July 26, 2012 – 8:42 am
Interestingly, if they really cared about the middle class, they’d call for a reduction in taxes on those making less than $200k individual/$250 joint (Washington Post) The Senate on Wednesday narrowly approved a plan to preserve tax cuts for the middle class while letting them expire for the wealthy, a powerful if largely symbolic victory […]
July 14, 2012 – 8:49 am
Remember this? Mr. Obama’s teleprompter failed him again President Obama used the word “tax†to describe the health care mandate under his reforms, a departure from his prior etymological stance that it is a penalty. “By the way, if you’ve got health insurance, you’re not getting hit by a tax,†the president said during his […]
July 11, 2012 – 8:57 am
What we’ve seen lately from Team Obama is an attempt to shit the dialogue from his terrible handling of the economy and the notion that Obama is out of ideas by offering up…..the retread idea of class warfare by raising taxes on “the rich”. ABC News takes an actual look at what the tax plans […]
May 31, 2012 – 7:01 am
One of the results of people going “green” when it comes to driving is that these vehicles use less gas, meaning that there is less tax collected. I discussed this same thing happening in the USA in terms of money lost from the use of hybrid, electric, and fuel efficient vehicles last November. There’s absolutely […]
April 19, 2012 – 7:08 am
Yes, he was throwing down one his well used class warfare cards (Washington Times) Two days after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the White House’s “Buffett rule,†a proposed tax increase on millionaires, President Obama used the rejection to rally supporters in swing-state Ohio and paint himself as a champion of the middle class. “In […]
April 16, 2012 – 7:56 am
One party pushes class warfare while the other pushes for job creation (Politico) With the glare of the public spotlight trained on Tax Day, Congress is readying for a political fight with dueling tax votes this week that will define each party’s priorities in this election year. In one corner are Republicans, who are touting […]
April 14, 2012 – 8:35 am
One would think that after all Obama’s whining about the Buffett rule and class war, Obama would make sure that he paid a higher net tax rate than his secretary (ABC News) President Obama today released his 2011 federal income tax, with he and his wife reporting an adjusted gross income of $789,674. The Obamas […]
February 22, 2012 – 8:49 am
Perhaps this is one of the reasons Team Obama is arguing that the mandate is a tax (USA Today) Next month’s challenge to the Obama-sponsored health care law could affect the care available to most Americans, alter the balance of power between Washington and the states and remain a flash point through this presidential campaign. […]
February 22, 2012 – 8:06 am
If you remember, Obama announced as part of his campaign style budget that he was going to push for corporate taxes in line with peer nations, which would have put the rate at about 20%. Well, his love of high taxes didn’t quite allow him to get there (Washington Post) President Obama on Wednesday plans […]
February 21, 2012 – 9:51 pm
It’s the height of Liberal/leftist/progressive fashion to try and tax those evil rich people to make up for idiotic government spending, and also because in Liberal World rich people are simply evil and….well, you’ve heard the story before. So, what happens when government tries it? (Telegraph) The Treasury received £10.35 billion in income tax payments […]
