The House passed an extension of the estate tax (death tax) on Thursday, Dec. 3rd. The tax was supposed to temporarily expire next year, but those in power couldn’t stand to let money stay in the hands of citizens. The extension places a 45% tax on estates worth over 3.5 million dollars. This extension could [...]
When did it become acceptable for politicians to decide how much money a company is allowed to make? When did profit become a bad word? When did our government seize the power to decide how much is too much and to tax away any profit they deem excessive?
The AFL-CIO and many Democrats are now [...]
Health care reform has been in the news every day for a month now, and my recent posts have been a reflection of that. I’ve covered the angry citizens at Town Halls, insults from leading Democrats directed towards anyone who disagrees with them (here’s a new one from Harry Reid,
During the campaign, we all heard Obama say over and over again that he would not raise taxes on people making less than $250,000 a year. George Stephanopoulos, on his “This Week” program, asked Treasury Secretary Giethner if taxes would have to be raised on the middle class to lower the record deficit the [...]
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