AUGUST 9, 2010 Why I’m Not Hiring When you add it all up, it costs $74,000 to put $44,000 in Sally’s pocket and to give her $12,000 in benefits. By MICHAEL P. FLEISCHER With unemployment just under 10% and companies sitting on their cash, you would think that sooner or later job growth would take […]
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AUGUST 9, 2010 Canada, Land of Smaller Government Its corporate income tax rate is 18% and falling. America’s is 35%. By JASON CLEMENS When Americans look to Canada, they generally think of an ally, though one dominated by socialist economic policies. But the Canada of the 1970s and early 1980s—the era of left-wing Prime Minister
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Lone Economic Star What the rest of the country can learn from Texas. BY Eli Lehrer August 2, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 43 Austin On the 80-mile drive from San Antonio to the Texas capitol in Austin, it’s difficult to miss the signs of growth. At every highway exit,
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RAHN: Abolish state income taxes Statistics show they retard economic growth By Richard W. Rahn – The Washington Times July 19, 2010 Did you know there are nine states that have no state income tax? The non-income-tax states (see accompanying chart) are geographically and economically diverse, ranging from the state of Washington in the Pacific
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AUGUST 7, 2010 Democrats Against ObamaCare The 1099 repeal fiasco, and the Snooki tax. This wasn’t a good week for ObamaCare, with Missouri voting to repeal the law and a Virginia judge refusing to dismiss a serious Constitutional legal challenge. Unlikely as it sounds, however, the repeal movement even came to include House Democrats. To
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My Usual Charming Self by Bernie Reeves Metro Magazine July 2010 Anarchy Reins In Conservative Politics Running for Congress is a learning experience for sure. I was defeated in a run-off for the nomination and that’s that — or is it? To state my key issue in the campaign succinctly, the interest payments on the
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AUGUST 4, 2010 The Blue State Blues Taxing the rich, except in my district. One irony of the tax increase that arrives on January 1 is that the it will hit residents of high-income, Democratic-leaning states like California, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York the hardest. This is a problem for pro-tax Democrats. Enter New
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House rejects partial health care repeal Jul 30 06:31 PM US/Eastern By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has rejected a bill that would repeal a tax filing requirement in the new health care law that could swamp businesses with paperwork.The provision requires nearly 40 million U.S. businesses to file tax
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JULY 30, 2010 Son of TARP More politically directed credit, this time for small banks. President Obama has been trying to rebut the claim that he’s antibusiness by promoting something called the Small Business Jobs Act, which would provide loans and temporary tax cuts to small businesses. If you’ve been paying attention over the last
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JULY 29, 2010 Taxes: A Defining Issue Barack Obama knows taxes define worldview. The GOP should offer voters an alternative. By DANIEL HENNINGER If the Obama presidency didn’t exist, we would have to invent it. At a time when the American people need to make some decisions about the nation’s purpose, along comes Barack Obama
