Government Dependency Grows As “Non-paying” Taxpayers Hits Record Level
The Tax Foundation recently released its annual report on the number of tax returns filed that have no tax liability, and the study shows a… Read More
The Tax Foundation recently released its annual report on the number of tax returns filed that have no tax liability, and the study shows a… Read More
On March 9 the Tax Policy Center (TPC) released a preliminary analysis of the tax reform proposal contained in Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) Roadmap for… Read More
Raising taxes does not mean more overall revenue, recently seen in Montgomery County, Maryland, which has had a particularly bad fiscal year after a recent… Read More
Today marks the seventh year that we have published the Index of Dependence on Government. And, for seven years running, our Index shows growing dependence…. Read More
Littered throughout the President’s proposed budget and health care plan are over $2 trillion in new taxes. In the budget we see tax hikes on… Read More
In preparation for today’s bipartisan Health Care Summit, President Obama released his own version of health care reform earlier this week. The President’s proposal includes… Read More
President Obama keeps rolling out the tax hikes. In his budget released earlier this month, excluding the tax hikes he assumed to pay for health… Read More
The White House recently released President Obama’s health care reform proposal. The plan incorporates a mixture of the many tax increases passed by the House… Read More
The health care plan President Obama recently released is mostly a combination of the different plans passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate…. Read More
Remember the promise of the 2008 Presidential election? No family making less than $250,000 will see their taxes increase Well, now, the option to tax… Read More
President Barack Obama reiterated his “jobs will be our number one focus” State of the Union talking point in New Hampshire on Tuesday, but all… Read More
It is still far from clear what the White House’s new strategy to pass health care reform will be in the face of Scott Brown’s… Read More
The vote looming in the Senate to raise the debt limit should serve as a wake-up call that federal spending is out of control. Instead,… Read More
From the President who brought you unaccountable, constitutionally-questionable czars comes the latest innovation in pass-the-buck leadership: a White House executive commission designed to solve the… Read More
This month, Congress will face every shopaholic’s worst nightmare: a maxed out credit card. After a year of seemingly endless government spending, the Senate must… Read More
Facing rising populist anger over his administration’s billion-dollar bailouts, President Barack Obama proposed a $117 billion tax over the next 12 years on financial companies… Read More
When does Washington consider a successful small business a problem to be dealt with? When that small business successfully competes against unionized firms. Then it… Read More
One of the key issues the White House, House, and Senate will be negotiating behind closed doors, is how to pay for President Obama’s $2.5… Read More
The danger of higher taxes in the future is thwarting economic recovery today. Businesses make investment and hiring decisions based on their expectations of future… Read More
While millions of Americans are more than ready to put 2009 behind them, they should know that Congress failed to reauthorize dozens of tax breaks… Read More
The death tax will expire tonight as soon as the ball drops and 2010 officially begins. This is good news for the businesses and families… Read More
The Heritage Foundation’s 2009 Federal Revenue and Spending Book of Charts is one of the most heavily trafficked features on our homepage. Here, by traffic,… Read More
Although the left has been celebrating the passage of Obamacare in the Senate as further evidence that the President’s health care reform initiative is a… Read More
As part of Senator Harry Reid’s indefatigable effort to make each new version of the Senate health care legislation worse than the previous one, his… Read More
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has set the stage for a major vote Monday morning at 1:00 AM – one that would require the… Read More
The Senate Leadership is scheduling the first vote on their health care bill later today. A thorough critique and analysis of the 383 page manager’s… Read More
The U.S. House of Representatives will likely vote tomorrow to continue about 50 expiring tax incentives known as “tax extenders.” It must do so each… Read More
Congress is discussing yet another tax increase. This one would be a tax on stock transactions and could fund a new jobs bill since it… Read More
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on a bill that would permanently extend the estate tax (known better as the death tax)… Read More
Liberals in Congress and out are calling for a new tax to pay for the war on terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq. At the same… Read More
