- The Badly Misnamed Earned Income Tax Credit
In reality, a credit in the tax code is a credit against taxes paid. In Washington D C speak, a welfare payment becomes a credit. This euphemism the Earned Income Tax Credit has an almost melodic quality about it. - President Bush's Health Care Plan Deserves Careful Consideration
President Bush has proposed a health care plan designed to make health care affordable to millions who are not covered at present. Estimates run as high as 10 million that would be newly covered. Congress's Joint Committee On Taxation (JCT) has recently reported that this health care plan would save the government $333 billion dollars over ten years. The function of the JCT is to "score" tax policy changes. - Earmarks - Ten U.S. House Members Looking Out For Taxpayers
In 2005, congress indulged itself with over 13,000 earmarks. In 2006, a few courageous House members and senators got the number down to less than 10,000, still outrageous. However last year’s efforts shone so much attention on the practice, it even had the King of Pork, Senator Robert Byrd discussing some of the negatives. - Insourcing: Millions of High Paying Jobs Replace Those That Cannot Be Saved
The term outsourcing has become a weapon of the class warfare crowd. The mainstream media should be balancing the discussion with the benefits of insourcing. It is most unlikely that will happen. - Lewis Scooter Libby Should Be Pardoned - Now
Information is inadvertently, but legally leaked to the press. A special prosecutor is picked to investigate. The prosecutor learns who did the leaking but that no crime was committed - he still goes ahead with a trial to nail someone for something. There are conflicting recollections all over the place and tapes proving many serious memory lapses and-or contradictions. In all this confusion and he said, she said, Lewis Libby is convicted of perjury. - Libby Verdict A Sham
Joseph Wilson a staunch Democratic partisan made numerous statements attempting to discredit the Bush administration. Shortly thereafter the Senate Intelligence Committee found the claims to be false. Scooter Libby is paying the price. - Union Intimidation Bill - Democratic Party Repays Union Masters
This union intimidation tool puts new penalties on employers, going beyond the existing remediation tools now available through the National Labor Relations Board. There are no offsetting penalties on unions’ behavior when obtaining signed cards. - Government Spending: What Does The Comptroller General Say?
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has been tracking wasteful government programs since 1984. This watchdog group's latest yearly figure of how much spending is unnecessary is $232 billion dollars. Remember this gets piggybacked every year. Over 5 years, it amounts to more than $1 trillion dollars-yes that is trillion with a t. - Controlling Federal Spending: Can We Talk?
We need 25-30 year olds to reverse the spending madness of the last four decades Congress is full of career politicians. Getting reelected to advance their own career is fixed in the minds of all but a few. The needs of America are a distant second, if that. - Global Warming: Mainstream Media & Leftist Minions Ignore The Science
Recently a small portion of the U.N. report on Global Warming was released. Some of the findings were not convincing for the Global Warming backers. However it did not stop many supporters from largely ignoring the science and just plowing ahead full steam. - Comrade Hillary Warns Exxon Mobil
Exxon Mobil had huge 2006 profits. The government received huge revenues as it has for decades, totalling in the hundreds of billions. Even though energy companies get special tax breaks, those breaks simply reduce those final huge payments. Instead of using Washington newspeak, congress should eliminate the tax breaks and bring the corporate tax rate down from 35% to 30%, the average in Europe, or better yet to 12 1/2 percent, the corporate rate in Ireland. Consumers, business and government would all benefit. - Will Democrats Ruin A Thriving Economy
Last July, while many were predicting a serious slowdown, economist Brian Wesbury predicted a strong economy for the future, if government policies did nothing to hurt growth. See the accuracy of his forecast. - Why Are Most Professors Liberal?-A Point of View
Living In The World of Academia does not allow enough exposure to the difficulty of directly creating wealth day after day, year after year. In general, it seems to be the case worldwide, that professors have disdain for the business world. - Jobs Galore For Class of 2007-Offerings Top Best Clinton Years
A great market awaits this year's college graduates. It's not just the number of jobs that have taken a big jump, starting salaries and signing bonuses have also seen hefty increases. - Fed Chief Warns Congress Again! Entitlement Spending: The Calm Before The Storm
About 200 million voters have allowed 535 congressmen and the president a spending spree that endangers our future. Temporary restraints are no longer acceptable. We need specific limits on spending. - Wage Gains 2006-Workers See Solid Gains In Wages and Benefits
For at least two years, the economy has been in great shape. GDP growth has been solid, job creation strong and steady, unemployment at a 5 year low, interest rates and inflation both very favorable, business profits strong, productivity-up. Now, add in two years of solid, inflation adjusted wage gains and a favorable outlook. - Taxes: Conservatives Support Those Who Pay! Liberals Support Those Who Take!
Serious discussion of tax fairness in America cannot take place or be understood without proper emphasis on the phrase Final Net Tax. It's true, individuals and corporations, have plenty Of credits, deductions and subsidies. However, those reductions only serve to reduce rates that are far too high and harmful to the economy, to government, to individuals. A serious reduction in rates accompanied by an end to most deductions would have huge national benefits. - Attacking Wal-Mart: Malcontents Gone Wild
For decades, Wal-Mart has helped working families more than have most government programs. Why then are some senators and union backed front groups, on the attack? Two titans of class warfare, Democratic senators and Big Labor need a corporate villain. In this election cycle, Wal-Mart seems To Be Leading Exxon Mobil. - Federal Aristocracy: Compensation of Federal Civilian Workers Is Soaring
Congressmen pay themselves $168,000 a year. An obscene pension was voted in years ago with eligibility after five years and very generous benefits on top of those. Their salaries are 4 times U.S. per capita. - Public School Monopoly: A Scandal That Dooms Young Males, Other Minorities
The Democratic Party and National Education Association team up to keep their power, while kids fail. Competition yields big improvement despite The spin from these two forces. - Pork: Billions Wasted Each Year To Reelect Incumbents
Pork Is Rampant In The United States Congress. Voters must reverse the slogan, Bring Home The Bacon. We send a whopping increase to the federal government each year, add enormous costs, than have a small portion of those costs returned, to make a Senator or House member look good. To increase national income, per capita income and integrity, the new slogan should be, Keep The Bacon Home.
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