Bob McCarty Writes

Editor’s Note: Today, Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department’s man charged with managing the details of the $700 billion in Troubled Assets Relief Program funds.  Both as a public service and because it makes some great points, I offer the text of that letter below:

Mr. [...]

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John McCain’s plan to cut the capital gains and dividends rate in half will grow every American’s nest egg, according to a news release I received today from the folks at Americans for Tax Reform.  In partnership with Rutledge Capitol, ATR used the same release to announce the launch of version 2.0 of the Obama-McCain [...]

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During the third and final presidential debate at Hofstra University last night, Barack Obama said this about small businesses:
“Not only do 98 percent of small businesses make less than $250,000, but I also want to give them additional tax breaks, because they are the drivers of the economy. They produce the most jobs.”
To correct the [...]

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Americans for Tax Reform today questioned the accuracy of the new tax calculator found on Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama’s campaign web site. Among the calculator’s major errors/misleading statements are the following:

The forgotten tax hike. By its own admission, the tax calculator ignores the unprecedented imposition of Social Security payroll taxes on small business [...]

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