Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute says that the backdoor negotiations on solving the fiscal cliff and reducing the deficit are irksome because our fiscal problem is excessive government spending. Red ink is merely a symptom of that underlying problem. Politicians…
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False Republicans and Taxes
Andrew Napolitano When President Obama won re-election last month by a larger margin than even his most fervent supporters had expected, though with fewer popular votes than he received in 2008, most commentators initially opined that not much had changed…
The Fiscal Cliff In Nondefinable Terms
The biggest question we have to ask ourselves is there really a fiscal cliff or is it just the matter of a crisis too good to waste? Is Obama really attempting to fix the economy or push his socialist agenda? Is Boehner …
IRS Has Final Say On “Paying Their Fair Share”
Warren Buffett and Mitt Romney have managed to create one of the enduring myths of our tax debate: that the rich pay a lower rate than the rest of America. This may be individually true. Buffett pays a lower rate…
According to Russia: Obama Was Re-Elected by “Illiterate Society”, and they’re right
Pravda – Putin in 2009 outlined his strategy for economic success. Alas, poor Obama did the opposite but nevertheless was re-elected. Bye, bye Miss American Pie. The Communists have won in America with Obama but failed miserably in Russia with…
America’s Reality are Old Soviet Jokes
I have seen the future and ran away. At first the move to America from the former USSR made me feel as though I had made a jump in time, from the stagnant depraved past into a distant dynamic future.…
Just Like Thelma and Louise
According to Michael D. Tanner of the CATO Institute, America isn’t just headed for a fiscal cliff – we flew off it long ago like Thelma and Louise thanks to our out-of-control spending habit. Tanner writes: “federal spending is set…
All are Tax Slaves on This Government’s Plantation
American Tax Slaves There is more than one way to make a slave out of a human being. They can be forced to work and produce valuables for their masters, or they can be allowed a modicum of liberty to…
Dreaded AMT Will Hit Taxpayers In 2012
Middle income taxpayers – beware – the dreaded Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) is about to bite you in the butt. The AMT makes for a fine Exhibit A for anyone trying to make the case that the U.S. tax code…
Compromise Is About Mutual Concessions
It was only a matter of time before the GOP would once again throw in the towel and toss aside any pretense of standing up for their supposed principles. We’ve been through this numerous times through the backroom concession deals…
4 More Years of Failed Economic Policy and Job Losses
Elections do have consequences. 4 years of wasted government spending on green projects, pork projects, donor payback, and stimulus money for companies too large to fail, along with a TARP program that a current lawsuit calls a ponzi scheme, has…
7 Minute Education- The Report Card
13 yr old smarter than some adults Jennie’s Obama – Romney Report Card Vote Obama out – November 2012!
Wasted Tax Dollars
Inflation Statistics: Another Government Fantasy
First they expected us to kiss the ground Obama walks on because his economic policies decreased the unemployment rate under 8% – even though the decline was accomplished by government new math, estimates and lies. Now they expect us to…
13 Minute Video Every Voter Needs To See
This is an unnarrated documentary on Obama’s first term in office. It cuts through the rhetoric on health care, transparency, taxes, energy, fairness and the national debt. If you are still wavering as to which candidate you will support on November…