Economics
Amazon will collect Connecticut sales tax starting in November
For those of you who have been purchasing stuff on Amazon, ensuring you track all of your spending so you can properly pay your Connecticut Use Tax, we have fantastic news! Later this year, Amazon will start collecting it for you and pay the state so you don’t have to do all the work!
Read MoreNew England cod fishing quotas cut by two-thirds for 2013
I’m not familiar with the commercial fishing industry in New England, but I thought this was a pretty big story. The New England Fishery Management Council drastically cut the amount of cod commercial fisherman can harvest offshore.
Read MoreObama stimulus – Administration stopped providing results 18 months ago
Part of the $800+ billion stimulus law required the Executive Branch provide detailed reporting concerning the results – good or bad – of the program. After multiple reports indicated “saved or created” jobs were costing upwards of $300,000 each, the Obama administration just stopped providing the reports.
Read MoreDemocrat Senators: Wait, there is a medical device tax in Obamacare?
If find it pretty much unacceptable, but completely normal, for 18 Democrats to “all of a sudden” realize there is a medical device excise tax of “only” 2.3 percent in the Affordable Health Care Act. Of course, they found out about this “hidden” tax in December, after the election was over.
Read MoreObama to Boehner: “We don’t have a spending problem”
I’m wondering if President Obama figured House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) would spill the beans concerning the discussions he had with the president. I want to hear more. I want to hear the president stand up and tell the American people the federal government does not “have a spending problem.”
Read MoreDecember jobs report: 155k added, Unemployment at 7.8%
Not impressive for the holiday season, but we already knew holiday sales during the holiday period was pretty weak, even though we had five extra days between Black Friday and Christmas Eve this year as compared to last. Ed Morrissey at Hot Air has the info for you this morning.
Read MoreObama: All we have to do is raise taxes on the rich
During a campaign appearance at Detroit Diesel yesterday, President Obama laid out his plan to save the economy. First, raise taxes on the rich … we’ll deal with cuts later since we have to do that … real careful like.
Read More2009 Tax return data graphic version 2.0
Trying this again. There is no way to explain this in a sound bite or within one slide. It’s just impossible. That said, you must take the time to look at the data and share with Democrats, liberals and those who voted for President Obama.
Read MoreFederal government borrowing $4.8 billon per day
The age of $1 trillion-plus deficits continue. So far the federal government has overspent, resulting in the need to borrow $292 billion in October and November. We’re on track for a $1.75 trillion deficit for the current fiscal year.
Read More$200k – $500k earners pay double average tax rate compared to $50k – $75k
Deserving of its own post. Here is a table I created from the original. Those earning $200k to $500k – the largest group directly effected by the increased tax rate demanded by Democrats – are paying more than double the rate of the $75k to $100k group!
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