Tag: Taxes

Washington Wants the Redskins

Geoffrey Norman · May 21, 2015 7:07 pm

The Republican-dominated state House of Representatives just approved a whopping 60 percent gas tax hike. If the Republican-controlled state Senate follows suit, Gov. Nikki Haley may be our last hope to stop this assault on state consumers. (AP Photo)

A gas tax hike in deep red South Carolina?

Tim Phillips, Dave Schwartz · May 13, 2015 9:00 am

"I've been called Hitler for doing this, or at least this is like Hitler going into Poland. That's an actual quote from a hedge fund manager," President Obama said. (AP Photo)Â

Obama: I’ve been called ‘Hitler’ for trying to tax hedge fund managers

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2015 10:49 pm

MikeÂ Huckabee presided over multiple tax increases as a governor, which he has since defended. (AP Photo)Â

GOP presidential candidates moving toward consumption-based tax proposals

Ryan Lovelace · May 12, 2015 10:06 pm

Economic adviser Jason Furman drew attention to a number of key metrics that have risen over the year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Expiring pro-work tax breaks loom over Obama’s poverty push

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2015 9:00 am

IRS Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner testified before the House on May 22, 2013 on the alleged targeting of conservative groups. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The IRS: An agency riddled with tax cheats

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2015 9:00 am

House Dems seek repeal of Obamacare tax

House Dems seek repeal of Obamacare tax

Robert King · May 11, 2015 7:16 pm

Republican Dr. Ben Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, speaks as he officially announces his candidacy for president of the United States at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts May 4, 2015 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Carson: I got tax idea from Bible

Barbara Boland · May 10, 2015 8:04 pm

Elan Nelson, a spokesperson for a Nevada marijuana retail and grow facility, answers questions amid a forest of marijuana under cultivation. (AP Photo)Â

Don’t legalize marijuana

Washington Examiner · May 9, 2015 9:00 am

Mike Huckabee defends tax hikes

Mike Huckabee defends tax hikes

David M. Drucker · May 8, 2015 6:36 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoons: The taxman frowneth

Washington Examiner · May 8, 2015 6:00 pm

Michigan voters on Tuesday rejected -- by a historic 80-to-20 percent ratio -- a ballot measure that would have increased their sales and gasoline taxes in order to provide more highway funding. (AP Photo)Â

Michigan conservatives defeat Big Business, Big Money, tax hikes and higher spending

Timothy P. Carney · May 7, 2015 9:00 pm