EconomyNews
Seventy-five conservative groups signed a public letter to Congress opposing “any carbon tax” days after reports that Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney openly considered backing… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Many Democrats would like to repeal the 2017 tax cuts. But how would that affect ordinary Americans? If the tax cuts were reversed, the typical… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If Congress doesn’t act, Americans’ taxes will automatically increase in the coming years. The 2017 tax cuts are temporary, and some of those taxes are… Read More
Economy Analysis
Rick Dearborn had a front-row seat to President Donald Trump’s first year in the White House. He led the White House transition team and then… Read More
EconomyNews
The New York state Assembly passed a bill Wednesday to allow Congress to obtain information on state tax returns for elected officials, which would include… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Presidential contenders are in a battle to out-give one another. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., proposes a whopping $50,000 per student college loan forgiveness. Sen. Bernie… Read More
EconomyCommentary
For those of you who survived the Great GOP Tax Cut Massacre, things are finally looking up. The unemployment rate fell to 3.6% last month,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s crunch time in U.S.-China negotiations, and President Donald Trump may have just thrown negotiators under the bus. Over the weekend, Trump tweeted that perhaps… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s hard to escape the good economic news these days. New reports show that in the first quarter of 2019, the U.S. economy grew by… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Whenever Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is asked how she’ll fund “free” college tuition and her many other promised goodies, she has a ready answer: a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This year, Tax Freedom Day—the day after which Americans have worked enough days of the year to pay their taxes—occurs just one day after Tax… Read More
SocietyNews
It was Tax Day 2009 when citizens gathered in 850 cities across the nation for tea party rallies protesting the recent $700 billion federal bailouts… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s nice to have more money in your pocket. And thanks to the 2017 tax cuts, the typical American is now paying less in taxes…. Read More
SocietyNews
Americans across the country are preparing to organize 300 or more rallies against socialism on Monday, mobilized and assisted by a major tea party group…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
For over six years, California has had a top marginal income tax rate of 13.3%, the highest in the nation. About 150,000 households in a… Read More
EconomyNews
Restoring fiscal sanity to Congress is a matter of national security, the chairman of the House’s largest Republican caucus says. “It’s not a sustainable trajectory,”… Read More
EconomyCommentary
As Americans file their taxes this April, they might be in for a surprise: Most Americans got a tax cut last year. It shouldn’t be… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Democrats are trying to put the last nail in the coffin of the Budget Control Act of 2011, one of the few remaining semblances of… Read More
SocietyNews
Sen. Tom Cotton has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the Southern Poverty Law Center, a liberal activist organization that regularly brands organizations it… Read More
EconomyNews
The annual Economic Report of the President highlights the successes of tax reform and deregulation, while warning of the dangers of socialist proposals. The report,… Read More
EconomyNews
An index on the economic state of the states reveals a narrative that is being overlooked or ignored, says one of the report’s authors. … Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Internal Revenue Service has a rule allowing ministers to exclude the amount of a housing allowance from their taxable income. In December, I wrote… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Increasing taxes on investment is always a bad idea, and that’s exactly what a new bill in Congress aims to do. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Do you pay enough taxes? What is enough? When asked on “60 Minutes,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., didn’t seem to have a specific tax rate… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A new tax proposal in Congress aims to stick it to the rich. But if passed, it could devastate the U.S. financial system and ruin… Read More
EconomyNews
Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is proposing what some opponents are calling a draconian gas tax increase to fix the state’s crumbling road infrastructure. Whitmer’s budget… Read More
EconomyNews
Tax refunds have increased this week, the Treasury Department announced Thursday, after critics attacked the initial lower refunds that resulted from Americans paying less to… Read More
EconomyNews
Larry Kudlow, director of the president’s National Economic Council, called Thursday for putting socialism “on trial”—and convicting it. “I want you, and everybody in this… Read More
EconomyNews
A Georgia lawmaker and former business executive says the economy is seeing historic gains under President Donald Trump. “This is the greatest economic turnaround in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Californians brag that their state is the world’s fifth-largest economy. They talk as reverentially of Silicon Valley companies Apple, Facebook, and Google as the ancient… Read More
