Facts Are Stubborn Things

  • Obama Floats Another Middle Class Tax Hike Trial Balloon
    Aug 25, 2009  - Facing ever larger deficits as the result of massive federal spending and the failure of the President’s stimulus plan to meet its stated goals, the White House again admitted today that the President may increase taxes on middle class families starting next year.  While President Obama had previo... More
  • Orszag: Energy Tax Will Cost Families An Average of At Least $500 More Than 'Make Work Pay'
    Mar 4, 2009  - Many families forced to pay more than $1,300 in higher energy costs      FACT:             Peter Orszag , former CBO Director and current OMB Director, has verified that energy taxes designed to decrease carbon emission... More
  • CBO, JOINT TAX CONFIRM: TAX CUTS BEAT GOVERNMENT SPENDING 2:1
    Jan 27, 2009  - CBO, JOINT TAX CONFIRM: TAX CUTS BEAT GOVERNMENT SPENDING 2:1 BACKGROUND: On January 26, 2009, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its review of the spending in House Democrats’ proposed “economic stimulus” legislation.  This CBO review confirms what Republicans have been sa... More
  • The Democrats' Definition of Bipartisanship?
    Jan 23, 2009  - Outside of the White House today, Speak Pelosi claimed that Republican voices have been heard in the  discussion of the House Democrat's trillion-dollar spending bill. Majority Leader Hoyer went as far as to say, “This week, the Appropriations, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce Committees ... More
  • "Spreading the Wealth"
    Nov 3, 2008  - The current debate has been marked by calls to “improve” the distribution of incomes in the U.S. by “spreading the wealth.”  Policies proposed to do so include: (1) raising taxes on “the rich,” and (2) increasing benefits (including “tax relief for non-taxpayers”) for lower-income households.&n...; More