Tag: taxes
member name: Charles Temm JR
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September 05, 2007 03:20 PM EDT --
House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN) has proposed to increase federal gas taxes 5 cents a gallon. Meanwhile in the Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep John . . .
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June 11, 2008 01:03 PM EDT --
One of the Mitt Romney's centerpieces in his recent presidential bid was the Massachusetts attempt to get universial health care called Coomonwealth Care. He touted it as a good model for the . . .
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August 11, 2008 02:47 PM EDT --
The percentage of Americans who actually pay any income tax (not social security/medicare/state-local taxes) after earned income and various other credits is dropping every year.
With fewer . . .
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June 04, 2008 03:58 PM EDT --
One of the many positions the Democrat Party as an institution cannot change is the policy on inheritance or death taxes. While some members of the party openly decrie the morality of government . . .
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February 27, 2009 11:58 AM EST --
Energy Secretary Steven Chu raised his hand to place a caveat about assumptions of the Obama cap and trade proposal placed in the new budget. Chu; held up as an example of a highly informed/intelligent . . .
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November 08, 2007 10:32 AM EST --
Over the last few weeks, I've picked up some more odds and ends that I'd like to share.
Taxation is an issue that most Americans do not really seem to pay much attention to. The . . .
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September 18, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
Couple of quick things I came across in the my readings lately...
Andrew Stern, head of the Service Employees Union, is trying to get Repubs to talk to to his members. Almost a quarter of them are . . .
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October 22, 2007 01:20 PM EDT --
CAGW (Citizens Against Government Waste) have named their newest porker of the month. This is the government official who wastes the most government funds during a 30 day period.
So this months . . .
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October 31, 2009 04:39 PM EDT --
The Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) have again published their honored Porker of the Month. This time it's another one of those politicians who think mouthing a principle is all that . . .
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September 13, 2007 03:03 PM EDT --
As those who have read up on the often secretive world of Washington tax policy may already know; dispite an overall lack of accomplishment since their takeover, there has been no lack of trying to pass . . .
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September 27, 2007 11:36 AM EDT --
More stuff I've run into in the last week of reading...
Government regulation in all forms (most NOT coming from Congress but the unelected bureaucrats) now costs the US economy an estimated . . .
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June 10, 2008 05:19 PM EDT --
The Citizens Against Government Waste have released their listing for worst porkers in the Senate for 2007. Many of the names are no surprise of course but the breakdown by party may surprise a few . . .
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November 15, 2007 04:33 PM EST --
Porker of the Month: Sen. Richard Shelby
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) Porker of the Month for an $11 . . .
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November 23, 2007 02:40 PM EST --
For all taxpayers regardless of party, join the demand for real earmark reform. Neither party is serious about this issue and it will take alot of people screaming to force it. The recent . . .
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April 28, 2009 12:22 PM EDT --
Mr Obama's recent announcement that his cabinet has been directed to cut $100 million or so dollars was greeted with mixed reviews by the public. With earlier statements that billions . . .
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August 22, 2007 09:31 AM EDT --
In yet another effort to find something to increase taxes on (this time for a 'good cause'-fixing infrastructure) Congress is debating in committee about raising gasoline taxes on the federal level. . . .
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February 08, 2007 01:08 PM EST --
The never ending tax squabble doubtless is heating up in Washington. The Democratic litany on stopping "tax relief" for the rich and 'helping' the middle class promises at . . .
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March 19, 2008 09:55 AM EDT --
Published by Congress.Org, this listing gives us the current leaders in waste. Notice both parties are raping the Treasury in a bi-partisan way, though Dems have the actual weight of numbers on . . .
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February 18, 2009 01:29 PM EST --
“I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of this country who toil are the ones who bear the cost of the Government. Every . . .
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February 12, 2008 09:58 PM EST --
Kudos for the Citizens Against Government Waste and their good fight for us taxpayers! Check out the list of shame below and vote!
The public outcry over the tens of billions . . .
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