Posts Tagged ‘tax’
Marco Rubio introduces bill to eliminate tax on Olympic medals and honoraria
Apparently, the federal government feels that U.S. Olympic champions “didn’t do it by themselves”, and as such, has decided that the government is entitled to 35% of their honoraria and the value of the metal in the winning medals. The Washington Times reported that Marco Rubio has introduced legislation to right that indignity. “We can…
Read MoreObama’s vision for the next 4 years: tax and spend tax and spend
As a conservatarian and I find this chunk of video from Barack Obama’s campaign in Ohio yesterday simply chilling. You’ll just have to decide for yourself.
Read MoreState of Connecticut Not Better after Tax Hikes
I am amazed that the lights are still on here in the great state of Connecticut. What even amazes me more is that this state after the largest tax increase in history by the Malloy Administration has still resulted in a deficit.
Read MoreThe federal government should tax medical care
That’s the recommendation from the Institute of Medicine, an “influential federal advisory body” that “played a key role” in Obamacare. According to the Institute, the money raised from this tax would be used to fund public health services concentrating on “preventive care”.
Read MoreHey you Coupon Clippers… Look over there it’s the TAX MAN!
As we all know Govenor Malloy is really trying his best to balance the Connecticut state budget. I completely agree that this budget needs to be repaired. We all know how our govenor would like to do it, by raising taxes and even introducing some new ones in the budget. Like going after coupon clippers? Sad, but…
Read MoreTo Tax Or Not To Tax
Frequent caller and loyal listener Helen read a poem, written by her 17 year old son, that I thought did a better job of summing of the problem in Washington than Congress does understanding it. If our representatives had any guts they would read it too. But my guess is our local reps will just…
Read MoreMassachusetts Health Care … the nightmare to come. Update: Rationing
Update: Make sure you check the update below. Rationing! The Baucus plan and the Waxman Murphy plan, both will tax you if you don’t have health insurance. But as we pointed out right here it’s so much more than that. You will be taxed even if you have coverage, IF, it’s not up to government…
Read MoreHere’s an Idea…Tax Soda!
Once again universal health care rears its ugly head. Previously, we’ve been primarily concerned with the crummy health care system that will swallow us all when Obama and Congress jam their plans down our throats. But, there is another side to this program. How do we pay for it? Most households first figure out what they…
Read MoreJudd Gregg on Punitive Taxes and National Bankruptcy
From CNN’s Sunday show with John King. It’s NH Senator Judd Gregg. Snow asks Gregg to respond to the AIG special bonus tax passed overwhelmingly by the Democrat Congress. A slippery slope.
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