Estate Tax
The new class war comes to Wisconsin
Washington Examiner - 5 days ago
Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin says that Public Employee Unions are to blame for that state's fiscal woes. Of course, this assumes there was a crisis to begin with. In point of fact, prior to Walker taking the job, Wisonsin's fiscal predicamen…
Read more >>The Long Con
Balloon Juice - 6 days agoThe financial collapse of 2008 was caused by reckless economic elites who were well-connected enough to take risks and not suffer consequences for them. This led directly to a $900 billion dollar decrease in the value of Public Pension …
Read more >>The Obama Budget: Challenging or Co-Opting the GOP? (The Nation)
Yahoo! News - 14th Feb 2011
The Nation -- In his State of the Union Address, Barack Obama threaded the needle by calling for new investments in technology, education and infrastructure and a five-year domestic Spending Freeze. But those were just words. The president’…
Read more >>Seizing the Future: Budget battle in Washington
Michelle Malkin - 14th Feb 2011Takeaway sentence from ABC News’s description of the Obama Budget unveiled today: “At no point in the president’s 10-year projection would the U.S. government spend less than it’s taking in.” Lefties are huffing and…
Read more >>Obama Budget Proposal: Cuts To Target Working Poor, Middle Class & Students (LIVE UPDATES)
The Huffington Post - 13th Feb 2011WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, less than two months after signing Tax Cuts for the wealthiest Americans into law, is poised to propose a Budget to Congress that attacks programs that assist the working poor, help the needy heat their homes…
Read more >>Irvin G. Schorsch: Tax Cut Package Provides Relief for Investors
The Huffington Post - 10th Feb 2011
When President Obama signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 on December 17, it averted a situation in which Tax Rates would have increased on January 1 for all income brackets and the Estate Ta…
Read more >>Senate Retirement Blitz, Part V: Jon Kyl (The Atlantic Wire)
Yahoo! News - 10th Feb 2011WASHINGTON, DC – Arizona Senator Jon Kyl announced today that he will not run for Reelection in 2012--that makes him the fifth senator to do this in about a month, for those who are counting. First, on Kyl: The Minority Whip was elected in…
Read more >>Gingrich Would Put Obama on Guest List
The Caucus - 10th Feb 2011Newt Gingrich, the former Republican House Speaker, declared the 2010 midterm victories for his party to be “the appetizer” and said “2012 is the entree” at a Speech to conservative Activists Thursday. Speaking at the Cons…
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