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Taxpayers Out of Loop After Providing Cash for Expenditures
2006-03-03
One problem with government spending is that politicians are spending money that has already been taken from taxpayers...
 
 
Politicians Can't Run From Public's Desire for Tax Reform
2006-04-19
Now that the deadline for filing taxes has come and gone, it might be interesting to look at data on who pays taxes and the public's attitude about federal, state, and local taxes...
 
 
To Revive the Economy, Make the Tax Cuts Permanent
January 31, 2008
Amazingly, just hours after President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address in which he called on Congress to send rebate checks to taxpayers as part of his economic stimulus plan, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives passed the bill...
 
 
Alabamians Work 99 Days a Year Just to Pay Their Taxes
April 10, 2008
For most Americans, April 15th is “Tax Day,” the day every year that millions file their income tax returns...
 
 
Cap and Trade Bill Sets the Stage for Self-Imposed Energy Crisis
May 29, 2009
Passage of the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill will create a self-imposed energy crisis that will have a devastating impact on families and businesses.
 
 
Cap-and-Trade Legislation Will Torpedo American Economy
July 2, 2009
When it comes to a consensus on global climate change, there really isn’t a consensus among scientists, and apparently there isn’t among the Democrat majority in Congress either.