Years later, politicians are still fighting over the same issues: Jobs, health care, debt
This was a post from January 2013, kicking off the new year and the Obama administration’s challenges after winning the 2012 election. Headed into 2020, you may find that much has never been resolved or addressed, More...
Tennessee tops HireAHelper’s ‘True Tax Burden’ study, Florida at #4, Texas at #7
Florida ranks #4 for lowest dollar-for-dollar tax burden ($2,131) and #4 in effective tax rate (4.8%) in HireAHelper’s ‘True Tax Burden’ study. To calculate the rankings, HireAHelper surveyed mean wage data, More...
House passes Senate tax bill, heads to Trump who touts ‘Jobs jobs jobs’
The House of Representatives passed the Senate tax reform package Wednesday afternoon, sending the the legislation to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature. The bill passed the House a second time More...
Trump’s budget unsurprisingly increases military spending, cuts into some domestic programs
The White House said Monday that President Trump’s upcoming budget will propose a $54 billion increase in defense spending and impose corresponding cuts to domestic programs and foreign aid. The 10 percent More...
Obama Supporters Realize They Have Been Betrayed
Interesting article from the Washington Times which seems to indicate, via comments on social media, that the folks that elected Obama are pretty annoyed at the reality of Obama’s legislation… simply More...
New analysis shows 77% of households will pay more taxes after fiscal cliff deal
The fiscal cliff bill’s impact would be far-reaching for American taxpayers, and particularly painful for very high-income households, according to a new analysis. photo 401(K) 2012 via Flickr About 77% of American More...
Fiscal cliff deal includes added tax deductions for Hollywood film productions
Hollywood studios enjoyed their best year ever at domestic box offices in 2012, but lawmakers in Washington gave movie and TV investors need a sweet tax deduction to keep the cameras rolling in the U.S. photo Jon More...
US Senate passes ‘fiscal cliff’ deal, President Obama says it’s the ‘right thing to do for our country’
The US Senate has approved a deal on Monday to avert general tax hikes and spending cuts known as the “fiscal cliff”. donkeyhotey donkeyhotey.wordpress.com The bill, which raises taxes for the wealthy, More...
Joe Biden says ‘middle class buried the last four years’ VIDEO
While on the campaign trail, attacking the GOP nominee Mitt Romney and his tax plan, Vice President Joe Biden decried raising taxes on an American middle class that ‘has been buried’ during the last More...
CBO warns of 2013 recession, ‘financial cliff’ without budget deal
The CBO, Congressional Budget Office, warns that the US economy will shrink in 2013, as the fiscal analysis was released on Wednesday. Rough Road Sign public domain More specifically the CBO stated that simply allowing More...
President Obama calls for extension of Bush tax cuts
President Barack Obama revitalized his push for holding down middle-class tax rates Monday, calling on Congress to pass a one-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for people earning less than $250,000 a year. President More...
Republican ‘Young Guns’ critical of Bush legacy and party hierarchy
Calling themselves the Young Guns, three members of America’s House of Representatives are about to publish a template for new era of Republican domination in Congress. As President Obama’s hopes for More...
