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Quelle Horreur! Mitt Romney Pays ‘About 15% Tax Rate’

18 January 2012

Under growing pressure from other GOP candidates, GOP presidential hopeful and frontrunner Mitt Romney has released some limited information about his finances this week. It turns out *gasp* that Romney has done pretty well for himself over the years. But, really, we already knew that . While we don’t know the specifics, Romney’s net worth [...]

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As South Carolina Goes, So Does the Nation?

15 January 2012

This week, the eyes of the nation turn to South Carolina. No, not for the 37th Annual South Carolina Square and Round Dance Convention (though who among us doesn’t enjoy a good line dance?). They’ll be watching the South Carolina Republican primary, to be held on January 19, 2012. I know what you’re thinking: why [...]

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Reid Holds Up Discussions On Payroll Tax Cut Extension

19 December 2011

I was hoping to report that the Senate had taken up the payroll tax cut extension issue today and tossed out the ridiculous plan hatched last week for a two month extension. But, no. Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has indicated that the Senate will not take up the matter until the House passes [...]

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Obama Rejects Pipeline Tied to Payroll Tax Cut Deal

8 December 2011

It is, in fact, true that the Republicans are moving ahead with plans to tack on the Keystone XL pipeline as part of a package to extend the payroll tax cuts for next year. It is equally true that President Obama is not happy about this turn of events and has threatened to block any [...]

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Obama Warns Congress About Payroll Tax: ‘Don’t Be a Grinch’

30 November 2011

It’s getting chilly in Pennsylvania… You can almost (almost) sense that Christmas is on the way. It’s no wonder then that President Obama would invoke the holiday spirit in his address from the Keystone State. Speaking from Scranton, Obama encouraged Congress to extend the existing payroll tax holiday. Originally, the extension looked dead in the [...]

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Perry Wants You to Know that Romney is Rich: Do You Care?

27 October 2011

Let’s say that you have a shot at your dream job. You’ve done your homework, you’ve put in the hours, you’ve managed to get through the interview. There’s just one more thing: your tax return. Your potential employer has asked to you to disclose your tax return with the understanding that the information on the [...]

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Cain Dials Back 9-9-9 to 9-0-9

22 October 2011

I want to take the high road and just report this story without a wink and an “I told you so” and act like I’m all gracious like that. My brothers would tell you that’s a lie. I’m totally about the “I told you so.” So here: I told you so. Almost every presidential candidate [...]

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Perry Hints At ‘Simple’ Flat Tax

19 October 2011

Martin Scorsese once said about his work: There’s no such thing as simple. Simple is hard. As taxpayers, that’s what we want, right, simple? I firmly believe that it’s the complexity of the Tax Code that frustrates taxpayers the most – not so much the actual dollars (though I get that we’re not terribly fond of [...]

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Cain’s 9-9-9 Tax Plan Continues to Attract Interest

11 October 2011

You just can’t fault a guy for talking up pizza during a good debate – especially when that guy is former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain. Cain grabbed a surprising share of the spotlight in New Hampshire on Tuesday during the GOP presidential debate with talk of his “9-9-9″ plan. The [...]

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Mmm… Obama’s Plan Is So “Job Creating”

12 September 2011

President Obama will send his new jobs creation plan to Congress later today. He’s going to pitch it first in the Rose Garden surrounded by the kinds of folks that make for good press (vets and teachers, for example) and then send it to Congress for consideration. It’s not going to be an easy road. [...]

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