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May 25, 2010
How Washington Hammers Early Retirees
So you’re 62 years old and have been downsized, laid off or forced into early retirement because of the struggling economy.
May 18, 2010
Cut to the Revolution
The House Republican leadership has just announced You Cut (http://republicanwhip.
May 10, 2010
The Biggest Loser … and Winner
The California state legislature has adopted almost every loony liberal idea floating around, and even some that aren’t floating around.
May 4, 2010
A Short, Painful Lesson on ‘Benefits Cuts’
On Fox News Sunday, anchor Chris Wallace asked Florida U.
April 27, 2010
Who Needs Sustainable Entitlements?
One of the real “sleeper” threats included in the recently passed health care reform bill is the Community Living Assistance Services and Support (CLASS) Act, which creates a voluntary -opt-out program to provide financial assistance to people with disabilities.
April 20, 2010
Two Cheers for Wyden-Gregg
There are two things we really like about the “Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010,” introduced by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Judd Gregg (R-NH): the fairness and the simplification.
April 13, 2010
Who’s Afraid of April 15?
What if most Americans didn’t owe any income tax? Would April 15 still be the object of scorn and derision? Well, that’s exactly the direction we’re headed in.
April 6, 2010
Free at Last, Free at Last
The phrase “free at last” is associated with spirituals and the emancipation movement.
March 30, 2010
Obamacare and Obamaccounting
I predict that one of the most common phrases in the American vocabulary over the next few years will be, “I didn’t know the health care bill would do that.
March 23, 2010
Rethinking Earmarks
Even as they force through massive new tax and spending increases, Democrats are trying to demonstrate their fiscal responsibility by proposing to eliminate congressional earmarks, except for nonprofit organizations (which is the majority of earmarks).