Fiscal Cliff: Is Heritage Inconsistent?
Menzie Chinn took to the blog Econbrowser last Thursday to accuse conservative economists in general – and The Heritage Foundation in particular – of being… Read More
Health CareNews
Some Obamacare Legal Challenges Are Alive and Well
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in granting a petition for rehearing in Liberty University v. Geitner, vacated the U.S. Fourth Circuit’s prior dismissal of… Read More
Must-Read Research: Obama Gutting Welfare Reform, Setting Spending Records
Welfare spending is at a staggering, all-time high. A new government report confirms that the U.S. now spends roughly $1 trillion a year on what… Read More
What’s the Limit on Congress’s Power to Tax?
The Supreme Court on Thursday introduced lawmakers to a new Obamacare. The justices held that Congress does not have the power under the Commerce Clause… Read More
Health CareNews
LIVE CHAT: The Obamacare Decision with Heritage & Docs4PatientCare
The Supreme Court made their decision this morning but the fight over Obamacare does not end today. The Heritage Foundation will continue to fight for… Read More
Obamacare Silver Linings: A Limited Victory for Limited Government
Today’s Supreme Court decision on Obamacare—though it is tragic with regard to statutory interpretation and health care policy—has two significant constitutional silver linings. At the… Read More
Health CareNews
A Clarion Call for the American People
The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Obamacare reflects a tragic misreading of the law, one which could cost us not just economically but also in… Read More
Top 10 Reads: July 1, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. It Won’t Be Pretty, as the… Read More
San Francisco Gives a Tax Break to Keep Twitter in Town
When faced with losing one of the most brilliant companies in the country, Twitter, even San Francisco can have a moment of revelation regarding tax… Read More
The Tax Code Is Too Complicated
U.S. taxpayers will spend $431 billion just complying with the tax code this year, according a new study by Arthur Laffer, Wayne Winegarden, and John Childs. That’s… Read More
Tackling Deficits: The Chicago Way, and the Other Way
While it’s being reported that every state (except Florida) had snow on the ground this week, 46 states are digging out of another kind of… Read More
Pledge to America is Step in Right Direction
House Republicans should be commended for offering an alternative vision for America’s future, in their Pledge to America. It is an important element in moving… Read More
Corrected VAT Lessons From Canada
Marty Sullivan, a frequent commentator on tax policy, has now apparently decided the United States needs a value-added tax (VAT). To advance the cause, he… Read More
Obamacare’s Uninvited Wedding Guest: A New Health Tax
Does marriage provide health benefits? According to the research, it does, but not according to many in Congress. Under the Senate-passed health care bill, couples… Read More
Video: Estate Tax Increase a Killer for Family-owned Businesses
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on a bill that would permanently extend the estate tax (known better as the death tax)… Read More
House Votes to Raise Estate Tax this Week
The U.S. House of Representative could vote as early as Wednesday of this week to increase the estate tax (known popularly as the death tax)…. Read More
Yes, $2.6 Trillion! A Closer Look at the Full 10 Years of Spending in the House Health Bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic leadership are frantically trying to find enough votes to pass their giant 2,032 page health care legislation… Read More
Krugman Wrong on Cap and Trade Costs
Paul Krugman blasted opponents of cap and trade and The Heritage Foundation in his New York Times column today, saying: So where do the apocalyptic… Read More
Passing a Shell of A Bill: Congress’ Secret Plan to Ram Through Health Care Reform
With the President and Congress’s plan to pass comprehensive health care reform reaching increasingly high levels of unpopularity, and reconciliation becoming an impediment, the leadership… Read More
Sales Tax Holidays: Popular Policy “Clunker”
Virginians will celebrate their annual “sales tax holiday” this weekend—August 7 through August 9. On these three days, the state’s 5 percent sales tax will… Read More
Temporary Tax Rebates Do Not Stimulate Economic Growth
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released a paper: Did the 2008 Tax Rebates Stimulate Short-term Growth? The paper is a comprehensive summary of the… Read More
IRS to Tax Employer-Provided Cell Phones
The Obama Administration’s desperation for new revenue to feed its massive spending appetite is becoming more apparent every day. The latest tax hike proposal, this… Read More
New Tax Credit for Homebuyers Unnecessary
Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) reintroduced his plan today to create a $15,000 tax credit for homebuyers purchasing primary residences. The goal of the plan is… Read More
The Global Warming International Flight Tax
As liberal environmentalists and tax-happy politicians scheme over strategies to hike international flight rates to raise funds to address alleged global warming, North Dakotans are… Read More
Tax Freedom Day Video: We are Never Really Free
Tax Freedom Day is the day in the year when we have earned enough income to pay our total tax bill for the year. It… Read More
Out of Money? Value-Added Tax Next Up
Massive increases of spending by the Obama Administration, from the stimulus to its proposed budget, have created historically unprecedented large deficits that will push the… Read More
Another Opinion on Waxman-Markey: Washington Post
The Waxman-Markey Global Warming Tax would have a devastating effect on our economy. But don’t just take our word for it. This week we’ll be… Read More
Morning Bell: The Costs and Benefits of Waxman-Markey
Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee will begin a multi-day markup on the Waxman-Markey energy tax bill. Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) has been… Read More
Morning Bell: Al Gore’s Morals vs Your Pocketbook
Endorsing the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill Friday, Al Gore told the House Energy and Commerce Committee: “I believe this legislation has the moral significance… Read More
Cap and Trade is a Tax
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muX-uRKOGLY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] And it’s a “great big one.” The great John Dingell (D-MI) telling it like it is.
