The Wall Street Journal provides a concise summary of Rep. Charlie Rangel's tax issues. And by "issues" I mean tax-cheating ways. And by "tax-cheating ways" I mean if you or I did the same we'd be bunking with Randy "Duke" Cunningham in the federal pen.
You know the one, about no person making less than $250,000 having any of their taxes raised. Well, forget about it. The Senate Health, Labor and Pensions committee unveiled its plan today – and it should come as little surprise that this plan would break Obama’s tax promise. (The Senate did unveil that plan, but […]
The House is scheduled to vote on the Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax bill tomorrow. Only in the bizarro world of Congress can elected representatives pass a massive tax hike in the middle of the worst economic crisis in at least 30 years -- in the form of a bill most of them haven't even read. There's a […]
While Politifact.com has determined that President Barack Obama has not really broken his promise not to raise taxes on the bottom 95 percent of by passing an increase in the cigarette tax, other liberals are convinced it's just a matter of time. Looking at the gap between revenues and costs for Obama's health care plans, […]
Former Chargers QB Jack Kemp died yesterday. Our prayers are with his family. UPDATE! The Wall Street Journal has an editorial and a combination of excerpts from various Op-Eds Kemp wrote for the paper over the years. Both are must-reading.
Earlier this month I noted that the Associated Press' "Fact Check" feature was more critical of President Barack Obama than Politifact.com's when it came to whether or not the increased cigarette tax violated Obama's pledge not to raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000. On Obama's 100th day, the AP came out with another […]
I've only seen it reported openly on Fox News and in passing at Politico.com, but it appears that the "tax cut for 95 percent of Americans" will last all of two years before it dies. To tighten future deficits, the deal requires Obama to accept reductions from his domestic spending plans and forego favorite tax […]
President Barack Obama announced plans yesterday to spend way too much money on a high-speed rail system. Apparently he's enthused because Amtrak has done so well. But the one part that really got me was this one: "Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city -- no racing to an airport and across […]
You can find coverage of yesterday's tea parties across the blogosphere. I didn't have the benefit of being able to get away from work to attend any of them locally, but I did want to highlight this nugget from Michelle Malkin on the Sacramento tea party. Organizer Mark Meckler singled out GOP opportunists who wouldn’t […]
Vice President Joe Biden has famously said that paying taxes is patriotic. Yesterday was tax day and Biden went out of his way to make sure that he maximized his "patriotism" by minimizing his charity. The White House on Wednesday also released the tax return for Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his wife, […]