Category Archives: Taxation

Sssshhhh: Obama’s Deficit Plan Will Tax More Than The Evil Rich

Anyone who thinks this is anything more than a raise taxes on everyone plan is deluded, and his liberal cheerleaders will suddenly realize that the old Democrat axiom “do you get a paycheck? You’re rich” is in play It’s not just millionaires who’d pay more under President Obama’s latest plan to combat the deficit. Air […]

Angry Man Gives Angry Speech That Won’t Actually Have Substance

Yeah, I watched and listened to his speech on his so-called plan, noting that the “Day of Rage was Saturday, and Obama was late as usual”, and really, is there much more to say than that this was a highly political speech meant to increase his chance for re-election by playing to his base? President […]

Shockingly, Obama Calls For Taxation On Millionaires, Refuses To Send Check To IRS Himself

Yeah, I guess I should say something about Obama’s “Buffett tax,” though I really, really, really didn’t want to link the NY Times, thanks to that despicable 9/11 op-ed by Krugman. Alas, President Obama on Monday will call for a new minimum tax rate for individuals making more than $1 million a year to ensure […]

Obama “Jobs” Bill To Hit Municipal Bonds

What do municipal bonds have to do with Obama’s American Jobs Act? Well, according to Barron’s Municipal bonds have always been synonymous with tax-free income. That would end if President Obama gets his way. Under the jobs bill the President sent to Congress Monday, high-income individuals and families would no longer receive interest from state […]

Shocker! Green Tax Hikes Hit Businesses

A view of what America will have to deal with if we don’t stop these irrational, big government, nanny state progressive climate change hoax ideas, via what is already happening in the U.K. Green tax hike hits businesses Green taxes will make up more than a third of the price of electricity by the end […]

Democrats Get Their Marching Orders On Tax Increases (On Other People)

The sheeple were told what to do by their Liberal masters, and have shown up in force On Wednesday morning, as his tinted black bus pulled into Randy Hultgren’s congressional district, President Obama told residents that Republicans like Hultgren must be willing to raise taxes to reduce the deficit. A few hours and 90 miles […]

Why The Government Doesn’t Work: Pretending Cuts Have Actually Happened

Senator Ben Nelson had an op-ed piece posted this morning at The Politico entitled Close the tax loopholes. Personally, I was expecting it to be all about closing the loopholes on oil, coal, and other typical Democrat gripes. Instead, we do not get to discussing loopholes till the 3rd to last paragraph And by tax […]

Washington Post Writes About “GOP-Anti Tax Orthodoxy” As If It’s A Bad Thing

Of course, amongst the whole range of Democrat voters…liberals/progressives/socialists/anarchists…..refusing to raise taxes on That Guy (not themselves) is a bad thing The Republican Party once had a home for the thinking of Tom Coburn, Mike Crapo and Saxby Chambliss. But that party is long gone. The three U.S. senators banded together a few months ago […]

England Plans To Lower Tax Rate On Evil Rich…Wait, What?

Apparently, they’ve finally had enough of the liberal talking points and started looking at the cold hard mackerel of reality David Cameron and George Osborne are plotting to slash the top rate of income tax to 45p in the pound as early as next March. The Prime Minister and Chancellor want to make the change […]

If You Thought The Debt Deal Was The End Of The Fight….

…..sorry, no, it could bring on an even bigger fight, per Reuters Kevin Drawbaugh: Analysis: Storms ahead as debt deal sets up tax fight If Congress passes the debt ceiling deal by Tuesday, as expected, it could trigger a battle over tax reform within weeks and turn Washington once again into a dateline for deadlock. […]

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