Tag: Barack Obama
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Tax expenditures, or loopholes
Tax expenditures, commonly called loopholes, are in the news as part of the debt ceiling negotiations. What is the true nature of these? Spending, or not?
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Pompeo: No debt ceiling hike without structural changes
U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo, a Wichita Republican, said the country can’t risk continuing to spend at the present rate. There should be no agreement to raise the debt ceiling absent structural changes, he added.
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President Obama: Just cash in the Social Security Trust Fund
Could President Obama simply cash in a few of the bonds held by the Social Security Trust fund in August, if needed to pay benefits?
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Obama’s tax hikes must be resisted
As our nation’s leaders consider the possibility of raising income tax rates, we need to be aware of the negative impact of higher marginal tax rates on the economy and make sure we resist the lure of higher taxes. This is especially important even if the new higher tax rates are confined to to the…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday July 11, 2011
Today: TIF in Louisiana; Overland Park may see tax hike; Medicinal cannibis to be topic; Employment on a long slow, slide; We already know it’s hot in Wichita; Pursuing happiness, not politics; More “Economics in One Lesson.”
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday July 5, 2011
Today: Kansas can choose its future path; Kansas budget to be topic; Year of school choice; How much does a stimulus job cost?; More “Economics in One Lesson.”
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Social Security Trust Fund: Why no truth?
Regardless of one’s attitude towards the Social Security system, the refusal by liberals to admit the fraud of the system’s trust fund remains an obstacle to honest discussion of the system’s future.
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Corporate jet incentive, or tax dodge, or kids’ safety?
Although President Obama’s demagoguery is mistargeted, it would be a good idea to get rid of preferential tax treatment in all cases.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday June 22, 2011
Today: RightOnline, Netroots Nation; The Atlantic Magazine’s Lies; Fed downgrades economic outlook; Tax the rich; Wichita speaker list announced; FairTax meeting in Wichita; Obama: Technology seen as job killer.