Tag: Taxes

Since the introduction of the Republicans' Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Left has told the public that the legislation benefits "the rich" and large corporations over the middle class.

Beltway Confidential

Absent spending cut offsets, the income tax cuts shouldn’t be made permanent

Tom Rogan · September 12, 2018 1:44 am

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, file photo, a flock of geese fly past a smokestack at the Jeffery Energy Center coal power plant near Emmitt, Kan. Hundreds of corporations, insurance companies and pension funds are calling on world leaders gathering for a U.N. summit on climate change this week to attack the problem by making it more costly for businesses to pollute. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Energy and Environment

Americans can’t afford a carbon tax

Chandler Thornton · September 11, 2018 8:19 pm

A woman walks past a sign advertising "Obamacare", Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Miami. The enrollment period for the federal health care law known as "Obamacare" ends at the end of the day Tuesday. The Republican-lead Senate has passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law.

House bill to delay or repeal parts of Obamacare would cost nearly $52B: CBO

Kimberly Leonard · September 11, 2018 6:32 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, photo, a shopper takes a selfie as crowds pour into the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York. The government reports on sales at U.S. retailers in November on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Retail industry flourishing as companies brace for impact of new tariffs

Joe Williams · September 11, 2018 12:01 am

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said both Democrats and Republicans "believe" the Cadillac tax "needs to be delayed." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP rolls out ‘tax reform 2.0’ legislation to make individual cuts permanent

Joseph Lawler · September 10, 2018 9:11 pm

Kevin Hassett, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, Sept. 10, 2018, in Washington.

Trump economist rips Obama’s economic team: ‘I kind of wonder…’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 10, 2018 7:33 pm

In this Sept. 25, 2014 photo, students attend The Foot in the Door Career Fair at the University of Illinois in Springfield, Ill. The Labor Department releases employment data for September on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Trump celebrates job growth, says Clinton would have caused a recession

Katelyn Caralle · September 10, 2018 11:36 am

An employee assists a customer with MAC Cosmetics Inc. lipstick at an Ulta Beauty Inc. store in New York, U.S., on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Ulta reported late ThursdayÂ that its comparable sales rose 8.1 percent in the first quarter fromÂ a year earlier. The increase was driven by all the right things: A booming 48 percent increase in digital sales,Â as well as 5.1 percent growth in transactions and a 3 percent increase in average ticket. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg

Faster wage gains in August show labor-market slack finally fading

James Langford · September 7, 2018 7:28 pm

Beltway Confidential

Jacksonville paves the way for paid parental leave — the right way

Nicole Russell · September 7, 2018 4:23 pm

A person calculates taxes.

Connecticut’s income tax is killing its economy — that’s why I want to get rid of it

Bob Stefanowski · September 6, 2018 4:00 am

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., joined by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters following a closed-door GOP strategy session.

Paul Ryan: House will vote this month to make individual tax cuts permanent

Susan Ferrechio · September 5, 2018 2:56 pm

Quackery and bluster define SALT lawsuit

Reilly Stephens · September 5, 2018 4:00 am