December 13, 2018 – 8:01 am
California, shockingly, is the not the state with the highest tax burden in the nation. Depending on which source you check, it’s somewhere from number six to number ten in tax burden. But, they’re working hard to raise their ranking California proposes a plan to tax text messages California regulators want to tax text messages […]
December 7, 2018 – 7:17 am
The NY Times notes the problem with carbon taxes, but just cannot give up on them ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests Shake France. Here’s the Lesson for Climate Change. Vincent Picard describes himself as a “militant ecologist.†But when protesters took to the streets to express their rage over a planned increase in France’s fuel tax, Mr. […]
August 8, 2018 – 7:26 am
Those evil far-right extremists at Vox are doing their best to highlight how stupid it is to back the Democratic Socialist agenda (which is pretty much the Democratic Party’s agenda) My new study @voxdotcom: The Democratic Socialist proposals would cost $42 trillion over the decade and $218 trillion over 30 years — according to CBO […]
July 18, 2018 – 7:31 am
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood, who replaced disgraced and unhinged NY AG Eric Schneiderman, thinks she on to something, but could be opening a huge can of worms that she might not like, nor will those in NJ, CT, and Md, which are part of the suit (via Twitchy) https://twitter.com/NewYorkStateAG/status/1019220295851229190 From the press release […]
March 16, 2018 – 7:08 am
This is horrible. Horrific. Terrible. Abominable. Dreadful. Appalling. Gruesome. So says the Washington Post’s Excitable Catherine Rampell Get ready. Republicans want to cut taxes again. Just months ago, Republicans got away with a massive upward redistribution of wealth, raiding $1.5 trillion from the Treasury and sticking future generations with the bill. Now, they’re going for more. […]
February 2, 2018 – 6:42 am
What a great platform going into the 2018 midterms: “vote for us! We’ll raise your taxes!” (The Hill) Democrats are vowing to undo parts of the GOP’s tax-code overhaul if they win back control of the House in November, hoping President Trump’s first major domestic achievement will be a liability for the Republicans in the […]
January 30, 2018 – 4:25 pm
Isn’t interesting how members of the Cult of Climastrology always want to create a tax for Other People? That they always seem to exclude themselves…well, directly, of course, because these same taxes will end up hitting everyone negatively (KOIN6)Â A coalition led by environmental groups filed an initiative petition with the city of Portland on […]
January 29, 2018 – 4:41 pm
Do Democrats sit around all day thinking “what else can we tax?” Probably so (NY Times) Ever since August Belmont Jr. arranged the financing for a four-track “underground railroad†more than a century ago, the subway has fueled New York City’s economy, delivering workers from homes in distant neighborhoods to jobs in Manhattan and enriching landlords and […]
January 27, 2018 – 7:15 am
Let’s see: a piece of legislation passed by the Constitutionally elected Legislative Branch, signed by the duly and Constitutionally elected President. The only thing in the Constitution about taxation is that the federal government can have one. And this is what a few #resist weenies want to do (Washington Post) The governors of New York, […]
January 22, 2018 – 6:43 am
California is already considered to be one of the worst states for businesses. Over the years, companies big and small have abandoned the state in favor of others, like Texas. Now, they’re exploring another way to make things worse (Fox News) Calling the Trump administration’s tax reform plan a “middle-class tax increase,†two California lawmakers […]
