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 [...]
Extension of Death Tax Would Kill Small Businesses
December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
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Senator Inhofe Dubs Waxman-Markey a ‘Nightmare’
July 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) uses a just-released video (below) to point out what happened at 3:09 a.m. (Eastern) on June 26 as most Americans were sleeping: Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives were creating a nightmare. “In the early morning hours,” he explains, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her deputies were pushing the largest [...]
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Ten Things to Know About Obama’s Tax Proposals
September 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Under the tax plans of Barack Obama and his Democratic friends in Congress, American families will only be left with… the change in their pockets, according to the folks at the new “527″ organization known as Right Change. In a news release issued today, the tax reform organization describes “an idea” Obama and the Democratic [...]
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Solution Available to End ‘War Against Tobacco’
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Yesterday, the never-ending controversy I’ve dubbed the “War Against Tobacco” made headlines when the state of New York began charging smokers an additional $1.25 per pack of cigarettes, bringing the total tax to a whopping $2.50. While I don’t smoke and have never been a smoker, I find the arguments on both sides compelling and [...]
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