Tag: Taxes

Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform has won several anti-tax pledges from presidential candidates. AP Photo

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Mainstream Scream: Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge ‘helped to wreck’ U.S.

Paul Bedard · August 17, 2015 8:56 pm

Hackers gained access to the information of as many as 220,000 more people than the 104,000 accounts orginally reported.Â (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

IRS reveals hack was worse than thought

Joseph Lawler · August 17, 2015 7:37 pm

"No, no, if the government takes more, they will spend it," Kasich said. (AP file)

Kasich: No tax hikes in a deficit deal

Joseph Lawler · August 16, 2015 5:10 pm

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Zogby report card: Vacation doesn’t hide fiscal, tax and ISIS troubles

Paul Bedard · August 15, 2015 11:00 am

A recent survey shows more large employers are worried they'll be hit by Obamacare's "Cadillac" tax on expensive health plans in two years. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

More companies fearing Obamacare ‘Cadillac’ tax

Robert King · August 12, 2015 3:31 pm

Clinton speaks with students and faculty of New Hampshire Technical Institute on April 21, 2015 in Concord, New Hampshire. The conversation revolved around higher education, manufacturing and women in the work force. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Clinton’s education plan: Less for charity, more federal control

Washington Examiner · August 12, 2015 4:01 am

The "Cadillac" tax got its name because it goes after very expensive healthcare plans. (Bloomberg Photos)

Dems and unions attack Obamacare ‘Cadillac’ tax

Robert King · August 12, 2015 4:01 am

"I want the private sector to be $3 trillion bigger. ThatÃ¢â¬â¢s how jobs are created," Sen. Rand Paul said. (AP Photo)

Rand Paul: ‘My tax plan gets rid of the payroll tax’

Barbara Boland · August 10, 2015 12:28 pm

A guard escorts an immigrant detainee from his 'segregation cell' back into the general population at the Adelanto Detention Facility on November 15, 2013 in Adelanto, California. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

America’s experiment in mass incarceration must end

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2015 4:01 am

Trump pointed out tointing out that President Ronald Regan started out as a registered Democrat. (Getty Images file)

Trump uses his wealth to explain everything

Nicole Duran · August 9, 2015 5:04 pm

Mike Huckabee aggressively defended Social Security by saying he would raise revenues for the program by taxing "illegals, prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers, all the people who are freeloading off the system now." (AP Photo)Â

Huckabee: Tax ‘illegals, prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers’ to save Social Security

Joseph Lawler · August 7, 2015 2:47 am

IRS official Lois Lerner speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

IRS report finds ‘gross mismanagement,’ ‘personal politics’

Susan Ferrechio · August 5, 2015 9:22 pm