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23 Sep 2011, 11:52 am
One of the big questions being asked of folks on the left these days is “how much of every dollar do you think taxpayers should be allowed to keep?” So far, progressives have deftly avoided answering it. They should continue to avoid answering it because it’s a trick question. No matter how you answer this [...] [read post]
6 Mar 2010, 10:32 am
In a recent post titled Snow, Budgets, and User Fees, Professor James Maule, to drive home a point, regales us with a bit of rhetorical brinkmanship:
[I]f the anti-tax crowd continues to influence the unwitting and uninformed by appealing to emotional distaste for taxation, it might persuade the entire nation to eliminate all taxes and user fees.
What must be understood [...] [read post]
31 Oct 2010, 8:11 am
WebCPA tells us how one state has chosen to use your tax money:
An Idaho State Tax Commission official has informed a family that their children’s roadside pumpkin stand violates the law and needs to be closed.
Dan and Kami Charais told the Lewiston Tribune that an official told them Friday that the stand operated by their [...] [read post]
8 Oct 2011, 12:42 pm
If President Obama were like George Washington and could not tell a lie, this is what he would say to the American taxpayer: Yes, we are going to increase your taxes, but don’t worry. If we waste those funds, we’ll just increase your taxes again. An entity that can raise its “prices” without consequence (i.e. without the loss of “business” [...] [read post]
31 Oct 2010, 8:11 am
WebCPA tells us how one state has chosen to use your tax money:
An Idaho State Tax Commission official has informed a family that their children’s roadside pumpkin stand violates the law and needs to be closed.
Dan and Kami Charais told the Lewiston Tribune that an official told them Friday that the stand operated by their [...] [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 9:14 am
Here’s Exhibit “4,981? showing why people who actually want to give more of their money to the federal government are a couple of ants short of a picnic: WASHINGTON – Individuals who are not authorized to work in the United States received billions of dollars from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) last year in a [...] [read post]
7 Aug 2010, 6:31 am
Ah, the joys of big government.
This one’s from the New York Times:
Julie Murphy, a 7-year-old Oregonian, set up a lemonade stand on July 29 at an art fair in northeast Portland. County health inspectors shut her down, however, telling Julie and her mother, Maria Fife, that they needed a temporary restaurant license, which costs $120. The [...] [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 5:09 am
Chris Edwards of Cato gives us Six Reasons to Downsize the Federal Government. I was going to re-publish only my favorite of the six reasons, but they are all so important I couldn’t choose among them.
Here’s all six:
1. Additional federal spending transfers resources from the more productive private sector to the less productive public sector of the [...] [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 4:31 pm
Accessing and Reusing Copyright Government Records John Gilchrist 10 Law and Justice Journal 213 (2010) Full text available at: http://www.law.qut.edu.au/files/4.Access_and_Reuse_GILCHRIST_3.pdf Abstract The common policy objectives in modern liberal democracies of promoting open and accountable government and of preserving national culture and heritage are reflected in the provision of access to, and the preservation of unpublished and [...] [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 6:53 am
Many of the new job creation plans discussed in Washington discuss an increased focus on federal government construction projects and other federal business opportunities. Not surprisingly, as seen at www.fbo.gov, North Carolina has many active federal opportunities and construction project solicitations. The government contract and construction attorneys of Maginnis Law, PLLC can assist businesses with [...] [read post]
14 May 2012, 11:48 am
This is such trite wisdom that it is always remarkable that only a handful of people seem to understand it, among them Paul Krugman at The New York Times in Why We Regulate, writing inter alia:
"Just to be clear, businessmen are human — although the lords of finance have a tendency to forget that — and they make money-losing mistakes all the time. That in itself is no reason for the government to get involved. But banks are special, because the risks they take are borne, in large part, by… [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 5:59 am
For the past several months Democrats have claimed that Republicans’ opposition to tax increases is part of a master plan to destroy the federal government. The absurdity of this accusation is readily apparent to thinking humans, but, sadly, most of us avoid deep thought like an Al Qaeda-man avoids a Navy Seal. So let me offer this analogy: Suppose your child is sixty pounds overweight from years [...] [read post]
5 Sep 2010, 8:15 am
Kay Bell takes a look at who pays federal income taxes in Where Does Your Taxable Income Rank:
Kiplinger took 2007 tax data (the most complete available) from the IRS and created an online calculator to show you where your income ranks compared to the rest of U.S. taxpayers.
I ran some various incomes through the calculator [...] [read post]
19 Oct 2010, 7:14 am
Tad DeHaven of the Cato Institute wonders why pro-tax, big government types like Warren Buffett regularly choose to give their money to private charities rather than the federal government:
The New York Times took a look at people who voluntarily send money to Washington in order to help pay down the federal debt. Last year, the Bureau [...] [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 10:12 am
If you watch and listen only to the mainstream media you might be excused for thinking that Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is a militantly stupid, anti-government, clown. But if you dig deeper – which you always must do to find the truth about conservative women - you would find this Atlantic article written by Beth Reinhard and Lindsey [...] [read post]
29 Jan 2012, 8:16 am
One of the first rules of debate is that you should endeavor to understand your opponent’s argument – both the strong and weak points – better than he does. The pro-tax left is, apparently, unaware of this rule. Count left-leaning economist Robert H. Frank among those who simply do not understand why many conservative Americans, the [...] [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 6:50 am
One of USA.gov sites dedicated to Laws and Regulations has been updated with a link titled Open Congress.Open Congress brings together official government data with news coverage, blog posts, public comments, and more.Open Congress is a free, open-source, not-for-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to make Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement. Open Congress [read post]
24 May 2011, 9:02 am
Officials with the Juvenile Justice Department in Cameron County, Texas, appear to be confused about the proper relationship between religion and government.
A new youth outreach center has opened in Harlingen, and for some reason, officials saw fit to decorate it with slogans from a book penned by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology. […] Read More [read post]
4 Jun 2011, 8:14 am
Joseph Henchman of Tax Policy Blog writes in Stimulus Package Contractors & Grant Recipients Owe $757M in Unpaid Taxes:
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has identified $757 million in known unpaid taxes from that at least 3,700 of the estimated 80,000 contractors and grant recipients who received funds from the Recovery Act stimulus bill enacted on February [...] [read post]
2 Aug 2010, 2:02 pm
We are deeply disappointed at the letter from Darshan A. Sheth, Acting Director of Public Affairs for the Office of Special Counsel (letter to the editor, Washington Post on Monday, July 26, 2010). There is bipartisan consensus that the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is dysfunctional, and instead of suggesting reforms, the OSC responded to this criticism by obfuscating its record. This is a bureaucracy that has failed to protect whistleblowers for the past ten years.
The letter from the OSC fails… [read post]