Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Governments tax people. They always have. A good question to ask, though, and one we haven’t seen asked lately is — what’s that money for? The Founders had an idea about what taxes were for. In the Constitution Art. I, Sec. 8, they spelled out the purpose behind taxes: The
Continue readingWhen the going gets tough, the candidate of hope and change, the one who assured us we’re in for the era of “a new kind of politics,” starts rolling around in the dirt and barking out the same old Chicago thuggery: “Sen. McCain bragged about how as chairman of the
Continue readingThe McCain campaign is giving substantive responses to the attacks the Obama campaign is leveling against it: TO: Interested Parties RE: Empty Words And Insults Cannot Cover A Weak Record DATE: September 15, 2008 Over the last few days, the Obama campaign has watched their poll numbers falter and decided
Continue readingWow! Unless I’m very confused, beneath all the O-babble here, Obama is conceding that low taxes benefit the economy: Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush’s tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an
Continue readingAs nice a summary as any I’ve seen of the practical effects of the proposed Obama tax plans: But here’s the thing: It’s not that Mr. Obama hasn’t been specific enough in his governing plans. To the contrary, he has been very specific about his tax policy, health-care and energy
Continue readingJack Kemp and Peter Ferrara on Obama’s tax proposals and how they’ll affect all of us: Obama has proposed increases in every major federal tax. He has proposed to increase individual income taxes, with the top rate to rise to almost 40 percent. He has proposed to increase the top
Continue readingForget Exxon’s “greedy” shareholders. The New Editor reminds us (which is something the MSM overlooked), that when Exxon does well, we all do well.
Continue readingObama was caught during his speech to minority journalists making noises that sounded remarkably like reparations talk: “I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged,” the Democratic presidential hopeful said. “I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it’s Native
Continue readingDemocrats have one attitude towards taxes: raise ’em. The higher they are, they think, the more money that government will have to redistribute to those the Democrats deem worth. They never seem to grasp that low, stable taxes are infinitely more beneficial to the economy, in both boom times and
Continue readingIn keeping with my prior post, about the callous illogical shown in one of the Times’ most recent articles, I’d like to highlight Obama’s insistence on a “windfall profits tax” — another “bright” idea showing a rather typical Democratic refusal to recognize cause and effect, not to mention a willful
Continue readingObama is going to revitalize our economy by having more government control over the economy and by ending the Bush tax cuts for upper earners. increasing taxes on the middle class. If by “revitalize,” he really means “Carterize,” I guess he’s right. Otherwise, I have grave doubts about the wisdom
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