TaxBytes

We’ve been scanning the headlines for even a hint of media outrage and we’re coming up empty.

Well, whatever else can be said about health care reform, it now seems clear it won’t be cheap.

Both Democrats and Republicans are coming together to support increased transparency in how funds are being distributed through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

The Wall Street Journal reports that Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA), who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee, will soon introduce his disability program known as the CLASS Act.

Regular readers know that we tend to promote less government spending.

Note: The Institute for Policy Innovation will be highlighting trade issues this week in recognition of World Trade Week.

Now we’re beginning to see how President Obama plans to “create or save 3 million jobs.

President Obama is proposing a radical restructuring of how the federal government taxes money earned and held by U.

It appears that Democrats in Congress have decided to use the budget reconciliation process—which allows the Senate to approve legislation with 51 votes rather than the 60 needed to quash a filibuster—in their effort to pass sweeping health care reform legislation.

We have been warning that the budget deficit being pushed through by this administration and Democratic-led Congress is unfathomable.