Tag Archives: Tax Hikes

AEI Ideas: James Pethokoukis- Ben Carson’s Flat Tax Plan Represents Many of The Least Helpful Impulses in GOP Tax Policy

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Rik Schneider

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: AEI Ideas: James Pethokoukis- Ben Carson’s Flat Tax Plan Represents Many of The Least Helpful Impulses in GOP Tax Policy During really the last six years or so of the … Continue reading →

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The Capital Gang: February 20, 1993: The Clinton Deficit Reduction Plan

Posted on May 7, 2015 by kireschneider

. This whole show was about the 1993 Deficit Reduction Act. That was offered by President Bill Clinton, which was his first major economic bill as President. That was passed by a Democratic Congress by a total of two votes. … Continue reading →

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Reason Magazine: Jacob Sullum: ‘Ted Cruz is Right About Taxes’

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Ederik Schneider

“If you have not done your taxes yet, do not count on getting help from the Internal Revenue Service in answering any last-minute questions that may arise. The IRS estimates that only half of the anxious and bewildered taxpayers who … Continue reading →

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The New Republic: Danny Vinik: President Obama’s Promise to Not Raise Taxes on the Middle Class Makes Governing Harder

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’m just going to be real here and say that Socialists have this belief that if government especially the federal government or central government (depending on the country) is not doing something or running something that is … Continue reading →

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Thom Hartmann: Daily Take: A Declaration of the End of The Reagan Era

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Derik Schneider

. Source:The New Democrat  Actually what Thom Hartmann didn’t bother to mention which I’m sure he already knows this having lived through these periods in his thirties and forties unlike myself who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, is … Continue reading →

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Thom Hartmann: ‘Follow the French on the Millionaire Tax’

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Derik Schneider

. Source:The New Democrat You want everyone paying their fair share of taxes at all economic levels. Which is one of the reasons why I’m in favor of what I call the Progressive Consumption Tax. Which would accomplish most of … Continue reading →

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WBAL-TV: David Collins: Maryland Senators Say Yes to Tax Hikes, Teacher Pensions

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Ederik Schneider

. Source:FreeState Now Maryland had an opportunity, to not only jump-start it’s economy, but to help pay down its budget deficit by expanding organize gambling in Maryland. By expanding Maryland casinos, but despite having a Democratic Governor and Legislature, they … Continue reading →

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James Miller Center: President Ronald Reagan- Address on Tax and Budget Legislation August 16, 1982: A Reverse of Course?

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Rik Schneider

Source: The FreeState In the late 1970s 1978 or 79, Republican Senator Bill Roth who was on the Senate Finance Committee and Republican Representative Jack Kemp, over in the House, together introduced the Kemp-Roth bill in the House and Senate. … Continue reading →

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