Massachusetts senator John Kerry admitted yesterday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe that allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire will result in a “major tax increase.” Kerry is a member of the do nothing, so-called Super Committee. “You’re guaranteed, unless it’s changed, a major tax increase on January 1st, 2013, when the

The idea of a Super Committee is idiotic. It’s a way to blame shift, to pass the buck so only a few have to take responsibility for an unpopular vote. A good constitutionalist could make a case that the entire process is unconstitutional. Each one of our Congressmen are to

A group of self-described “Patriotic Millionaires” wants to pay more taxes. Here’s their message to the President, Sen. Harry Reid, and Congressman John Boehner: We are writing to urge you to put our country ahead of politics. For the fiscal health of our nation and the well-being of our fellow

You’ve heard the story. General Electric (GE) didn’t pay any taxes in 2010. In order to get out of paying taxes legally, it filed a 57,000-page tax return. This shows how absolutely outrageous our tax code is and why so many are for scrapping the whole thing and going to

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) said Republicans had blocked the so-called Super Committee’s work by demanding an extension of Bush-era tax cuts and refusing to consider significant tax increases on wealthier people. “To have something on the table that does not ask the wealthiest people in the country to share

Ohio is said to be an election bellwether state. This means that how the people in Ohio vote is an indication of how the majority of the rest of the nation will vote. Ohio, like other bellwether states, is a microcosm of the nation. Ohio, with only two misses in

Everybody but those in the media knows that the economic policies of the Obama Administration are job killers. A managed economy is a stagnant economy. As a business owner, not knowing what the government is going to do in the future with regulations and taxes has a big impact on

Businesses don’t want to offend their customers. I get that. But when a business owner decides not to offend some customers, he may end up offending more customers. A business owner should be able to do anything he wants with his business. It’s his business. I’m not for suing a

We hear about the economic divide between the rich and the poor. We mostly hear it from those who hold seats of power. They believe they can make the world a better place by taking money from some people and giving it to other people.  Sounds reasonable, expect for two

Bridges to nowhere are common. Where I live, there are a lot of sidewalks to nowhere. I suspect they are part of Obama’s failed “shovel ready” projects. Put people to work pouring concrete where nobody ever walks. Genius. Bridges and sidewalks to nowhere are like nearly everything politicians do: spend

You might be asking, when have whites and Christmas been taxed? Tanning booths and freshly cut Christmas trees. Buried deep in ObamaCare is a 10 percent tax on tanning salons that went into effect July 1, 2010 to help fund the $940 billion health care overhaul bill. The targeted tax

I can’t understand why Americans talk conservative but vote liberal when it comes to government spending, until I read some of the nonsense that passes as thoughtful journalism in our nation’s newspapers. Michael Gartner of USA Today is critical of a capital gains tax cut because, you guessed it, the

There’s an old saying, “As the tree is bent, so grows the tree.” The deplorable state of our nation, culturally, morally, politically, and economically, is the result of an education system that teaches children to see in government a high degree of competence and benevolence. This shouldn’t surprise us since

We’ve seen social revolution before, but this is the first time a sitting president, his advisers, union supporters, and a supporting media have endorsed it with such vigor. Rudy Giuliani said it best: Obama owns Occupy Wall Street.” Here are his extended remarks: “This is a very dangerous movement, and

Jim Wallis, one of President Obama’s spiritual advisers made this comment about the Tea Party: “I distrust a movement that lifts up a philandering, Russian, atheist.” Mr. Wallis is referring to Ayn Rand, a favorite writer of many Libertarian thinkers. While I disagree with Mr. Wallis on many things, his

A CNN article reports that many corporations don’t pay income taxes, and many more don’t pay the 35 percent corporate tax rate. The average tax is around 18 percent. You and I should be thankful that some corporations don’t pay any taxes and be upset that the average tax rate

Finally, I found something on which I can agree with the President. The following comments were in front of the Key Bridge, which spans Arlington, Va. and Washington. The President urged Congress to pass the infrastructure piece of his jobs plan: “If Congress tells you they don’t have time, they

A few years ago, in the business section of USA Today, a story appeared that described how businesses are returning to some inner cities to set up shop. The article is encouraging. Real estate is plentiful and prices are low. Many who work downtown also live there. That’s the good