TaxBytes

So how did Social Security get tied up in health care reform? It’s kind of complicated so stay with me.

Members of Congress say they are concerned about the exploding budget deficit, though not so concerned, it seems, to stop all the spending that’s actually causing the deficit explosion—up to about 24.

Senator Jim Bunning could probably use a hug.

World markets have been worried about the financial disaster threatening Greece.

Last week Senator Reid scrapped a “bipartisan jobs bill,” estimated to cost about $85 billion over 10 years, for a dramatically scaled-down $15 billion bill.

Our thanks for FedEx Chairman Fred Smith for dredging up a 2001 IPI study and resurrecting its recommendations in a Wall Street Journal op/ed this past Saturday.

President Obama introduced his budget this week amid lots of calls for Republicans to support the president’s laundry list of new and expanded spending programs, along with a minimal spending freeze and some tax cuts.

Would the REAL Obama agenda please stand up! On Monday morning the White House released a plan for: · Doubling the Child and Dependant Care Tax Credit for families making under $85,000; · Limiting student federal loan payments; · Expanding tax credits to match retirement savings; and · Expanding assistance to families caring for elderly relatives.

Something remarkable is going on in America.

Presidential elections are expensive—something liberals never tire of reminding us every four years when they push for some way to nationalize the cost of presidential elections.