The Right Time for a Carbon Tax Is Never
Once the electorate was made to realize that cap-and-trade bills (Lieberman-Warner, Waxman-Markey, etc.) were actually taxes on fossil energy, cap and trade became political poison…. Read More
Morning Bell: The Threats of a Lame Duck Congress
The lame-duck session begins today, with retiring and defeated Members of Congress coming back to Washington to make their last legislative decisions. Because of the… Read More
Boehner’s Olive Branch: More Revenues, but Only Through Growth
Sometimes in post-election America, there is excitement about what the future will bring. This time around, the prospect is rather horrifying. America is racing, pedal… Read More
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Morning Bell: What Does the Election Mean for Obamacare?
What’s next for Obamacare now? The bad news is that many of the health care law’s serious effects were delayed until after the election. Ten… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s “New Economic Patriotism”
President Obama has a new booklet—a glossy, 20-page spread called “The New Economic Patriotism: A Plan for Jobs and Middle-Class Security.” The title is completely… Read More
VIDEO: Obama Says Sequestration “Will Not Happen”—Really?
During the Monday night foreign policy debate, President Obama surprised the audience with the statement that sequestration “will not happen.” Either this was a gaffe… Read More
Chart of the Week: Avoiding Taxmageddon Is Not a Tax Cut
On January 1, 2013 nearly $500 billion in tax hikes will go into effect. In other words, “Taxmageddon.” Separating truth from fiction in politics, however,… Read More
Bloomberg and Obama Misrepresent Tax Hikes on Small Business
In the recent presidential debate, President Obama said that only 3 percent of small businesses would pay higher rates under his plan to increase the… Read More
Boehner Is Right: Tell the Wall Street Moguls “No Tax Hikes”
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner (R-OH) has made clear that he opposes tax hikes on Americans. Tax hikes would slow the… Read More
Congressional Budget Office Confirms FY 2012 Deficit Exceeds $1 Trillion
Fiscal year 2012 concluded with a $1.1 trillion deficit, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s monthly budget review released today. It marks the fourth year… Read More
FACT CHECK: Obama Misleads on Medicare, Taxes, and Regulations
During a Sunday evening interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” President Obama made numerous factually inaccurate or misleading claims. Specifically, Obama claimed that he has not… Read More
Two Huge Flaws in the Legend of the Clinton Economy
Two inescapable flaws mar the Clinton economic legend. One is conveniently papered over; the other conveniently forgotten. Even so, a flawed legend is better than… Read More
Welfare Work Requirements Respect Human Dignity
The Obama Administration has effectively gutted the work requirements of the bipartisan welfare reforms of 1996. In doing so, it is trampling on the central… Read More
Who Wants Washington to Prevent Taxmageddon?
Taxmageddon, a one-year $494 billion tax increase, is coming on January 1, 2013. Reports of the economic destruction Taxmageddon would create are growing by the… Read More
What Taxmageddon Really Means for Families
Taxmageddon is approaching closer by the day. Much of the focus has been on the impact Taxmageddon will have on the economy. But just how… Read More
Ernst and Young: Obama’s Tax Increase Would Kill 710,000 Jobs
A new study conducted by Ernst and Young proves conclusively that the President’s tax increase would be devastating to the economy and jobs. The study… Read More
Online Chat on the Obama Tax Hikes – LIVE NOW
Commonly known as “Taxmageddon,” taxes are set to go up on January 1 for everyone if Congress fails to act. Click here to join us… Read More
Morning Bell: Too Many Broken Promises in Obamacare
Yesterday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) almost called Obamacare’s individual mandate a tax, stopping mid-word to call it a “penalty”. White House Chief of Staff… Read More
Chart of the Week: Taxes Soaring Past Highest Level Ever
Americans are facing an unprecedented $494 billion tax hike on Jan. 1, 2013. It’s been dubbed “Taxmageddon” given the economic devastation it would cause. Conventional… Read More
Morning Bell: Stopping the Largest Tax Hike in History
The largest tax hike in history is due to strike the United States on January 1, 2013. Known as “Taxmageddon,” it would impose $494 billion… Read More
Of Course Higher Taxes Slow Growth
In The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Peter Diamond and Emmanuel Saez present a rambling defense of higher taxes on the rich to fund an… Read More
Morning Bell: Tax Gimmicks, Tax Doom
The U.S. Senate could vote today on the gimmicky distraction known as the Buffett Rule — President Obama’s plan to raise taxes on wealthy Americans… Read More
Chart of the Week: Obamacare’s 17 New Taxes
Americans who feel overtaxed already are in store for a shocker: Obamacare will add 17 new taxes or penalties for a whopping cost of $502… Read More
A Lesson from Greece
We’ve corrected Paul Krugman in the past, when he mistakenly invoked imaginary British spending cuts as proof that undercutting Keynesian hydraulics will demolish an already… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Hidden Tax Hikes
EXCLUSIVE: It could be said that President Obama has never seen a tax hike he doesn’t like — whether it’s letting the 2001 and 2003… Read More
Heritage Libertad Radio: Terrorism, Health Care, More…
Listen to last Sunday’s Heritage Libertad Radio Show in Spanish or English. The Spanish segment kicked off with a discussion of President Obama’s recent speech to the Congressional… Read More
Chart of the Week: Total Tax Burden Is Rising to Highest Level in History
President Obama unveiled the details of his jobs plan last week, including a proposal to offset the new government spending with tax hikes. It’s a… Read More
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Anatomy of An Obama Jobs Speech
Yesterday, the White House announced that President Obama would once again be giving a “major jobs speech” in September after his Martha’s Vineyard vacation. If… Read More
Top 10 Reads: August 11, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. South China Sea: It’s not… Read More
Morning Bell: Our Work Has Only Begun
My fellow conservatives, Americans are disappointed. They are disappointed that the debate over our debt limit was about the needs of politicians instead of the… Read More
