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DeMint Amendment Falls Short
DeMint’s amendment to prevent the current rate on capital gains and dividends from increasing to 20 percent at the end of the year fell well short on Wednesday. The only… Read more
Senator DeMint Fights Against Tax Increase on Capital Gains and Dividends
In today’s political climate of big government, big spending and big taxes, it’s important to recognize when someone in Congress stands up and gets it right. Senator Jim DeMint did… Read more
British Prepare for Impending Capital Gains Increase
UK Chancellor George Osborne is expected to include a sharp increase in Britain’s capital gains tax when he unveils the emergency budget on Tuesday. Preparing for this, British citizens are… Read more
New Tax on Millionaires Won't Fix New Jersey's Budget
New Jersey’s $10.7 billion budget deficit is the second highest among all U.S. states. With New Jersey already facing one of the worst economic outlooks in the country according to… Read more
Postal Service Reform is Easy
The U.S. Postal Service has been hemorrhaging money for decades, and it’s not hard to understand why. As a government protected monopoly, the Postal Service cannot adjust to changing market… Read more
Government "Inspections" Trump Actually Cleaning Oil
When you’re a government bureaucrat, it’s never a bad time to interrupt people with real jobs, doing real work, in order to apply pointless rules. Rather than deploying all resources… Read more
Latest Economics 101 Video Tackles Minimum Wage
Our latest Econ 101 video is a must watch. If you haven’t seen it yet, Orphe Divounguy succinctly explains the role of minimum wage laws in creating unemployment in this… Read more
Bailouts Discourage Tax Competition Between States
Big Government bailouts haven’t just been directed toward businesses and Wall Street, they’ve also been deployed to prop up Big Governments. Having taken “stimulus” money while fully aware that it… Read more
Daniel Hannan Sees America Europeanizing
Britain’s Conservative MP Daniel Hannan, made famous in America for the viral YouTube video of his fiscal takedown of Gordon Brown, recently wrote of his regret for supporting Barack Obama… Read more
President Obama's Disastrous Response
President Obama used his first televised speech from the Oval Office, ostensibly on the topic of the BP oil spill, to run through his usual speech-making checklist, which includes blaming… Read more
