Archive for Taxes
So Now What’s Going On At The CBO? (Updated)
Update: 2 More E-Mails I’ve been monitoring the activity at the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) for a little over two years now. It’s a great way to know what legislation is coming down the pike in Congress. I highly recommend that you sign up for their e-mail list. Yesterday was a banner day. I received […]
The Big Amnesty/ Social Security Lie
It looks like we’ve discovered the panacea for all of our economic and social ills. We’ve found the solution to the entitlement crisis as well. We’re going to find the poorest countries in the world and import as many of their people as possible within a short period of time. That way we will have [...]
This is a Scandal We Must Not Let Slide
Welcome to 1984. The government that is supposed to govern by the consent of the people is now attacking those who seek to preserve the Constitution. Even as a number of non-profit organizations that aid and abet illegal aliens or Islamic terrorists are able to operate without any fear of investigation, we now know that [...]
21 Republicans Vote for Unconstitutional Interstate Online Sales Tax
Yesterday, 21 Republicans helped secure passage of the Orwellian-named Marketplace Fairness Act. The bill would allow states to join together in a contract to force online retailers who earn more than $1 million in annual revenue to collect sales taxes on behalf of all 50 states based on the location of the shipping address. In [...]
Paul Ryan’s Busy Week
Here are the rhetorical accomplishments this week of one of the biggest “stars” in GOP politics. Joining in mass amnesty with a radical Democrat On Monday, Paul Ryan joined Luis Gutierrez at a rally in Chicago to promote immigration reform. “A sweeping immigration bill that would provide a path to legalization for millions of illegal [...]
Delaware’s Chris Coons Doesn’t Want You to Pay Taxes…Sometimes
Last night, the Senate moved to end debate on so-called Marketplace Fairness Act, more commonly known as the Internet Sales Tax. The bill would turn small, online businesses into tax collectors for states in which they have no real connection. Despite representing a state without a sales tax, Delaware Senator Chris Coons favors the legislation. [...]
Internet Sales Tax is Interstate Power Grab
The Commerce Clause of the Constitution has been used as a garbage can of left-wing jurisprudence to grant the federal government infinite power over the the citizenry for years. Ironically, the original intent of the Commerce Clause was to serve as a check on state power grabs across state lines, not as a new power [...]
Nothing is “Fair” About Congress Changing the Rules on Businesses After Twenty-One Years
Guest Post by David Addington, The Heritage Foundation To hear the brick-and-mortar businesses complain of the need to enact S. 743, the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act, you would think that the Constitution entitled every brick-and-mortar store to a successful business model in perpetuity. The legislation, on which the Senate will act shortly, authorizes states to [...]
Dems Vote Down Bill to Ban Tax Delinquents from Federal Jobs
Is there no degree of commonsense that Democrats will adhere to? The media is pining for bipartisan cooperation in Washington. Well, on Monday, the House brought a bill to the floor that should have passed unanimously. On Tax Day, Rep. Jasson Chaffetz (R-UT) wanted to draw attention to the fact that there are some federal [...]
Morning Action: Tax Day
OBAMA TAX DAY. It would be futile for the Left to try to deny how central so-called class warfare is to being President Obama. That is what he ran on and won his presidential elections – pitting Americans against Americans. For Obama, this spring’s fights over class represent both a political challenge and a definitional [...]
