As many as 698,000 jobs could be lost if the health care reform plan (a.k.a., “ObamaCare”) being pushed hard by liberal Democrats is passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama, according to a study released today that was the subject of a blogger conference call this morning. The executive summary for [...]
Study Shows ‘ObamaCare’ Could Cost 700K Jobs
March 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Tax Reform Group Leader Sends Letter to Kashkari
November 17th, 2008 · No Comments
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: [...]
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Calculator Shows McCain Plan Grows Your 401k
October 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
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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Obama Tax Hikes Will Kill Small Businesses, Jobs
October 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments
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 [...]
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Obama ‘Tax Calculator’ Attempts to Deceive Voters
October 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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 [...]
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