitalism, liberty, and American principles have never worked. Speaking in Osawatomie, Kansas, where in 1910 an off-the-rails Teddy Roosevelt laid out a new socialist-inspired dream for America he entitled the “New Nationalism,” Obama had a few […]

 

How Radical is Obama? This Radical…

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Barack Obama is very successful at one thing: the bait and switch. He stands before America presenting a picture of a hard-working moderate and claims that he wants to work with the Republicans to get things done. In reality he won’t even meet with them. He talks about compromise, but never offers any. He mouths […]

 

Hypocrisy: Left Wants SCOTUS Justice Thomas Recusal, Ignores Kagan’s Clear Conflicts

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

This past weekend the Washington Post published a hit piece on the grand opening of a museum in Georgia dedicated to the birthplace of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The paper was desperate to make some grand conspiracy, some lawbreaking evil from the project. But whatever is going on with the museum, this story […]

 

Who’s Up For A Christmas Tree Tax?

Posted on by William Teach

Yes, you can thank the Obama administration for this one (Heritage) President Obama’s Agriculture Department today announced that it will impose a new 15-cent charge on all fresh Christmas trees–the Christmas Tree Tax–to support a new Federal program to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees. OK, it’s not much, and it only applies […]

 

Supercommittee Democrats Push Stimulus Spending As Part Of Deficit Reduction Deal

Posted on by William Teach

No, really. Somehow, these fools think that dumping more money in yet another wasted attempt to hook up campaign contributors stimulate jobs will reduce the deficit. Technically, if the spending would reap a huge hiring spree where salaries went up and people were again paying taxes (which would also be a boon to the cash […]

 

Rick Perry Set To Announce His Cut, Balance, And Grow Plan

Posted on by William Teach

Better late than never. Skipping the preamble and heading to the meat (Wall Street Journal) On Tuesday I will announce my “Cut, Balance and Grow” plan to scrap the current tax code, lower and simplify tax rates, cut spending and balance the federal budget, reform entitlements, and grow jobs and economic opportunity. The plan starts […]

 

In Pictures: How Much the Top Earners Already Pay in Taxes

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

America has heard a lot of talk about the “Buffett Rule” – President Barack Obama’s plan to make the tax code more “fair” by permanently raising taxes by $1.5 trillion over 10 years, with most of the burden falling on families and businesses earning more than $250,000 per year. But if he wants to talk […]

 

Sssshhhh: Obama’s Deficit Plan Will Tax More Than The Evil Rich

Posted on by William Teach

Anyone who thinks this is anything more than a raise taxes on everyone plan is deluded, and his liberal cheerleaders will suddenly realize that the old Democrat axiom “do you get a paycheck? You’re rich” is in play It’s not just millionaires who’d pay more under President Obama’s latest plan to combat the deficit. Air […]

 

Shockingly, Obama Calls For Taxation On Millionaires, Refuses To Send Check To IRS Himself

Posted on by William Teach

Yeah, I guess I should say something about Obama’s “Buffett tax,” though I really, really, really didn’t want to link the NY Times, thanks to that despicable 9/11 op-ed by Krugman. Alas, President Obama on Monday will call for a new minimum tax rate for individuals making more than $1 million a year to ensure […]

 

Obama “Jobs” Bill To Hit Municipal Bonds

Posted on by William Teach

What do municipal bonds have to do with Obama’s American Jobs Act? Well, according to Barron’s Municipal bonds have always been synonymous with tax-free income. That would end if President Obama gets his way. Under the jobs bill the President sent to Congress Monday, high-income individuals and families would no longer receive interest from state […]

 

AFL-CIO Prez: Hey, Remember 9/11? Was a Great Union Moment, Right?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In one of the most disgusting examples of the self-absorption of the union mind set, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka decided that his 9/11 memorial would not be much about 9/11, but would instead be just another excuse to say how great unions are and how evil conservatives are. This isn’t just gauche, but insulting, infuriating, […]

 

Live Tweeting Obama’s Jobs Speech: More Big Government Boondoggles

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As I often do, I live Tweeted Obama’s address to the joint session of congress, but for sure this speech was little else but yet another plea from Obama for giant piles of government money to be thrown around in a bacchanalia of Keynesian spending. He may not have used the newly verboten word “stimulus,” […]

 

AP Editorializing in the ‘News’ Again

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In a recent article on the dissatisfaction of Big Labor once again we see making its way into what is otherwise supposed to be a normal, everyday “news” story, the Associated Press indulging its penchant for using biased labels and left-wing “definitions” in order to push a left-wing agenda on its readers. Even while presenting […]

 

Newt Gingrich’s Illinois Fundraiser

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As I sit down to craft this report I just this moment returned from a fundraiser for former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich held in a small town called Lake Barrington in the western suburbs of Chicago. It was a nice, congenial scene unfortunately held on one of Chicago’s hottest evenings with temperatures reaching […]

 

No Spark: The Unanswered Questions of the Chevy Volt

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Every time we turn around these days President Obama is touting the idea that the “future” of America lies in green energy and one of those greenie ideas is an Obama favorite: electric cars. Not to let him down, Government Motors has obliged by pushing the Chevy Volt as the car of the future. But […]

 

Democrats Get Their Marching Orders On Tax Increases (On Other People)

Posted on by William Teach

The sheeple were told what to do by their Liberal masters, and have shown up in force On Wednesday morning, as his tinted black bus pulled into Randy Hultgren’s congressional district, President Obama told residents that Republicans like Hultgren must be willing to raise taxes to reduce the deficit. A few hours and 90 miles […]

 

Obama Blames Job Loss on Technology, Internet and Efficiency

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

During his Midwest Misery Tour, President Obama was back to blaming technology, the Internet, and ATMs again for America’s job loss. At a stop in Atkinson, Illinois Obama spoke about the need for education at an agricultural company named Wyffels Hybrids, Inc. He said that America is no longer a place where you can just […]

 

CNN/Krugman: A Space Alien Attack Will Save Us (Disses FDR, Wants a Fake War?)

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

CNNs Fareed Zakaria and The New York Times’ Paul Krugman have solved our economic problems. They’ve decided that a space alien attack will save us. Aside from the guffaw factor of space aliens, there was so much wrong with this CNN segment that we must lay them out for discussion. First on the clip is […]

 

Mark Levin: Ron Paul Not A Conservative, Not The Tea Party Founder

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

From our friend, Pat Dollard: Mark Levin tells us that Ron Paul is neither a conservative nor is he a founder of the Tea Party movement. (Mark Levin can be heard here in Chicago evenings, 6PM to 9 PM on WLS AM 890). Back on May 14 I also said that Ron Paul is not […]

 

Aug. 12: Happy Cost of Government Day (Illinoisans Hardest Hit)

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Well, we’ve finally paid for the cost of government for the year. That’s right, it took over half the year for working folks to pay off what it costs to keep government rolling for a year. Sadly, Illinois does not far as well as most other states. Each year Americans for Tax Reform figures in […]

 

Why The Government Doesn’t Work: Pretending Cuts Have Actually Happened

Posted on by William Teach

Senator Ben Nelson had an op-ed piece posted this morning at The Politico entitled Close the tax loopholes. Personally, I was expecting it to be all about closing the loopholes on oil, coal, and other typical Democrat gripes. Instead, we do not get to discussing loopholes till the 3rd to last paragraph And by tax […]

 

Washington Post Writes About “GOP-Anti Tax Orthodoxy” As If It’s A Bad Thing

Posted on by William Teach

Of course, amongst the whole range of Democrat voters…liberals/progressives/socialists/anarchists…..refusing to raise taxes on That Guy (not themselves) is a bad thing The Republican Party once had a home for the thinking of Tom Coburn, Mike Crapo and Saxby Chambliss. But that party is long gone. The three U.S. senators banded together a few months ago […]

 

If You Thought The Debt Deal Was The End Of The Fight….

Posted on by William Teach

…..sorry, no, it could bring on an even bigger fight, per Reuters Kevin Drawbaugh: Analysis: Storms ahead as debt deal sets up tax fight If Congress passes the debt ceiling deal by Tuesday, as expected, it could trigger a battle over tax reform within weeks and turn Washington once again into a dateline for deadlock. […]

 

NY Times Advocates Taxing Food Behavior

Posted on by William Teach

Here’s one from the Times’ Sunday Review by Mark Bittman, who “writes about food for the opinion section.” Wait, what? There’s a need to write opinion pieces about food? Only in extreme Liberal World. And that’s why we get Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables WHAT will it take to get Americans to change […]

 

The People Of California Win Again With The Amazon Tax!

Posted on by John Hawkins

As we’ve learned from liberals, corporations are evil entities that must be punished relentlessly with high taxes which they will never, ever, ever react to by changing their behavior. Bizarre though it may seem to rational people, you can simply bludgeon corporations into the ground without any consequences whatsoever…or so liberals seem to believe. ……Which […]

 

Dear Speaker Boehner: Let’s Give Democrats The Old Tax Rates Back

Posted on by William Teach

(This is a letter and email that I have sent to Speaker Boehner, as well as to NC Senator Richard Burr and Congresswoman Renee Elmers, who will hopefully be my Rep. when redistricting is done, moving me to NC2, rather than Democrat Brad Miller in NC13. I’m also hoping that someone from one of their […]

 

Obama’s Weekly Address: “Oh, I Almost Forgot, Have A Nice 4th Of July”

Posted on by William Teach

The conversation for NMP Obama’s Weekly Address probably went something like O.: I want to yammer on about corporate jets Staff: OK, that’s good, because Americans are really concerned about them. You should probably mention Independence Day O.: You mean that right wingnut holiday? Is that this weekend? What’s it about? S.: It’s Monday, Mr. […]