Feb 15, 2012
Michigan Republican Dave Camp, the chairman of the powerful tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, gave Treasury man Timothy Geithner a tough spanking.
Feb 14, 2012
If you shake out the Obama budget in terms of bold headlines, it's really a class-warfare, tax-the-rich budget. Layer upon layer of tax hikes are piled on successful investors, small-business owners, and corporations.
Feb 13, 2012
Out on the campaign trail, Fed head Ben Bernanke is an unpopular guy. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have both said they would replace Bernanke, not reappoint him. Congressman Ron Paul would swap the whole Federal Reserve monetary system for a gold-linked dollar.
Feb 7, 2012
For one time in a row Fed head Ben Bernanke got the story right. No, it wasn t King Dollar. It was taxes.
Testifying before members of the Senate Budget Committee today, Bernanke referred to the scheduled repeal of the Bush tax cuts. He said, If no action is taken by...
Feb 6, 2012
That great phrase was coined by the late Jack Kemp, who believed that growth and opportunity for all is the answer to poverty.
In fact, Kemp believed it was the answer to all things economic. And he was right.
The best anti-poverty program is the one that creates jobs....
Jan 30, 2012
You would think that with one of the weakest economic recoveries on record, President Barack Obama would be desperately searching for ways to promote economic growth. It is, after all, an election year. Most pundit and pollsters agree that it s the economy stupid.
But...
Jan 25, 2012
President Barack Obama's proposal to increase taxes on the rich is designed to come at me, GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney told me this morning.
In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, Obama proposed a minimum 30 percent tax rate on Americans earning more...
Jan 23, 2012
Let me build on Charles Krauthammer s great Friday column, The GOP s Suicide March. Krauthammer argues that just as President Barack Obama s class-warfare, soak-the-rich mantra started lagging in the polls, some Republicans on the campaign trail started making the case...