AUGUST 16, 2010 The End of American Optimism By MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN Our brief national encounter with optimism is now well and truly over. We have had the greatest fiscal and monetary stimulus in modern times. We have had a whole series of programs to pay people to buy cars, purchase homes, pay off their mortgages, […]
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HEUBUSCH: Remembering ‘Morning in America’ Tax cuts unleashed America’s renewal at home and abroad By John Heubusch – Executive Director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library The Washington Times July 28, 2010 Illustration: Reagan’s morning by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Over the eight years of the Reagan
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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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