Bob McCarty Writes

As President Barack Obama and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) continue to point fingers over which one of them is to blame for the stimulus bill’s “Dodd Amendment,” which specifically excludes bonuses from caps on executive pay, one thing is clear: both Obama and Dodd profited from AIG campaign “bonuses” and an overwhelming majority of Americans [...]

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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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Businesses in the United States pay the world’s second-highest corporate income tax rate in the developed world, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
Still, Barack Obama — the Democratic Party presidential nominee who feigns concern about America’s competitiveness across the globe — wants to keep those taxes high.
If elected, Obama will those taxes [...]

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On the heels of the tragedy that takes place ever year in the form of tax deadline day, I was pleased to come across the video below. In it, Dan Mitchell of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation explains how the current tax system is deeply flawed and argues, with a few caveats, [...]

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Americans should continue to be vigilant, take notice of their surroundings and report suspicious items or activities to local authorities immediately, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s current threat level as of this posting. One week from today, however, Americans should expect that threat level to rise — not due to external threats, [...]

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