Tag: Taxes

Mexicans, not Mexico, might pay for Trump’s wall

W. James Antle III · January 10, 2017 5:01 am

Township north of Cincinnati would be the first in Ohio to enact the anti-union measure. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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States with right-to-work laws and no income taxes grew fastest in the Obama years

Michael Barone · January 7, 2017 1:03 am

Illinois Republican will be one of several lawmakers adding details to a GOP plan to overhaul the tax code. (AP Photo)

Peter Roskam to head tax subcommittee ahead of overhaul effort

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2017 10:04 pm

What is the wretched mechanism of the GOP's devious plan to screw homeowners, and bring back the 2008 collapse? (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Liberal writer goes to the mat for mortgage industry subsidy

Timothy P. Carney · January 5, 2017 9:43 pm

The payroll tax exemption idea does have some landmines. (iStock Photo)

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Would a payroll tax exemption for families work?

Ryan Ellis · January 3, 2017 8:03 pm

President-elect Trump threatened General Motors with an import tax if it didn't stop selling a Mexican-made model of the Chevy Cruze in the United States. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump threatens GM over car production in Mexico

Kyle Feldscher · January 3, 2017 1:03 pm

The closest thing we have to this today in the U.S. is the Earned Income Tax Credit. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

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Friedmanism in Finland?

David Freddoso · January 3, 2017 1:00 pm

With Trump succeeding President Obama, the entire Cabinet is likely to turn over. And that's just the start. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

2017 to be year of massive change in Washington

W. James Antle III · January 1, 2017 4:54 pm

Stephen Moore, an economic adviser to Trump, has so far not taken a role in the upcoming administration. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Trump adviser to businesses: Don’t leave, good things to come

Sean Higgins · January 1, 2017 3:56 pm

Treasury secretary says "irresponsible actors in Congress" can use debt ceiling to threaten U.S. economic well-being. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

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The worst government budget news of 2016

Sheila Weinberg · December 30, 2016 11:00 pm

Democrats "boycotted" a scheduled Senate Finance Committee vote on Tuesday to advance the nominations of Steven Mnuchin and Rep. Tom Price and Steven Mnuchin, President Trump's picks for the health and human services and treasury departments. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Trump Cabinet picks turn over tax returns ahead of hearings

Al Weaver · December 27, 2016 8:06 pm

It's a simple idea: help the working poor take home more money by deducting less from them. (AP Photo)

Cut taxes for the 47 percent

Washington Examiner · December 27, 2016 5:01 am