Category Archives: Taxation

Dingy Harry Plans Tax Cuts Showdown For September

Either Harry Reid has something up his sleeve, or, he is the dumbest Democrat leader ever to put an issue with which Democrats are always on the wrong side of the American people at the forefront right before elections Senate Democrats will hold a September showdown over trillions of dollars in expiring tax cuts passed […]

Letting The Bush Tax Cuts Expire Will Only Hurt The Rich, Right?

As we head deeper into the silly season, which occurs every two years, it appears as if one of the cute little liberal talking points about the tax cuts of 2001/2003 were only for the rich has truly rotted liberals brains. Facts are pesky things which, after all these years, still elude liberals, and now […]

Retirement Savings “Undisclosed Bomb.” Say, Who Controlled Congress?

For a change, someone, in this case, Laura Bassett, at the Huffington Post makes a good point: Dwindling Retirement Savings ‘Undiscussed Explosive Bomb’ Of Recession. After the obligatory story of one man’s problems, we get Stephens’ predicament is an increasingly common one. Aside from stagnant wages, soaring unemployment and plummeting home values, the major tragedy […]

Hoyer (D-rugs): Letting The Tax Cuts Expire Is A “Republican Tax Increase”

If I did drugs, I’d probably want to know what Steny Hoyer is taking House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said on Wednesday that the expiration built into the Bush tax cuts is a “Republican tax increase” for “working Americans” and the Democrats have “no intention” of allowing it to go into effect. “We have […]

Hypocritic Democrats Today: Kerry Avoids Paying Taxes (plus open thread)

Yeah, I know, John Kerry is kinda old and busted, but, he has been trying to rehabilitate his standing with his climate change wackadoodleness (I don’t care if it isn’t a word, being Friday and all), and, let’s face it: it’s really funny exposing Democrats for the hypocrites they are Sen. John Kerry, who has […]

Majority Supports Making 2001/2003 Tax Cuts Permanent

Hey, GOP/RNC, are you freaking paying attention? We know Obama and the Democrats aren’t. Here is one of your campaign points I do find it interesting that so many Dems opposed keeping the tax cuts, yet, they never bother to send extra money in to the IRS. Why is that? Anyhow, the story is entitled […]

ObamaCare Tanning Tax: Why Do Democrats Hate Women?

Once again, we can see how Democratic business and tax policies, which, in their world, they think will be super! and help people, actually cause misery and problems The sun hasn’t exactly set on Solar Planet, but anxiety over the fate of the Arlington tanning salon has been running high ever since a “tan tax” […]

Beer Monday*: Chump Who Skyrocketted Deficit Says He’s Serious About Reducing It

Another Monday! Time to get busy, shift a few paradigms, brow-nose the bosses. How ’bout a beer? You just know those beers Obama shared with British PM Cameron after losing a soccer bet went right to his head President Barack Obama said on Sunday he would follow through on a pledge to rein in soaring […]

ObamaCare Byproduct: Usage Of 1099’s Will Skyrocket

Nancy Pelosi said we would have to pass the bill to find out what was in it, and, unshockingly, easter eggs are still showing up. Not the cool kind which gives you a secret level or a historical slugger, but the kind that takes away all your weapons or wipes out all your game stats […]

Hmm, I Can Understand Little Timmy Geithner’s Tax Problems

So, I did my federal taxes with Turbo Tax online. Started doing my NC state taxes, said I would owe $10. To hell if I am going to pay to finish that state return, so, just did it manually. Yeah, I know, get ‘er done. Interestingly, doing it manually, the state owes me $273. Checked […]

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