Phil Mickelson and His Tax Bogey
Professional golfer Phil Mickelson, one of California’s many but dwindling wealthy, apparently carded a bogey when he intimated over the weekend that the near 60… Read More
Morning Bell: It’s Time to Balance the Budget
Today, the House will vote on a proposal that would suspend the debt ceiling until May 19, buying a bit more time for the overarching… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Second Inaugural Address, Translated
Members of Congress—who are about to debate raising the debt ceiling tomorrow—should have paid attention yesterday. The President was very clear that he sees no… Read More
Effective Marginal Tax Rates: A Growing Discussion
Did you notice how your paycheck shrank in January? The expiration of temporary payroll tax cuts boosted marginal tax rates about two percentage points for… Read More
Morning Bell: 13 Tax Increases in 2013
New Year’s Day was tough for taxpayers. Thirteen tax increases kicked in. The deal that Congress and President Obama struck that finally—but only partially—avoided the… Read More
Morning Bell: The Slow Dismantling of Obamacare
Things aren’t going so well for Obamacare. Even Democrats in Congress aren’t huge fans any more. It seems after passing the law and finding out… Read More
Top Wind Utility: Wind Subsidy Benefits Industry, Not Consumers
The biggest wind energy purchaser in the country may sever ties with the industry’s largest trade group in the wake of a bitter fight to… Read More
Corporate Welfare for Energy Companies Should Have Gone Off the Cliff
The fiscal cliff deal is not only preventing certain politically motivated energy tax policies from falling off the cliff, but it’s also resurrecting ones that… Read More
Morning Bell: Taxes to Rise on Most American Workers
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called it “a happy start to a new year.” That probably tells you all you need to know about the fiscal… Read More
Congressional Budget Office Shows Senate Bill Is $600 Billion Tax Hike
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just now released its score of the bill the Senate passed early this morning while everyone was celebrating the beginning of… Read More
Morning Bell: Tax Hikes to Start the New Year
While you were sleeping—or ringing in 2013—the Senate voted to raise taxes. After missing the midnight deadline, Congress and the President have technically sent the… Read More
Top 10 Heritage Blog Posts of 2012
Heritage’s blog, The Foundry, turns 5 years old next week. Not only has it transformed how our think tank communicates, but it also features some of the… Read More
Top 10 Heritage Research Papers of 2012
As the year comes to a close, we reflect on 2012 by offering highlights of the top 10 most-read research papers by Heritage scholars. 1)… Read More
5 New Year’s Resolutions for Congress in 2013
While many Americans resolve to make 2013 the year they really do slim down, exercise more, and spend less, Congress could afford to commit to… Read More
Morning Bell: ’Twas the Night Before Cliff-mas
Christmas arrives this year at a time when our nation is on the brink of the fiscal cliff. With time running out for President Obama… Read More
Departing Depardieu: French Icon Says “Non” to Taxes, Gives D.C. a Lesson
It’s not often that a Frenchman becomes a hero to conservatives, and extremely rare when he happens to be an actor. But even some Frenchmen… Read More
Medical Device Tax Is Latest Proof That Taxes Matter
The more time passes, the more we get to see in real life the consequences of Obamacare. We warned back when it passed that the… Read More
Obama’s “Lucy Move the Football” Fiscal Cliff Plan Still Not Balanced
Volleys of negotiating counter-offers are coming in faster now that Christmas break and the looming fiscal cliff are just around the corner. While there is… Read More
The Obama Tax Plan: Undercutting Economic Growth
The President and his advocates in Congress argue that raising taxes on all taxpayers would damage the economy but that raising taxes on only “high-income”… Read More
Why Wind Power Has Low Economic Value
Michael Goggin, manager of transmission policy at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), posted a second response to my report “Wind Intermittency and the Production… Read More
Fiscal Cliff Solutions: Soar Over the Cliff or Kick the Can
Kicking the can is the least repugnant remaining resolution to the fiscal cliff. The only alternatives appear to be the Republicans’ unconditional surrender on income… Read More
News
Too Eager for a Fiscal Cliff Deal: Republican Leadership’s $1 Trillion Tax Hike
The latest fiscal cliff proposal by Speaker of the House John Boehner (R–OH) is infuriatingly frustrating to conservatives, again. In exchange for $1 trillion in… Read More
12 Days of Obamacare Surprises: Taxes
Not all surprises are good. When it comes to Obamacare, the original projections are turning into unfortunately different realities. For the next 10 days, Heritage… Read More
Profiles in Tax Hikes: A Florida Nurse’s Tax Changes in 2013
What will the tax hikes of January 1, 2013, mean to real Americans? Let’s say you are a black woman who has a rewarding, though… Read More
Coverdell Education Savings Accounts to Be Thrown from Fiscal Cliff?
Lost in the fiscal cliff discussion has been any hint of whether Coverdell Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) will be permitted to continue in their current… Read More
Fiscal Cliff: Is Heritage Inconsistent?
Menzie Chinn took to the blog Econbrowser last Thursday to accuse conservative economists in general – and The Heritage Foundation in particular – of being… Read More
Tax Increases Won’t Solve Washington’s Spending Problem
“We make some tough spending cuts on things that we don’t need; and then we ask the wealthiest Americans to pay a slightly higher tax… Read More
Vestas Cuts Plant Hours, Puts Colorado Employees On Unemployment
In an attempt to stave off potential job losses, Vestas Wind Systems reduced hours at two manufacturing plants in Colorado for all hourly staff on… Read More
Liberal Welfare State in Decline
Even as the country deals with the crisis of the “fiscal cliff,” there’s another crisis waiting in the wings. “The second act will occur early… Read More
Lunch with Heritage Google+ Hangout on the Obamacare Taxes
There are a lot of taxes in Obamacare that will harm businesses and consumers alike. Some business owners have been vocal about their dislike for… Read More
