Tagged: Taxes

Romney’s rock and hard place.

Romney has already disclosed that his effective tax rate is about 15 percent, well below the rate that most middle class taxpayers pay. On the strength of that disclosure, the demagoguery is on, little of it having any connection to facts.

Cuban on taxes. Wrong, wrong, wrong!

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban caused a stir earlier this week on his blog. He opined that paying taxes is, “the most patriotic thing you can do.”

Uniformed populist drivel - not what the times demand.

Uninformed populist drivel.

Were it not for those greedy private jet owners refusing to pay their “fair share” of taxes America could solve its deficit and debt problems. So says the Demagouger-in-Chief as he avoids actually addressing the problem.

Texas creates jobs. Liberals condescend.

For ruling-class elites, there is nothing to recommend Texas. It is a miserable, Red State, George W. Bush-spawning hell-on-earth. So how, then, do they explain job numbers just released by the federal government?

S&P’s shot across the bow.

Yesterday, Standard & Poor’s issued a negative outlook on the sovereign debt of the United States. Thus the U.S. joins an ignominious pantheon of bankrupt companies and failed socialist states.

Our Decision Point.

Former President Bush has emerged from near total media seclusion for the purpose of promoting his new book called “Decision Points.”

The 50-year Tug-of-War.

The 50-year Tug-of-War.

Since 1960, the country has been in a tug-of-war between those on the right that believe that one can only be truly free when one accepts full responsibility for one’s own life…

Our season of decline.

For most of us yesterday was the day that we filed our income tax returns. It marked the end of “tax season.”

Here comes the Tax Man.

We’re about to get walloped by taxes. We are all soon going to be paying our bills out of noticeably smaller net paychecks.

A Stronger America: Part 1 – Fix our tax code.

Because our country is in pain like many of us have never felt, I’m going to spend the next five of these broadcasts talking about what I would do today to assure a stronger, safer and more prosperous America 20 years from now. I am going to start with taxes. We should never go like sheep to the slaughter when it comes to paying taxes but all too often we do. Quick, what percentage of...