Tax Politics
The Politics of Taxes
Let’s Be Like Sweden — They Have Freer Markets
You can count on Bernie Sanders to be consistent. He loves pointing to Sweden as the hallmark of Socialist success. But a recent compelling article in Reason magazine does an excellent job laying out the history of Sweden’s economic failures and successes, and shows...
Attorney Generals Target Groups Over Climate Change
The Washington Free Beacon is following up on a Wall Street Journal article in April, which revealed a coordinated effort to silence dissent on the subject of climate change. "The attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands is targeting dozens of conservative and...
Obamacare rate hikes Nov 2016
Obamacare futures continue to worsen in recent weeks. A couple of weeks ago, UnitedHealth Group chose to exit the majority of Obamacare exchanges because it expects roughly 2/3 billion in losses. Next, Aetna announced that it might break even this year, but called for...
Lowest Business Investment since the recession
Marketwatch is reporting dismal numbers related to economic growth in the first three months of 2016; expansion is "the slowest pace in two years as business slashed investment by the steepest amount since the Great Recession." GDP growth was significantly reduced as...
Obamcare Insurers Warn About Unsustainable Losses
The Hill has an interesting article about Obamacare, premium costs, and insurance companies. Insurers have been losing money as a result of the Obamacare set-up, and many are facing increased financial security. From the article: Insurers say they are losing money on...
GAO Audit Describes Historic Debt
A short but informative article by the Washington Free Beacon describes how the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has calculated that within a few years, the federal government will owe more money that the sum of what is produced by the economy. That, my friends,...