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- A Christmas Tragedy - Santa Shot Down! Christmas In Jeopardy! Obama Blames Bush.( Comanche Pass, SD) Santa Claus, internationally beloved icon of the Christmas season, is in intensive care at a local hospital, in critical condition. The only information that we have on this tragedy comes from the Department of Homeland...
- Obama drives record 10,000+ wealthy U.S. taxpayers to renounce citizenshipIt’s official. Obama has achieved the ominous distinction of becoming the first U.S. president to have had more than 10,000 very wealthy taxpayers renounce their U.S. citizenship under his watch. Worse yet, he still has two more years to run...
- Who is John Galt and where is Galt’s Gulch?Last evening I had the pleasure of watching the movie“Atlas Shrugged Part 3: Who is John Galt?“Before I get into the specifics of “Who is John Galt?”, I should say a few words about the Atlas Shrugged series, as a whole.The...
- Sen. Sanders attempts to buy AFL-CIO votes with flawed wealth tax logicSen. Bernie Sanders, pandering to the Vermont AFL-CIO annual convention on Saturday, used the opportunity to trot out the old socialist vote-getting scamof a “wealth tax.” Asreported by the Washington Times,“Sanders, a self...
- Citizenship Renunciations in half of 2014 approaches total for Bush last termThe federal government just released its quarterlylist of the names of those wealthy U.S. citizens who formally renounced their citizenship in the most recent quarter – that being Q2 of 2014 – and once again, it paints a bleak picture...
- As USA celebrates independence, Americans declare independence from FATCATwo hundred thirty-eight years ago, the USA declared its independence from an oppressive English government, largely over the issue of taxes. Today, wealthy U.S. citizens are declaring their independence from an oppressive U.S. government, largely...
- Obama policies lead to ominous record for renunciations of U.S. citizenshipIn the first three months of 2014, morewealthyU.S. citizens felt compelled to take the distasteful step of formally renouncing their U.S. citizenship than in any whole year before Barack Obama assumed office.So why is this important? It’s...
- 2014 Tax Freedom Day announced and Tax Freedom Clock updatedEvery year, as a way to emphasize how terribly much Americans pay in taxes, our friends over at theTax Foundationpublish a report, based on volumes of published US government data, in which they have calculated the date on which the average US...
- Obama policies drive 1300% increase in formal citizenship renunciationsIt’s happened again!Just when you thought that Obama couldn’t make things any worse, theFederal Register’s“Quarterly Publication of Individuals,Who Have Chosen To Expatriate“shows yet another near record quarter for...
- America’s leaders have forgotten one of the most significant lessons of history.On this special day of remembrance, I'm going to address an issue outside of my normal economic-related issues and ask you to join me in honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.---It was a quiet time. Things could not...
- Expatriations for first three quarters of 2013 ties five whole years under BushFormal renunciations of U.S. citizenship duringjust the first three quarters of 2013have tied the total number of formal expatriations for all of thelast five yearsthat George W. Bush was in office.Think about what that says. Look at the chart at...
- What is the real FairTax rate?What would you say is an excessive tax rate? Whether it's an income tax, a sales tax, or any other type of tax, if you don't take the time to examine the details of any tax, then you might think that a 23% tax rate is excessive.In fact,...
- 25 GOP senators vote to fund Obamacare and give up chance for Senate controlIn Friday's continuing resolution vote, more than half of GOP senators voted with the Democrats to continue funding Obamacare. This means that those Republicans are now co-owners of Obamacare. They knew that the GOP had one and only one chance...
- A 'Goals-Based' analysis of tax reform proposalsThose of varying political persuasions, be they liberal or conservative, will try to tell us why their chosen tax reform proposal is better than any other. But in most cases, the proponents of the various tax reform proposals limit their talking...
- Obamanomics drives renunciations of U.S. citizenship to yet another record high.In only the second quarter of 2013, the official number of U.S. citizens who chose to renounce their citizenship (1130) reached a level almost three times higher than the worst single quarter for renunciations under George W. Bush (416 in Q2 of...
