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Not So Home Cookin’
In basketball if you won a close game at home and it appeared the officials may have helped the cause with a favorable call or two it was called home cookin’. Our tax codes have provisions which favor large, multi-national … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, capital gains tax, carried interest, Congress, Coprorate Income tax, David Kocieniewski, George W. Bush, income tax, Mitt Romney, money in elections, money in politics, New York Times, politics, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, tax amnesty, tax breaks, tax code, tax loopholes, tax rate, tax reform, taxes, Timothy Cook, Timothy D. Cook, Willard Mitt Romney
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The Banishment Of Pete Peterson
Did you ever wonder why millions of Americans obsess over the national debt, (although they mistakenly refer to it as the deficit), when the biggest economic problem facing America today is the lack of consumer demand caused by unemployment? Pete … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackstone Group, capital gains tax, carried interest, Comeback America Institute, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Committee on Economic development, deficit, economy, Fix the Debt, Forbes 400, greed, Medicare, Mitt Romney, national debt, New America Foundation, Pete Peterson, Peter G. Peterson, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, politics, Richard Nixon, Social Security, taxes, The Can Kicks Back, The Fiscal Times, Willard Mitt Romney
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Carrying The Ultra Wealthy
By now my readers know my opinion on the fiscal cliff. It will be resolved retroactively after the first of the year. Like everything else in life, lessons are coming out of it. In my case I keep hearing the … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, budget, budget deficit, capital gains, capital gains tax, carried interest, Congress, debt, deficit, fiscal cliff, fiscal policy, hedge funds, income tax, Mitt Romney, money in elections, money in politics, national debt, oil depletion allowance, politics, private equity, real estate, Republicans, tax loopholes, taxes, Willard Mitt Romney
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Shades Of 1937
It’s not too often that I break with the President, but Friday was one of those times. The subject lines on my e-mails told of the House and then the Senate passing the payroll tax holiday extension. That was the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1937, 2012 election, big oil, capital gains, capital gains tax, Congress, doc fix, economy, federal employees, Great Depression, Great Recession, health care, House, jobs, lame duck Congress, Medicare, North Carolina, Obama, Obamacare, payroll tax, Payroll Tax Holiday, politics, Renee Ellmers, Republican, Senate, senior citizens, Social Security, taxes, Tea Party Budget Rally, unemployment, unemployment benefits, Wall Street
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2013 – An American Horror Story – Part IX
This is the ninth installment in a series that portrays a fictional account of America in the year 2013 after a Tea Party assisted Republican landslide in the 2012 elections. While the events portrayed here are fictional – they are … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 2012 election, Al Gore, Alan West, Bain Capital, C SPAN, capital gains tax, child labor, child labor laws, Chuck Schumer, class action, cloture, CNN, Commerce Department, Congress, Constitution, Consumer Protection Agency, corporate tax, Current TV, Darrell Issa, Dave Camp, Democrats, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Labor, Department of Transportation, Dick Durbin, Dodd-Frank, economy, education, Elena Kagan, Eric Cantor, F.D.A., FBI, filibuster, Fox News, government, Harry Reid, Health and Human Services, HHS, House, House Budget Committee, House Judiciary Committee, Housing and Urban Development, HUD, impeachment, individual tax, inheritance tax, IRS, Jeb Hensarling, jobs, John Boehner, John McCain, Keith Olbermann, Kevin McCarthy, Lamar Smith, Medicaid, Medicare, Michele Bachmann, minimum wage, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, obstruction, Paul Ryan, Peter King, Pew Research, political fiction, politics, Rand Paul, Religious Right, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rob Portman, Robert Byrd, Sarah Palin, Sarbanes-Oxley, Security and Exchange Commission, Senate, Social Security, Sonia Sotomayor, State of The Union, Super Bowl XLVII, Supreme Court, Tampa, taxes, Tea Party, Tom Prince, tort reform, unemployment, United States Constitution, veterans benefits, Virginia Foxx
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2013 – An American Horror Story Part VIII
This is the eighth installment in a series that portrays a fictional account of America in the year 2013 after a Tea Party assisted Republican landslide in the 2012 elections. While the events portrayed here are fictional – they are … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 2012 election, Al Gore, Alan West, Bain Capital, C SPAN, capital gains tax, Chuck Schummer, class action, cloture, CNN, Congress, Constitution, Consumer Protection Agency, corporate tax, Current TV, Darrell Issa, Dave Camp, Democrats, Department of Education, Dick Durbin, Dodd-Frank, economy, Elena Kagan, Eric Cantor, FBI, FDA, filibuster, Fox News, government, Harry Reid, House, House Budget Committee, House Judiciary Committee, impeachment, individual tax, inheritence tax, IRS, Jeb Hensarling, jobs, John Boehner, John McCain, Keith Olbermann, Kevin McCarthy, labor department, Lamar Smith, Medicaid, Medicare, Michele Bachmann, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, obstruction, Paul Ryan, Peter King, Pew Research, political fiction, politics, Rand Paul, Religious Right, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rob Portman, Robert Byrd, Sarah Palin, Sarbanes-Oxley, Securities and exchange Commission, Senate, Social Security, Sonia Sotomayor, State of The Union, Super Bowl XLVII, Supreme Court, Tampa, Tea Party, Tom Prince, tort reform, unemployment, United States Constitution, Virginia Foxx
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Consider The Source
Today is another day that an adage guides my thoughts. Today it is, “Consider the source.” Mid week all of Washington was abuzz because Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania had put a plan on the Supercommittee’s table that called for … Continue reading
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Tagged capital gains tax, class warfare, Club for Growth, deficit, Democrats, Estate Tax, health care, Home Mortgage Interest Deduction, income tax, inheritance tax, natioanl debt, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, politics, Republicans, Super Committee, tax loopholes, taxes, Tea Party
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2013 – An American Horror Story Part VII
This is the seventh installment in a series that portrays a fictional account of America in the year 2013 after a Tea Party assisted Republican landslide in the 2012 elections. While the events portrayed here are fictional – they are … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 2012 election, Al Gore, Alan West, C SPAN, capital gains tax, Chuck Schumer, class action, cloture, CNN, Congress, Constitution, Consumer Protection Agency, corporate tax, Current TV, Darrell Issa, DaveCamp, Democrats, Department of Education, Department of Labor, Dick Durbin, Dodd-Frank, economy, education, Elena Kagan, Eric Cantor, FBI, FDA, filibuster, Fox News, government, Harry Reid, House, House Budget Committee, House Judiciary Committee, impeachment, individual tax, inheritance tax, IRS, Jeb Hensarling, jobs, John Boehner, John McCain, Keith Olbermann, Kevin McCarthy, Lamar Smith, Medicaid, Medicare, Michele Bachmann, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, New Orleans, obstruction, Paul Ryan, Peter King, Pew Research, political fiction, politics, Rand Paul, Religious Right, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rob Portman, Robert Byrd, Sarah Palin, Sarbanes-Oxley, Security and Exchange Commission, Senate, Social Security, Sonia Sotomayor, State of The Union, Super Bowl XLVII, Supreme Court, Tampa, taxes, Tea Party, Tom Prince, tort reform, unemployment, Virginia Foxx
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2013 – An American Horror Story – Part VI
This is the sixth installment in a series that portrays a fictional account of America in the year 2013 after a Tea Party assisted Republican landslide in the 2012 elections. While the events portrayed here are fictional – they are … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 2012 election, Al Gore, Alan West, C SPAN, capital gains tax, Chuck Schumer, class action, cloture, CNN, Congress, Constitution, Consumer Protection Agency, corporate tax, Current TV, Darrell Issa, Dave Camp, Democrats, Department of Education, Dick Durbin, Dodd-Frank Act, economy, education, Elena King, Eric Canotr, F.D.A., FBI, filibuster, Fox News, government, Harry Reid, House, House Budget Committee, House Judiciary Committee, impeachment, individual tax, inheritence tax, IRS, Jeb Henserling, jobs, John Boehner, John McCain, Keith Olbermann, Kevin McCarthy, labor department, Lamar Smith, Medicaid, Medicare, Michele Bachmann, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, New Orleans, obstruction, Paul Ryan, Peter King, Pew Research, political fiction, politics, Rand Paul, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rob Portman, Robert Byrd, Sarah Palin, Sarbanes-Oxley, Security and Exchange Commission, Senate, Social Security, Sonia Sotomayor, Super Bowl XLVII, Supreme Court, Tampa, taxes, Tea Party, Tom Prince, tort reform, unemployment, United States Constitution, Virginia Foxx
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