Biden, McCarthy Meeting Offers Hope of Deal on Debt Ceiling

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will meet on May 22 for in-person talks on resolving the debt ceiling crisis.
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Fighting Continues and Tax Rates Rise With 2013 Fiscal Cliff Deal

By Paul Wiseman and Christoper S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A last-minute deal will keep the U.S. from driving off the so-called...
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“Paycheck Protection” Initiative

Special interest money easily overrides the ability of individual constituents when enacting laws, whether you live in California or many other states. In California,...
Gerard Depardieu

Superpower Role Reversal And The Flat Tax Miracle

Socialism: While the U.S. punishes millionaires, Russia and China reward them. In the upside-down era of Barack Obama, the capitalists act like communists and the...
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For Business, Vote Hold High Stakes

The outcome of Tuesday's presidential election carries enormous weight for executives of American businesses, big and small, influencing everything from the taxes they are...
The Trump White House

President Donald J. Trump’s Three Years of Restoring American Strength And Prosperity

America is thriving, America is flourishing, and yes, America is winning again like never before. ~ President Donald J. Trump UNDERTAKING AN ECONOMIC REVIVAL:...

Sen. John Kennedy: Congress has got to reduce the rate of growth of spending...

Congress must reduce the rate of growth of spending and reduce the rate of growth of debt accumulation if it wants to stop inflation proves Kennedy while grilling Powell.

IRS Chief Reveals Hiring Plan for Armed Agents

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel details plans to hire armed agents in criminal investigations division amid Republican concerns about gun-toting tax enforcers.
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The Sequester Scare Stories Keep Coming, and the President Keeps Flying

Morning Jolt . . . with Jim Geraghty From National Review ~ President Obama is off to Connecticut today, doing an event at "the...

U.S. Falls to 18th in Economic Freedom of the World

The Fraser Institute released its “Economic Freedom of the World: 2012 Annual Report.” The report analyzed data from 144 countries based on 42 distinct...
Congress Can Raise the Debt Ceiling or Default on Debt

Everything You’ve Heard About the Debt Limit is Wrong

Popular narratives about why national debt has become so massive are false. Two of the most common are that tax cuts and military spending are largely to blame.
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US Must Move To Territorial Tax System To Stay Competitive The Hill

Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC) writes in a blog for The Hill, exploring tax code reforms, explains, "Even a temporary repatriation tax break down to...