Last year, when Congress jetted out of town for the annual Christmas recess, they did something not a lot of people expected them to do. They allowed the death/estate tax to expire. Now constituents and interest groups in Washington, DC and across the country are wondering what will occur this year and especially in 2011, [...]
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As the deficit and debt explode, practical ideas about how to prevent the nation from suffering the fate of modern Greece, or even worse, ancient Rome, have been few and far between. Fortunately for taxpayers, as well as our children and grandchildren, Representatives Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Mike Pence (R-Ind.), and John Campbell (R-Calif.) have come up with [...]
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There is no doubt that this country is facing fiscal problems. Just Mark Twain’s observation about the weather, everybody is talking about it but nobody is doing anything about it. Enter Rep. Paul Ryan. In today’s Politico Rep. Ryan gives a hard dose of reality: From this year’s $1.6 trillion deficit to Medicare’s $38 trillion projected [...]
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In a letter dated March 2, 2010, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) slammed Democrats’ tax extenders package and urged Members to vote against this so-called “jobs” bill. The American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 contains extensions through 2010 of expiring tax provisions as well as Unemployment Insurance (UI), COBRA, and miscellaneous [...]
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