The Ted Cruz Flat Tax Plan will work for America. Cruz’s plan would abolish the IRS as we know it and end the use of the tax code as a political weapon, with a simple tax code that is “transparent and resistant to corruption.” The personal income tax rate would be 10% after a $ […]
Archives for October 2015
John Harwood Condescending and Obnoxious
In the third GOP debate, the ideological hostility was painstakingly obvious. As Peggy Noonan writes in the WSJ, the browbeating and interruptions were meant to throw candidates off course. Since Chris Christie has called climate change undeniable, asked Mr. Harwood, what would he do about it? Mr. Christie said his solutions would not be the […]
Buchanan’s Take on China
Is China our business? Pat Buchanan puts forth some hard-hitting questions here: First, why is this our quarrel? We have no claim to any of the Spratly or Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Yet, each of the claimants — Beijing, Taipei, Manila, Hanoi — seems to have maps going back decades and even […]
Bye, Bye, Bye, Bye
The winner of last night’s Republican debate was Ted Cruz. Just like a Chuck Berry John B. Goode performance at an Alan Freed Brooklyn Paramount Theatre stage show, Ted Cruz carried the night. Donald Trump, with his Jerry Lee Lewis like best effort, threatened to, at any minute, burn down the house. Carly Fiorina gave […]
Simple, Efficient and Fair Taxation
Ted Cruz has a simple tax plan that he claims will spur robust economic growth and job creation and raise after-tax income. Perhaps the best part of Mr. Cruz’s Tax Plan is that it would allow people to file their taxes on a postcard or phone app and eliminate “the rat’s nest of complex tax […]
Why Ted Cruz Won the Debate
You could see the momentum shift his way, the key to win any election, as Ted Cruz stole the show last night by calling out the elephant in the room–the three CNBC moderators. That’s moderators with an “S” for S-M-U-G. “The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American […]
Boots Back on the Ground
Are American voters aware that the Obama administration has authorized a boots-back-on-the-ground strategy in Syria? And do voters understand that the goal is to defeat Bashar Assad, who the Russians are backing with some serious air power that is causing thousands to flee? American voters should be up in arms as to why Congress has […]
ObamaCare Awefulness
When it comes to Obamacare and low enrollment numbers, no amount of cajoling, bribery, or punishment can make people buy a lousy product, writes the Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner. Not helping the enrollment numbers is that a number of bugs have surfaced at healthcare.gov. According to the NYT, “officials and insurers are finding that the […]
How High are Your State’s Corporate Income Taxes?
Do you live in a bustling corporate tax paradise like Texas? Or are enduring a confiscatory nightmare like the small business owners of Washington D.C.? This map from The Tax Foundation lays out the details on where in America you can go to find the most favorable tax rates for your small business.
Trump The War Monger?
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison gives readers the results of a survey looking at the hawkish or dovish position of Republican candidates. Mr. Trump leads the hawk pack while Rand Paul ranks as the least hawkish. Do you believe the survey? Does any voter really have a good handle on what Donald Trump might do […]
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