Politico, AP Push False GOP Talking Point On Tax Cuts
The Politico and the AP forwarded the false Republican talking point that President Obama's proposals to let the Bush tax cuts for wealthy taxpayers e...
The Politico and the AP forwarded the false Republican talking point that President Obama's proposals to let the Bush tax cuts for wealthy taxpayers e...
Wall Street Journal | JOHN D. MCKINNON and MARTIN VAUGHAN | Posted 04.05.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is meeting strong Democratic Party resistance to his proposal to reduce tax deductions enjoyed by upper-income Am...
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
Is Obama so intent on his goal of passing his economic stimulus plan with at least 20-25 Republican votes in the Senate that he will sacrifice good policy for consensus?
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics
Many American have no idea how long the country has been running deficits and they may not have all the numbers at their fingertips, but the general drift has not escaped them.
Paula Duffy | Posted 12.08.2008 | Business
You see, the current minimum yearly salary for a big league player is $400,000. That puts the lowliest of bench warmers and pinch hitters into the top 1% of wage earners in this great country.
Lynn Forester de Rothschild | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics
Regrettably, the road kill of Obama's reckless rhetoric and policies is not the rich taxpayer, but the entire American economy.
Lynn Forester de Rothschild | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
What Obama offers, in substance and in spirit, is a radical departure from the principles of the American Dream that has defined our nation over the last two centuries.
Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
Using the pejorative word "socialism" to describe an honorable progressive income tax is shameful in these difficult times -- and it is also just plain wrong.
Terrance Heath | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
In my work-related news reading this morning, I came across an interesting take on Obama's exchange with "Joe the Plumber." The truth is that Obama in...
Edward Rotchford | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home
McCain could have been a real "maverick" and told his party that he opposes the Bush Tax Cuts just like he originally did. But no. That's because McCain is not a true leader when it comes to the economic crisis this country faces.
Kim Mance | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics
As a former Hillary supporter and long-time Obama-skeptic-turned-no-other-choice-but-still-a-little-tentative-supporter, this made my day.
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
We've spent the last 8 years not making tough choices that need to be made. Now we have two presidential hopefuls who would continue that trend.
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics
On a Thursday afternoon conference call with reporters, one of Barack Obama's top economic advisers put out a direct challenge to John McCain. After r...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 09.12.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — If you're a senior citizen and make less than $50,000 a year, Barack Obama has a deal for you: the rest of your life free of federa...
AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's bid to place a new Social Security tax on very high incomes is either a bold or foolhardy plan, depending on who cri...
The Wealth Report | Posted 07.11.2008 | Business
There's a lot confusing information out there about how the next president will tax the rich. But one chart boils it all down. It comes courtesy of th...
Think Progress | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
In a new Center for American Progress Action Fund analysis, Michael Ettlinger documents how much the presidential candidates stand to personally benef...
Nashua Telegraph | KEVIN LANDRIGAN | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business
The tax cut plan of Democratic nominee to be Barack Obama offers three times the break for middle class families than proposals of likely Republican n...
Donn Swaby | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Under Obama, tax breaks for corporations will be made public on the internet. How about making tax breaks for corporations non existent?
CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Barack Obama unveiled his tax cut plan Tuesday in Washington. Some would call it a Robin Hood approach, taking from the rich and giving to the poor. ...
Media Matters | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics