Tax Politics
The Politics of Taxes
Taxes and the Wealthy
It didn't take long for Obama to begin talk about eliminating tax cuts for the wealthy. In fact, this is shaping up to be a major theme of his reelection campaign. Thankfully for the Republicans, this position serves to highlight his continued economic incompetence....
Bailout Nonsense
As Obama keeps pushing his (non) jobs bill that looks like another stimulus package, I'm tired of hearing that the bailouts worked. One of the amazing non-stories in the country is that when the bailouts occurred, what the government was doing was taking those...
Striking Workers, Striking Policy
It may not be well known, but in New York, strikers – like the Verizon ones – are able to collect unemployment insurance while striking.It's about time we expose the audacity of union employees collecting benefits during their time of voluntary unemployment. It is...
Obama’s (non) Tax Cuts
This past week, the Washington Post provided a sliver of clarity when Glen Kessler, “The Fact Checker” , exposed Obama’s dubious tax cut claims. While he should be commended for issuing four pinocchios for Obama’s untruths, he completely missed the biggest lie of them...
Wayne Crews & Obama’s Speech
A very good friend of mine, Wayne Crews, penned this great piece last night for Forbes after Obama's speech. Crews is the VP of Policy for CEI. Below is his article in its entirety: Nice Talk. When's the Jobs Speech? Hauling the United States Senate and a reluctant...
ATR: List of Tax Hikes
To coincide with Obama's jobs re-election speech this evening, Americans for Tax Reform has done a nice job putting together a list of Obama's tax hikes since he took office. ATR usually has a good amount of information regarding taxes on their site. I have...