Category Archives: Taxation

Campaigner-In-Chief Wants End To Campaigning

He also refuses to bend on extending the tax cuts. And don’t expect him to not campaign. Days after Democrats received a self-described “shellacking” at the polls, President Obama called for an end to campaigning and an embrace of compromise. But he signaled no willingness to bend on the first challenge likely to face him […]

Last Liberal Gasp Monday: Hurricane Winds And A Clueless Obama

With less than 24 hours left till the final voting for the 2010 midterm elections starts, and about 36 till Democrats realize how far their house of Greek cards has fallen, liberals are in a snit, starting with MSNBC, where they realize just how bad it is going to be: Poll suggests Dems will face […]

Shocker! Americans Prefer Tax Cuts Over Government Spending

Yet another blow to the Keynesian theory of economic management. Of course, the American public has had since late 2008 to watch what happens when the government goes ballistic with spending, and seen how well that hasn’t worked When faced with a budget crisis, most Americans think “it’s always better to cut taxes than to […]

Monday Funnies: Obama May Focus On Deficit Over The Next Two Years

One has to wonder whether this trial balloon comes from the administration, or the Associated Press. Either way, if Obama gives the deficit the same attention he gave jobs creation, it’ll balloon even more Preparing for political life after a bruising election, President Barack Obama will put greater emphasis on fiscal discipline, a nod to […]

Fish Wrap Whines About A “Tax Cut Nobody Heard Of”

Yet another of a long line of “in kind” campaign contributions from the NY Times. Shocker In a troubling sign for Democrats as they head into the midterm elections, their signature tax cut of the past two years, which decreased income taxes by up to $400 a year for individuals and $800 for married couples, […]

The Politico: The Rich Defending Not Being Taxed Out The Ying Yang Is “Whiny” And “Upsetting”

Personally, I’ll never understand the liberal doctrine to punish people for doing well, instead of applauding them and incentivizing them to pump that money back into the private sector, creating jobs and wealth down the food chain. Alas, it is not to be President Barack Obama plans to raise taxes on “the rich,” and he […]

Someone Should Ask Obama Why His Employees Won’t Pay Their Taxes

Really, though, is anyone truly surprised by this information? The Post’s T.W. Farnum did some research and found that out of the total sum, just 638 workers on Capitol Hill owe the IRS $9.3 million in back taxes. As in, overdue. The IRS gets stiffed by the legislative body that controls its budget. How Washington […]

Paul Krugman: You Anti-Government Folks Are To Blame For State/Local Money Problems

If it’s a day ending in a “y”, it must be a day where an inside the beltway mentality liberal is making an absurd argument, casting blame, naming problems, but, unable to provide any rationale for his/her solutions. Over at Powerline, Paul eviscerates Excitable Matthew Yglesias over Matty’s ridiculous “Summer of Fear” opinion piece in […]

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 […]

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