Tag: Taxes

The Baltimore Ravens will get $130,000 to help state officials promote the Maryland Health Connection, according to government watchdog Judicial Watch.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Super Bowl champ gets big bucks to promote Obamacare

Kelly Cohen · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

The fiasco in Washington over the partial government shutdown, raising the debt ceiling and deepening animosity between Republicans and Democrats (and Republicans and Republicans), has left many asking if there is any way out of this bitter, endless cycle.

Just say ‘no’ to underwriting more debt

Cal Thomas · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

The Internal Revenue Service has made "no significant improvements" toward ending massive improper payments under the Earned Income Tax Credit program, according to an audit released Tuesday, which shows the agency issued more than $132 billion in wrongful tax credits over the past decade. (AP/Susan Walsh)

IRS handed out $132 billion in wrongful payments under low-income tax credit program

Susan Ferrechio · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Corporate welfare should be the first spending on the chopping block. Corporate welfare costs taxpayers nearly $100 billion a year, according to a study by the Cato Institute.

In budget fight, GOP should target corporate welfare

Timothy P. Carney · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Former Secretary of Transportation RayÃÂ LaHood is calling on the Obama administration to consider a 10-cent tax and other ways to raise money to fix roads.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Washington Secrets

10-cent gas tax hike support grows

Paul Bedard · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

BusinessWeek: Company goes long on Ohio town while shorting tax base

BusinessWeek: Company goes long on Ohio town while shorting tax base

Washington Examiner · October 21, 2013 4:00 am

Over the last 12 years, the federal budget has doubled in size, from $1.9 trillion in 2001 to $3.8 trillion this year.

America cannot afford for Washington to continue its profligate spending

Chuck Bentley · October 20, 2013 4:00 am

Why Obamacare will make America less productive

Veronique de Rugy · October 18, 2013 4:00 am

"Republicans are cannibalizing everything they care about - defense, deficit reduction, their chances of retaking the Senate - to keep taxes low," says the Washington Post's Ezra Klein.

Beltway Confidential

Ezra Klein says Democrats should give up on higher taxes

Ashe Schow · October 17, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

How to delay Obamacare

Michael Barone · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

Europe Leads the Way?

Ike Brannon · October 14, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said Congress would likely reach a deal by the Thursday night's debt ceiling deadline that would put off the majority of fiscal fights until some months down the road. (AP File)

Rob Portman, Dick Durbin predict a short-term debt deal by Thursday

Susan Crabtree · October 13, 2013 4:00 am