Tag: "taxes"

Taxation Without Participation

By Michael R Shannon on Sep 21, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Conservative Philosophy, featured opinion, Michael Shannon, Opinion, Politics, Public Sector Unions

Michael Kinsley described a “gaffe” as anytime a politician is caught telling the truth. This is particularly accurate for Republicans and conservatives as is demonstrated by the reaction to Mitt Romney’s comment regarding Obama’s base. The setting was unfortunate — a $50,000–a–plate fundraiser — but the message was accurate. As he discussed campaign strategy — [...]

US Credit Rating Cut After Fed Decision

By TJ Thompson on Sep 14, 2012 in 2012 Election News, exposing Obama, Featured Posts, Legislation, Money, Politics

. Egan-Jones Ratings Co. downgraded its credit rating for the United States today, dropping the rating down a notch to AA-. The agency said that the third round of large-scale asset purchases (QE3) by the Federal Reserve has the possibility of weakening the US Dollar, which would push up inflation. News broke early Friday morning [...]

Congress Passes Short-Term Budget Measure, Avoids Shutdown… Again

By TJ Thompson on Sep 14, 2012 in In The News, Legislation, Money, Politics

On Thursday evening, The House of Representatives passed a joint resolution that is a 6 month spending bill that will keep federal agencies running through the end of the budget year, and past the elections in November. This bill was passed by a vote of 329-91, with 9 not voting. This short-term budget band-aid allows the avoidance [...]

August Jobs Report: Young Adult Actual Unemployment 16.7%

By TJ Thompson on Sep 07, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Conservative Philosophy, exposing Obama, Money, Politics

. Click Here to read CDN’s Interview with Paul T. Conway – former Chief of Staff of the United States Department of Labor and Generation Opportunity President en Español – Generación Oportunidad Washington, DC – (9/7/12) – Generation Opportunity, the largest non-profit, non-partisan organization in the United States engaging and mobilizing young Americans on the important economic issues facing [...]

Debunking 5 Paul Ryan Myths

By Chris Enloe on Aug 21, 2012 in *Participate*, 2012 Election News, Conservative Philosophy, exposing Obama, Legislation, Money, Opinion, Politics, The Democratic Attack machine, Traditional Values, War on Women

When Mitt Romney chose Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate nine days ago, he forced Democrats to engage in serious intellectual debate in the coming weeks and months, rather than demagoguing which has been the main practice of the Obama/Biden campaign as of yet. Well, that’s what one would have thought, because, well, [...]

Olympic Medal Winners Face a Tax Hit

By Chris Enloe on Aug 12, 2012 in Legislation, Money, Politics, World News

In his third Olympic Performance, Michael Phelps won a total of six medals: four gold and two silver. His performances in the thirtieth Olympiad is sure to bring big financial awards, but his performances are also going to cost him. Every American who won a medal in the London Olympics will receive cash rewards from [...]

Drug Addicts and Taxes

By Warren Beatty (not the liberal actor) on Aug 11, 2012 in Featured Posts, Politics

Did you know that there is an Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)? And that for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, President Barack Hussein “what’s another deficit” Obama’s budget requested $25.6 Billion for the National Drug Control Budget, an increase of 1.6 percent over FY 2012. Further, the budget request calls for $542.4 million to [...]

Luxury Tax 2.0 – Obama’s War on Prosperity

By Bruce MacIsaac on Aug 07, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Cap and Trade, Eat the Rich, exposing Obama, Politics

President Obama keeps asking “Do you want to return to the failed policies of the past?” At the same time he is urging us to envy those who have worked very hard and risked their own capital to make the American dream come true. An examination of that question might be in order. Those who [...]

How To Help Millenials: An Interview With Former Labor Department Official

By TJ Thompson on Aug 06, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Featured, Money, Politics

The July 2012 jobs report was released on August 3rd 2012, and major news outlets have been reporting that the US economy added 163,000 jobs. While the debate rages on about the accuracy of the real number of jobs created or lost, the economic impact on young Americans has been lost in the fervor. The jobs [...]

IRS Punishes Excellence: The Tax Burden on Olympic Athletes

By Katherine Revello on Aug 02, 2012 in In The News, Money

This week, the best of American athletes, who’ve spent years putting hard work and effort into training for their respective sports, are in London for the Olympics. It’s a wonderfully capitalistic competition- the best, the most talented, the hardest working from around the world competing to see who is the best. Excellence is rewarded with [...]

House GOP Unite to #StoptheTaxHike that Would Destroy Another 710,000 Jobs

By Kyle Becker (Twitter: @rogue1776) on Aug 01, 2012 in Politics, Videos

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday called out the Democrats for considering a tax hike that would lead to another 710,000 jobs lost in an already brutal recession. As Congressman McCarthy noted, in 2010 a total of 139 Democrats joined with Republicans to stop a tax hike when they said the economy was too [...]

Obamacare Costs $1.9 Trillion AND Still Leaves 30 Million Uninsured

By Matt Vespa on Jul 31, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Featured Posts, Health Care Reform, Politics

Since the 5-4 decision to uphold Obamacare as constitutional through the taxing authority of Congress, the CBO gave their final grade. . But it’s not biggie. This entire overhaul is “deficit neutral” and will save money in the long run. That’s what the Left try to sell us. Even Joe Six Pack knows that something [...]

Senator Patty Murray – Your Money or Your Life!

By Bruce MacIsaac on Jul 19, 2012 in A Broken System, Eat the Rich, In The News, Money, Opinion, Politics

In a move reminiscent of Bruno Hauptmann, the Senate’s No. 4 Democrat, Senator Patty Murray said, “Millions of jobs could be lost through the automatic cuts, programs families depend on would be slashed irresponsibly across the board, and middle-class tax cuts would expire. And once again, if Republicans won’t work with us on a balanced [...]

WaPo Hypes Poll On…Weather!? Buries Anti-Tax Hike Sentiment

By Matt Vespa on Jul 13, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Cap and Trade, featured opinion, Opinion, Politics

With the scorching heat and the infamous derecho that left D.C. in the dark on June 29, it seems perfectly logical for folks in the Washington area to blame “global warming” as we all bake in the 100 degree heat. In fact, The Washington Post conducted a poll that showed that a majority of Americans [...]

UPDATE: Boeing Gets $7.2 Billion Order, Planes Made In USA [VIDEO]

By TJ Thompson on Jul 09, 2012 in Money, Politics, Videos

Boeing announced Monday that Air Lease Corp., run by Steven Udvar-Hazy, has placed an order for for 75 of the 737 Max aircraft – worth an estimated $7.2 Billion. The order is for 60 of the MAX 8 version and 15 of the MAX 9 versions of the aircraft. The announcement was made today at the Farnborough air [...]