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The tax collector’s share

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Happy tax day!
In the United States the average American family pays just over thirty-eight (38) percent of their annual income in taxes. This is more than the average family spends on housing, food and clothing combined.
Every year the IRS sends out more than eight (8) billion tax forms explaining the tax code. If […]

MoveOn.org dreams big in ‘08, recognizes failure of ‘07

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Their goals of universal health care and ending the War in Iraq hinge on the Democrats ability to gain nine seats in the Senate in 2008. Gaining nine seats would probably give them enough votes to overcome filibuster.
However, it is unlikely that the Democrats will pick up nine of Senate seats in […]

Scare Taxtics

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

The Democrats are really starting to scare me with this $3.5 billion tax increase…
The Democrats are scaring Republicans in D.C. too…
Hence the below spoof…

Taxes have consequences

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Democrats often fancy themselves defenders of the poor, but consider this, while the Democrats what to tax the internet - making access more expensive - only 11% of those making under $30,000 a year have the internet at home
Will more taxes make the internet more affordable so that those less fortunate can afford it?
Sen. John […]

Internet taxation

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Can’t Raise Taxes Fast Enough

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Quote of the Day

Friday, October 26th, 2007

As a matter of principle, Americans should not have to abide by a tax code that is seven times longer than the Bible.
- Represenatives Ryan, Hensarling, Campbell, and Bachmann on making taxes simplier and fairer in contrast to Democratic plans introduced by my least favorite Congressman, Charles Rangel, to make them more complex and socialistic.

Democrats release plan to raise taxes

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Charles Rangel today released his long anticipated plan to raise taxes. Below is some commentary on the plan by several Republican Congressman.
Rep. John Campbell:
The word is that Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Charlie Rangel (D-NY) will introduce he is calling the “Mother of all Tax Bills” tomorrow.
Rumors are that it will do […]

Democrat Diagnosis

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Death Tax will live.
Mortarium for Internet tax will live (for now, even though it should have enternal life).
Part of the Democrats massive overhaul of the tax goal with the purpose of achieving the philosophical amorphous concepts of equality, fairness, and justice will not include the elimination of the death tax.
Nancy Pelosi says the emlimination would […]

Its all about the benjamins…

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Charles Rangel, New York Democrat and Chair of the powerful House Ways and Means committee, has long planned a “mother” of all tax reforms, the base of which would be the elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) - a tax meant to ensure that the rich didn’t avoid paying taxes by abusing charitable tax […]

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