UPDATE 12/10/09 at 12:58 p.m. Central: Yes, this is the subject matter mentioned on Rush Limbaugh today. By Allen Quist, Guest Blogger There is a huge middle-class marriage penalty hidden in the House and Senate health care bills. The penalty becomes evident by evaluating questions like the following: How much would two single people, each [...]
Health Care Bills Contain HUGE Marriage Penalty (Update)
December 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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EPA Endangerment Ruling Threatens All Americans
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments
By issuing an endangerment finding on CO2 today, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson effectively placed an economy-wide tax on energy use. How can this be? Because 85 percent of the U.S. economy runs on fossil fuels that emit carbon dioxide, according to a Heritage Foundation post today. Among those issuing immediate responses to the EPA actions [...]
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Extension of Death Tax Would Kill Small Businesses
December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
The Foundry reports today that the U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on a bill that would permanently extend the estate tax (known better as the “death tax”) at its current rate and exemption level. This extension would prevent the death tax from expiring as scheduled on Jan. 1, 2010. As such it [...]
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Climate Change Bills Take Aim at ‘Red’ States
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Five times in as many weeks, I’ve published posts containing alarming details of what lies in store for Americans should the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill become law. Today, I point readers to a Heritage Foundation blog post, because of the ominous message it delivers in its opening sentence: Unless they had explicitly named them, the [...]
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If Passed, Cap-and-Trade Bill Will Cost You Dearly
May 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill will hit consumers of petroleum fuels especially hard by dramatically increasing the costs of goods and services as noted in the graphic at right, according to two groups closely following the legislation. In a three-page document (pdf) forwarded to me early this afternoon, American Petroleum Institute officials warn that people who [...]
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Obama ‘Cap and Trade’ Energy Tax Plan Costly
March 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments
President Barack Obama’s “cap and trade” energy tax plan is drawing a lot of negative attention this week — and for several good reasons! Yesterday, officials at the American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement that is critical of the plan: “The White House’s unofficial new estimate for the cost of capping the nation’s greenhouse [...]
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Is Big Three Bailout Plan Another ‘Ponzi’ Scheme?
December 15th, 2008 · No Comments
It’s understandable if some Americans find themselves confused as they try to understand the financial headlines making news this morning: An enormous “Ponzi” scheme, allegedly perpetrated by a long-trusted Wall Street legend and former chairman of the NASDAQ, continues to make headlines since becoming public four days ago. Other news articles focus on the possibility [...]
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