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    Check Out the 2010 Budget Chart Book–New and Improved!

    April 8, 2010 at 9:37 am

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    The federal budget is on an unsustainable course with red ink as far as the eye can see, so it is especially important for Americans to understand spending, taxes, and debt.

    The Heritage Foundation’s Budget Chart Book is a user-friendly way to learn about the federal budget in pictures. More

    Of Myths, Opinions, Taxes, and Guacamole

    April 5, 2010 at 10:19 am

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    Roberton Williams and Rosanne Altshuler’s Five Myths About Your Taxes in the Washington Post on Sunday was such a useful piece one hesitates to criticize, but one confusion is so unfortunate that a correction is necessary. In all, the authors got about 3 and a half right out of five, … More

    Fairness is in the Eye of the Beholder Vice President Biden

    April 1, 2010 at 6:15 pm

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    In a recent interview with Yahoo Finance, Vice President Joe Biden said the following: “the top 1 percent of earners get 22 percent of all income made in the U.S. Taxes have been lowered for the wealthy considerably over the years. It’s about time we get a little tax equity … More

    Side Effects: Higher Health Insurance Taxes

    March 30, 2010 at 8:01 am

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    Union bosses howled about one Obamacare tax hike: the levy on “Cadillac” health plans (expensive plans rich in benefits). The problem with this tax, as they see it, is that it hits the very plans often enjoyed by their rank-and-file. Ever eager to please the unions, Democratic leaders added a … More

    Obamacare Day 2: A $1 Billion Tax Bill… for Just One Employer

    March 26, 2010 at 4:36 pm

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    “AT&T Inc. will take a $1 billion non-cash charge in the first quarter” the Associated Press reported today. And by “take a non-cash charge” what they really mean is that President Barack Obama’s health spending plan just ate $1 billion out of AT&T’s bottom line. And that’s to pay for … More

    Morning Bell: Congress vs. The American People

    March 23, 2010 at 9:30 am

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    Another day, two new polls showing the American people are strongly against the health care plan President Barack Obama will sign into law today. According to CNN, 59% of Americans oppose President Obama’s plan. And according to CBS News, 48% of Americans oppose the plan (with 33% in strong opposition) … More

    The House Health Fix: Even Higher Job Killing Investment Taxes

    March 18, 2010 at 8:33 pm

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    It takes investment to get sustainable economic growth. We can’t spend our way to growth. We have to save some of the stuff we make today and use it to create new, higher value, tomorrow. If we produce and consume it all, then our economy lives “hand-to-mouth” and we do … More

    Lower Taxes Vs. Growing Entitlements – That is the Question

    March 18, 2010 at 2:30 pm

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    The United States has set itself on a path of unsustainable debt levels with little political prospect to implement the policy mix that will turn this tide. What America needs is a government committed to generating real and sustainable economic growth and a real lowering of the fiscal deficits through … More

    Government Dependency Grows As “Non-paying” Taxpayers Hits Record Level

    March 11, 2010 at 6:45 pm

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    Nonpayer Chart

    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 record number of “nonpayers” in 2008. Taxpayers become “non-payers” when credits and deductions wipe out any income tax they owe. According to the Tax Foundation … More

    TPC’s Hits and Misses on Ryan’s Roadmap

    March 11, 2010 at 11:40 am

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    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 America’s Future fiscal plan. The TPC analysis helps Ryan advance the tax reform ball considerably, but it also raises issues some of which need to … More

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    A Bumper Crop of Food Stamps

    Tweet this Where do food stamps come from? They come from taxpayers—certainly not from family farms. Yet the “farm” bill, a recurring subsidy-fest in Congress, is actually 80 percent food stamps and other government nutrition programs. The food stamps sweeten the farm deal for lawmakers, who admit that the combination … More

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