One difference between House Majority Whip James Clyburn and the virtuouso American pianist of the late 50′s and early 60′s, Van Cliburn, is that the former plays only the black keys. We have written before about the archaic antics of the always reliable, utterly predictable and wholly unoriginal Mr. Clyburn. Well, never one to let an opportunity pass to foment racial division, the congressman [...]
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The Tax Foundation issued the following News Release this weekend breaking down how the nearly $1 trillion healthcare bill will be financed: The $938 billion health care reform legislation finalized by Congress yesterday is financed primarily through net cuts to Medicare and an increased Medicare tax on high-income taxpayers, according to the Tax Foundation. The [...]
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David Gregory closed this morning’s edition of Meet the Press with the following statement about the newly enacted healthcare bill and Republican promises to repeal it: It’s very difficult to take away a benefit from the American people once it’s been given. To even the casual observer of American politics and governance this is no revelation. Nevertheless, far [...]
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Paul Caron writes that a tanning salon lawyer has questioned the constitutionality of the tax on tanning services included in the recently passed healthcare bill: I [have] a question about the intersection of taxation and civil rights law. It strikes me that the health care bill which requires that indoor tanning salons charge customers a 10% tax beginning [...]
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“I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”¹ - Barack Obama – If you had any doubts about the collectivist designs of this administration, reading the fine print of Obamacare will assuage them. The New York Times reports that the newly enacted healthcare reform law is, in fact, a wealth redistribution bill: For [...]
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Here are a few car crash statistics published by the Federal Highway Administration: There were nearly 6,420,000 auto accidents in the United States in 2005. The financial cost of these crashes was more than 230 billion dollars. 2.9 million people were injured and 42,636 people killed. About 115 people die every day in vehicle crashes [...]
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The Tax Foundation has a list of the tax provisions included in the recently passed House healthcare reform bill: All starting dates are January 1 of that year, unless otherwise noted. This list is fairly exhaustive, meaning it includes virtually every tax provision. The major provisions, as defined as those projected to raise or lose more than $10 [...]
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