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    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 day, as is the number of respected economists, market shapers, and influential organizations warning Congress and President Obama to stop Taxmageddon to spare the economy … More

    VIDEO: House Conservatives Answer Your Questions

    House conservatives gather this morning to take your questions about taxes, sequestration and a range of other issues facing Congress in the coming weeks and months. It’s your opportunity to be heard on Capitol Hill. Submit a question in the comments below. Conversations with Conservatives runs from 11:30 a.m. to … More

    Latinos Favor Tax Cuts for All, Including the Wealthy

    Are Hispanics—the fastest growing demographic in the country— on their way to becoming a reliably voting liberal bloc? Not so fast, especially considering a recent McClatchy-Marist poll that found that Hispanics, by a margin of 62 percent to 36 percent, favor extending tax cuts for all Americans—including the most affluent. … More

    New Poll: Majority of Americans Want to Stop Tax Hikes for All Incomes

    A new poll shows the majority of Americans—including those on the low end of the income spectrum—are against hiking taxes for those making more than $250,000. The McClatchy-Marist poll found 52 percent of registered voters favored keeping the 2001 and 2003 tax policies in place for taxpayers of all incomes. … More

    Morning Bell: Obama Tells Entrepreneurs “You Didn’t Build” Your Business

    That sound you hear is silence—as millions of small business owners and entrepreneurs were left speechless this weekend from President Obama’s latest insult. The slap in the face to hard-working Americans conveyed Obama’s belief that it takes a village—a heavily subsidized village—to create that venture you’re profiting from: Somebody helped … 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 on right now for our “Lunch with Heritage” online chat. We are joined by Heritage Expert Rea Hederman and he is taking your questions about … More

    CBO Report Confirms Rich Already Pay Their “Fair Share”

    The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest estimates on the share of taxes paid by income level, giving voters a way to check the argument that the rich do not pay “their fair share.” Using 2009 tax year data, CBO’s report shows the amount of income people earned … More

    Reid’s Unconstitutional Gambit on Small Business Taxes

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV) is trying to use the Senate to message on tax issues. The problem is that this political ploy is unconstitutional. It is important to note that any big tax idea—whether it be comprehensive tax reform, the President’s idea to extend only certain aspects of … More

    Morning Bell: Obama’s Tax Hike on Job Creators

    “The last thing you want to do is to raise taxes in the middle of a recession, because that would just suck up—take more demand out of the economy and put businesses in a further hole.” That was President Obama in 2009, trying to reassure Americans that he was going … More

    Obamacare Raises Taxes on 3 Million Middle-Class Americans

    President Obama repeatedly promised not to raise taxes on middle-class families. Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that he already has. Chief Justice John Roberts upheld the President’s health care law on the grounds that the “individual mandate” is a constitutionally permissible tax increase. This violates Obama’s pledge. Middle-class families will … More