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8 Republicans to Defeat in 2010
Bono Mack (CA) (202) 225-5330 Castle (DE) (202) 225-4165 Kirk (IL) (202) 225-4385 (And he’s seriously considering running for Senate!) Lance (NJ) (202) 225-5361 LoBiondo (NJ) (202) 225-6572 McHugh (NY) (202) 225-4611 Reichert (WA) (202) 225-7761 Smith (NJ) (202) 225-3765 Michelle Malkin … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Congress, Politics, Taxation
IRS Increases Mileage Rates through 12-31-2008
The Internal Revenue Service today announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rates for the final six months of 2008. Taxpayers may use the optional standard rates to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. The rate will increase to 58.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven from July 1, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2008. This is an increase of eight (8) cents from the 50.5 cent rate in effect for the first six months of 2008, as set forth in Rev. Proc. 2007-70. In recognition of recent gasoline price increases, the IRS made this special adjustment for the final months of 2008. The IRS normally updates the mileage rates once a year in the fall for the next calendar year. “Rising … Read entire article »
Filed under: Government, Taxation
Pork, It’s Not Just for Breakfast
We continue to examine the “earmarks” in the HHS / Labor Appropriations bill. This time, via the Porkbusters’ database, we can sort by amount. You know, the tax dollars squeezed from us, the taxpayers so that our employees, known as Congressmen, can secretly and without accountability fund projects for friends, benefactors, contributors, and such. As the first item amply demonstrates, it also is not considered inappropriate to give our tax dollars to projects bearing your own name. You can also sort the database by project, thus giving the viewer a nice collection of “earmarks” going to the same place. Yale University, for example, does quite well, especially considering the tuition it charges and the endowment it has. If these items are not pork, why aren’t they introduced publicly by the Congressman responsible? … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Commentary, Government, Limited Government, Original writing, Politics, Pork Busters, Taxation
Louise, You Let Us Down
The House is on record about earmarks, and it is not pretty. Andy Roth at the Club for Growth has the votes, all 19 of them. Louise Slaughter, D-NY 28, voted to kill two of them and to support the spending of seven of them. She did not vote on four of them. First of all, I thought we paid her to vote. Odds are she would have voted wrong, to support the pork, but not voting is just plain wrong by itself. Here are the votes. House Vote 190 – Dairy education in Iowa ($229,000) House Vote 191 – Hydroponic tomato production in Ohio ($180,000) House Vote 192 – National Grape and Wine Initiative ($100,000) House Vote 204 – Virginia Science Museum ($250,000) House Vote 205 – Juniata Locomotive Demonstration ($1,000,000) House Vote 277 – Swimming … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Congress, Government, Limited Government, Politics, Pork Busters, Taxation
It’s My Money!
Support the movement to cut the pork from the budget. All the news at the link above. … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Government, Limited Government, Politics, Pork Busters, Taxation
It’s My Money!
Support the movement to cut the pork from the budget. All the news at the link above. … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Government, Limited Government, Politics, Pork Busters, Taxation
It’s My Money!
Support the movement to cut the pork from the budget. All the news at the link above. … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Government, Limited Government, Politics, Pork Busters, Taxation
It’s My Money!
Support the movement to cut the pork from the budget. All the news at the link above. … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Government, Limited Government, Politics, Pork Busters, Taxation
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5 Constitutional Changes That Must Happen
February 12th, 2009 | Comments Off
Business as usual. Politics as usual. The Federal Government has become an entrenched political class. They have passed laws and implemented regulations that favor the incumbent politician and make politics a matter of power and not service to the nation. There are five changes to the Constitution that could break this pattern. TERM LIMITS The Founders laid out a series of term lengths for our elected representatives which serve to vary the time spent in office between elections. Members of the House serve two years at a time while Senators serve six. The President and Vice President serve a term of four years. There are no limits on how many terms a member of Congress may serve. The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution limits the President to being elected twice, for a total of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commentary, Government, Limited Government, Original writing, Taxation, U.S. Constitution