IRS
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ConstitutionGovernmentPoliticsRegulation
Dem senator wants to weaponize the IRS, again
by Dan Pilla January 26, 2021Wyden, one of the most liberal U.S. senators and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, wrote a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig
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Anyone who deals with the IRS on a regular basis knows that the agency is in trouble: IRS employees are less able than ever to effectively and efficiently handle their work.
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Budgets/Taxes
The Negative Income Tax and Income Security in a Complex World
by Clifford Thies February 25, 2019The Daily Caller is running an endearing story about a 56-year old Philadelphia woman who is on disability and who has been endorsed by the city’s Republican Party in their upcoming primary for mayor.
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ConstitutionEconomicsLibertyPoliticsRegulation
All Public Forums Should Be Open and Uncensored
by Paul Driessen May 29, 2018Trump should embrace (and expand) court ruling that his Twitter account is free speech forum
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On the heels of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Minnesota’s Governor Mark Dayton is proposing to fund at least part of his $46 billion, two-year budget proposal with about $320 million of state tax increases.
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Budgets/Taxes
Democrat Governors to Sue Over Jobs Act; Seek to Challenge $10,000 Tax Deduction Cap
by Dan Pilla February 27, 2018Democratic governors from New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Connecticut claim they will sue the federal government over the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
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Budgets/Taxes
Back To Tax Reform: The Carried Interest Rate Should Be Kept (Or Cut)
by Seton Motley September 1, 2017About to end is the August recess Congress so richly earned with their great first-half-of-the-year work repealing Obamacare and other long-promised, Republican-control-of-Washington-contingent agenda items.
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Budgets/Taxes
Congressional Lawmakers Can Help Stop IRS’s Abuse of Small Businesses—But Will They?
by Jesse Hathaway August 15, 2017Tony Thangsongcharoen and his wife Somnuek ran a Garland, Texas, wedding boutique for three decades, selling wedding gowns and tuxedos to their community.
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The stakes could not be higher, for President Trump, the Republicans, and America.
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Congress should take a vote on simply repealing ObamaCare. Republicans should be forced to go on the record to show how they keep—or renege on—their campaign promises.
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Budgets/Taxes
‘Carried Interest’: Let’s Not Increase Taxes On Our Economy’s Engine
by Seton Motley June 24, 2017Leftism is such an easy soundbite sell. It’s a gaggle of five-second one-liners that seem to make perfect sense – right up until someone applies actual thought to any of them.
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Budgets/Taxes
A Principled Tax Reform Allows Expensing of all Business Costs
by Peter Ferrara June 23, 2017Classic tax reform involves reducing rates in return for closing loopholes. But what is a loophole? Is any deduction a loophole?
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Budgets/TaxesEnvironment/Energy
The Power To (Over)Tax – Is The Power To Destroy
by Seton Motley June 20, 2017The late Supreme Court Chief Justice (amongst many other impressive gigs) John Marshall rightly noted “The power to tax – is the power to destroy.” The power to OverTax, of course – will destroy even more.