Morning Bell: The Ugly Facts About the Internet Sales Tax
The Internet sales tax passed the Senate, but a growing chorus is pointing out that it would hurt many to help the tax man. The… Read More
Morning Bell: Amnesty Would Cost Taxpayers $6.3 Trillion
What is the goal of immigration reform? As Heritage President Jim DeMint put it yesterday, “Any immigration reform should improve the lives, the incomes, and… Read More
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Critics Looking at Old Data Instead of New Heritage Research on Amnesty
Some proponents of comprehensive immigration reform (including amnesty) are trying to find support for their position in Heritage Foundation papers from long ago. In the… Read More
Internet Sales Tax Hits Fastest-Growing Industries
The Marketplace Fairness Act, also known as the Internet sales tax, would burden the fastest-growing industries in the United States with a tidal wave of… Read More
Morning Bell: Remember the Economy? It’s Still Bad
According to a poll earlier this year, voters have a higher opinion of cockroaches than Congressmen. President Obama’s personal popularity remains solid, but his job… Read More
Internet Sales Tax: Your Online Shopping Could Cost More
Think buying your favorite products online is a good deal? You could face higher costs for online shopping if Congress approves a new sales tax… Read More
10 Reasons These Democrats Oppose the Internet Sales Tax
The Senate is moving closer to passing an Internet sales tax law, known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, despite rising opposition that includes Democratic Senators… Read More
Green Energy Companies Fisker and SoloPower Struggle Despite Government-Backed Loans
One foot on a banana peel, the other in the grave. That’s where Fisker Automotive and SoloPower find themselves, struggling for survival despite generous government… Read More
9,646 Reasons to Dislike the Internet Sales Tax
The U.S. Senate is debating the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act. It’s a bill that would result in the taxation of Internet sales, driving up costs… Read More
How Heritage Is Studying the Costs of Immigration
In discussing comprehensive immigration reform in recent days, some commentators have discussed The Heritage Foundation’s previous and anticipated work looking at the costs of unlawful… Read More
Morning Bell: Internet Sales Tax Is a State Money Grab
Why are states so eager to collect taxes on Internet sales? In short, because they could grab money from other states. Heritage legal expert David… Read More
Conservatives Awaken: Nothing Is Conservative About State Tax Collection on Internet Sales
The Senate soon will take up ill-advised legislation (S. 743) misnamed the “Marketplace Fairness Act” to authorize every state to force out-of-state businesses to serve… Read More
Morning Bell: Beware the Internet Sales Tax
The Internet sales tax is back, and it could be the next big vote in the Senate. The proposed law would enable states to force… Read More
It’s Tax Freedom Day: Finally We Get to Work for Ourselves!
April 18 marks the 108th day of 2013. It is also Tax Freedom Day, as calculated by the Tax Foundation. Tax Freedom Day is the… Read More
Why We Pay the Income Tax
As millions of Americans scrambled this week to get their taxes filed on time, they probably didn’t spend much time wondering how we got here…. Read More
Morning Bell: Where Did Your Tax Dollar Go?
Americans are waking up today to the worst “case of the Mondays” they’ll have all year: It’s Tax Day. Most Americans dread Tax Day, and… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Fake Budget Marketing Exposed
President Obama is marketing his new budget by saying it has “more than $2 in spending cuts for every $1 of new revenue.” Is this… Read More
Morning Bell: 5 Things to Know About the Obama Budget
President Obama finally released his budget yesterday—more than two months late. Heritage experts immediately went to work analyzing the mounds of new spending on education,… Read More
The Obama Budget in One Infographic
President Obama released his 2014 budget more than 60 days late. Heritage’s team of policy experts spent the better part of yesterday combing through it… Read More
Damaging Policies Add Up to $1 Trillion Tax Increase in Obama Budget (UPDATED)
UPDATE: The official total tax increase in President Obama’s budget is now available in the Treasury Department’s “Green Book.” Treasury scores the total net tax… Read More
EconomyNews
The Obama Budget: Heritage Experts’ Analysis
Minimum Wage President Obama’s budget proposes raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour. This would hurt the very workers the President wants to help…. Read More
Senator Reid’s New Tax on Guns
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) wants to tax your gun rights. His new legislation charges you a fee that is in essence a federal… Read More
Morning Bell: Thanks to Obamacare…
It’s Obamacare’s third anniversary. Though many key parts of Obamacare—including some of its tax hikes and mandates—don’t go into effect until next year, Americans are… Read More
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Morning Bell: A Stark Choice for America’s Budget
For the first time in four years, the U.S. Congress is engaged in a full-throated budget debate. Take a moment for at least a quiet… Read More
Ways and Means Small Business Tax Reform Proposal a Positive Step
Under the leadership of Chairman Dave Camp (R–MI), the House Ways and Means Committee released draft legislation for improving the tax treatment of small business…. Read More
Morning Bell: First Look at the 2014 Ryan Budget
At first look, the budget unveiled today by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-WI) advances much-needed reforms and importantly accomplishes the crucial goal… Read More
Morning Bell: 6 Things the Next U.S. Budget Should Do
It’s time for Congress to make a real budget—and not just any budget. It’s been four years since the U.S. had a real budget. While… Read More
Obama Fulfills DeMint’s Prediction, Blaming Sequester for Future Economic Problems
Senator Jim DeMint, the president-elect of The Heritage Foundation, apparently has a crystal ball. This morning he predicted that Obama would use the sequester as… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Sequester Smokescreen
Suppose you desperately needed to lose weight but had a Big Mac with fries and a Coke staring you in the face. You could take… Read More
The “Buffett Rule” Returns
President Obama’s so-called Buffett Rule just won’t go away. It is back in its latest iteration because Senate Democrats proposed it to partially offset the… Read More
