Tax Politics
The Politics of Taxes
If You’ve Got a Speech, You Didn’t Write It. Someone Else Made That Happen
Yesterday, President Obama demonstrated his ability to essentially plagiarize borrow part of a speech given originally by US Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren, back in September, 2011. Her speech went viral among the Left shortly after. First, Elizabeth Warren's: “I...
Sowell’s Invincible Truth
From Thomas Sowell comes a great column: Anyone who wants to study the tricks of propaganda rhetoric has a rich source of examples in the statements of President Barack Obama. On Monday, July 9th, for example, he said that Republicans "believe that prosperity comes...
More Disability Workers Added than Jobs Created in June
From Investor's Business Daily: The economy created just 80,000 jobs in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. But that same month, 85,000 workers left the workforce entirely to enroll in the Social Security Disability Insurance program, according to...
Presidential Parrot
Alan Krueger, Chairman Of the Council of Economic Advisors, soothed Americans on his White House blog post regarding the unemployment numbers released today. As the Administration stresses every month, the monthly employment and unemployment figures can be...