Taxes
Taking apart the federal budget
Thursday, July 15th, 2010The Washington Post posted an interactive graphic that shows where the federal money comes from and where it goes. You can see it by clicking here.
I discovered this graphic through the Thomas Jefferson Club blog at http://thomasjeffersonclubblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/taking-apart-the-federal-budget/. They always have good information there. Well done!
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Contract From America
Friday, April 16th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
Fox news has been reporting on the new Contract From America. You can read it at http://www.thecontract.org/the-contract-from-america/. It is a document from Tea Party Patriots that contains common-sense commitments that our representatives should be supporting. Let’s hold our candidates to these committeemen.
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Gingrich Calls for New “Contract with America” (politicalwire.com)
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Heritage Foundation – 2010 Budget Chart Book
Thursday, April 8th, 2010The Heritage Foudation 2010 Budget Chart Book is a series of charts and graphs that clearly shows the serious situation we are in with out-of-control federal spending (some charts include the state and local burden as well). I would love to see Patrick Murphy try to explain how his destructive out-of-control spending votes don’t make [...]
Job Killing Policies
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010John Boehner’s Leader Alert today is titled “As Americans Ask “Where Are the Jobs?” Obama Advisor Pushes for Even More Tax Hikes”. It talks about Paul Volcker’s (President Obama’s advisor) recommendation to implement a Value Added Tax (VAT). As the article explains, this will increase costs and cause further job losses.
The article also includes details on other job [...]
The Fear Of The Unknown On The Economy
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009It appears that our representatives in Washington have finally gotten around to discussing the creation of private sector jobs. I welcome these discussions, although they are long overdue, as private sector jobs are the only real way to set our economy on the path to sustained growth. Washington is, however, ignoring a major contributor to [...]
Last night was a great night!
Thursday, November 5th, 2009Last night was surely a great night. The message came across loud and clear. We need our goverment to act fiscally responsible and stop taking away our liberties. Let’s enjoy the victory and move on to 2010!
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FAQs about taxes
Sunday, October 18th, 2009Where does our tax money go?
This Real Clear Politics article outlines where our tax money will be spent in some detail. Here is a summary of the articles findings:
Our government is spending $33,880 per household in 2009 (nearly $8,000 more than last year). The average household is paying $18,277 in taxes and the remaining $15,603 [...]
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