Taxing Americans by the Mile?
Continuing to demonstrate their complete disconnect from main-street America, President Obama administration officials introduced an “undated draft” of a Transportation Opportunities Act that would tax American citizens based on how many miles they drive. What!? Maybe President Obama should turn his attention to our domestic oil-drilling policies, or maybe our impending $13 TRILLION federal debt [...]
$352 Billion in Net Tax Increases for 111th Congress
Americans for Tax Reform has released the final tab for the 111th Congress, and the conclusion is that it has been a bad two years for tax payers. The 111th Congress has enacted $352 billion net tax increases. Most of the tax hikes were permanent and most of the tax cuts were temporary. There were [...]
President Doesn’t Want to Be “The Same Old Tax-and-Spend Democrat”
In an interview with a New York Times reporter, President Barack Obama admitted that he had learned some tactical lessons from his first two years in office. These included that he should not appear to be “the same old tax-and-spend Democrat”, with no intention, of course, of actually stopping his tax-and-spend policies. He also noted [...]
