Taxes
Energy Tax Hike Series: Superfund Tax Reinstated
The President’s FY 2011 budget contains hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on energy production and consumption. These taxes will result in higher prices at the pump, increased utility...
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Raise Taxes or Raise Taxes? Washington’s Solution to $2.8 Billion Budget Deficit
The state of Washington finds itself in a financial mess $2.8 billion in the making. This comes as the result of over-paid state employees, high cost pension plans, burdensome social programs, and was...
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Andy Stern Appointed to Debt Panel While Under Criminal Review for Lobbying Activities
[PDF of Press Release]
In response to President Obama’s appointment of Andy Stern to the bi-partisan debt panel, the Alliance for Worker Freedom sent out the following release:
President ...
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Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute . . .the Economy with Taxes or Unnecessary Spending
Arizona’s budget battle has squeezed the Arizona State Parks Board, closing two-thirds of state parks. Politicians will sometimes use the “Washington Monument Syndrome” tactic, clo...
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ATRF Analysis: Limit Earning Stripping by Expatriated Entities
This is part of a series of posts analyzing proposed changes to the U.S. international tax system. For the rest of the series, please click here.
Current Law
Under current law, a debt...
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Ann Marie Buerkle Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in NY-25
Ann Marie Buerkle, a candidate in 25th Congressional district in New York, recently signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Buerkle is currently the only candidate in the NY-25 race to take the Pledge,...
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Obamacare's Individual Mandate Penalty Is a Tax
A close reading of President Obama's healthcare plan finds several terms to describe the tax Americans will pay if they choose not to purchase qualifying health insurance. These terms include &q...
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California Lawmakers Really Want to Tax the Internet
Originally posted on www.StopETaxes.com.
Last year, when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a proposal (AB 178) to extend the sales tax to all online sales, the California legislature vowed a ...
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UPDATED: Obamacare Raises Taxes by $748 Billion Over the Next Decade
(Note: these estimates have been updated to reflect changes made in the effective date of the “Cadillac plan” excise tax relative to the Senate bill, and to reflect a report from Bloomberg...
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ATR Will Rate Against a Cloture Vote on HIRE Act (So-Called "Jobs Bill")
This evening, the United States Senate will be voting on a cloture motion on the “Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act,” erroneously dubbed the “jobs bill.” ATR wi...
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BREAKING: Tax Analysis of Obamacare Plan
Today, the White House released President Obama's draft healthcare plan. Below is a comprehensive analysis of all the tax provisions. Where possible, scores have been assigned based on ear...
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Why Tyler Cowen is Wrong About a VAT
Tyler Cowen from Marginal Revolution wrote a much-discussed piece this week ("Is There a Case for a VAT?") about a value-added tax (VAT). I would read that first before continuing to r...
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Tax Hikes a Foregone Conclusion Under Obama’s Tax-and-Spend Commission
Today, President Barack Obama signed an executive order announcing the creation of his “debt commission,” modeled after the infamous “Conrad-Gregg commission” plan the Senate v...
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Energy Tax Hike Series: Taxing of Foreign Earned Income
The President’s FY 2011 budget contains hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on energy production and consumption. These taxes will result in higher prices at the pump, increased utility...
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Cantwell-Collins Energy Bill Not a CLEAR Choice
On December 11, 2009 Senator Maria Cantwell (D – WA) and co-sponsor Senator Susan Collins (R – ME) introduced a new carbon-limiting bill that has hints of the Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Tax bil...
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Quick Analysis of Tax Provisions in So-Called "Jobs" Bill
Language (though not yet a score) is out for the Senate "jobs bill" which will be considered after the President's Day recess. The cheesy DC acronym is the "HIRE Act" (w...
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Obama Budget's Tax Hikes on Families Making Less Than $250,000
On the day that President Obama announced his "agnosticism" about raising taxes on middle-income families, it seems prudent to go through his latest budget with a fine-toothed comb. Af...
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Health Care, and Education highlight this week's Bloggers Briefing
This week’s Bloggers Briefing, hosted by The Heritage Foundation, featured a number of speakers looking at some of the current issues that the Obama Administration is looking to tackle in the ne...
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"Stimulus" Jobs: Rhetoric vs Reality
I'm no longer even mildly surprised at these types of stories, about the lies and deceit underpinning Administration's fiscal malpractice laughable called a 'stimulus'.
The Cincinnati Enquirer ...
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