by Jane Richey | Oct 31, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
New Year’s Day was tough for taxpayers. Thirteen tax increases kicked in. The deal that Congress and President Obama struck that finally—but only partially—avoided the fiscal cliff resulted in seven tax increases. Those hikes combined with six tax increases from...
by Jane Richey | Jan 8, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Tax Foundation has debunked an influential report by the Congressional Research Service which claimed that economic growth is not harmed by high tax rates. The September 2012 report, “Taxes and the Economy: An Economic Analysis of the Top Tax Rates Since 1945,”...
by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Politicians often cloak themselves in the mantle of statesmen from other eras who exemplified virtues that they lack. Barack Obama, like other politicians who sense Americans’ deep appreciation of Ronald Reagan, is out there invoking the Gipper. It’s like...