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Ok, I’ve got a solution for this group of folks here in Hanover that are oddly enough, begging to have their taxes raised. Begging to have them raised on a multitude of things from proffers to real estate to personal property to a meal tax of all things. My solution would be to start by [...]

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Dear VA Right, Ok, I’ve got a solution for this group of folks here in Hanover that are oddly enough, begging to have their taxes raised. Begging to have them raised on a multitude of things from proffers to real estate to personal property to a meal tax of all things. My solution would be [...]

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After Private WH Meeting, Liberal Leaders ‘Came Away Convinced That The White House Would Ultimately Prove Willing To Go Over The Fiscal Cliff’   Liberal Leaders ‘Pleased With What They Heard’ At White House   “I’m told that representatives of major unions and progressive groups met privately this morning with senior Obama administration officials at the [...]

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Democrats have always been strangers to the truth and huge fans of revisionist history. And nothing states that more clearly than the intellectually deficient calls for a return to the “Clinton Tax Rates” to bring prosperity back to the country. And of course, the de facto leader of the intellectually deficient is Barack Obama who used this false [...]

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Speaking on the Senate floor this morning, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell discussed one of the key obstacles to obtaining an agreement to avoid the approaching fiscal cliff. “I believe the two parties can avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. And in the process, I even believe we can agree on a framework for a bipartisan plan [...]

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Last week, The Washington Post reported, “President Obama is prepared to veto legislation to block year-end tax hikes and spending cuts, collectively known as the ‘fiscal cliff,’ unless Republicans bow to his demand to raise tax rates for the wealthy, administration officials said. Freed from the political and economic constraints that have tied his hands in the past, [...]

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The New York Times reports today, “A rising number of manufacturers are canceling new investments and putting off new hires because they fear paralysis in Washington will force hundreds of billions in tax increases and budget cuts in January, undermining economic growth in the coming months. Executives at companies making everything from electrical components and power systems to [...]

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McConnell: ‘They’re Not Even Pretending To Care About The Economy’   SEN. MITCH McCONNELL: “They’re not even pretending to care about the economy. They’ve sort of given up on the argument that this is about the economy. We know that because two years ago the Democrats agreed that this tax increase, they’re now fighting to increase — [...]

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Top Obama Econ Advisor: Extend All Rates One-time Obama Econ Guru Larry Summers Joins Call To Extend All Tax Rates, Says ‘Real Risk To This Economy’ Is Slow Down   Summers: ‘Gotta Be The Top Priority’   “Lawrence Summers said Wednesday that Congress should temporarily extend Bush-era tax cuts, making him the second person with ties to the [...]

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‘It’s disappointing and, I can assure you, highly frustrating to see what happens here in Washington: More spending and debt and kicking tough decisions down the road… Despite every warning sign imaginable, we have no solutions from this Administration or Democratic leadership in the Senate. The President punts on almost every tough decision.’     [...]

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While Barack Obama tours the nation proclaiming that it is simply unfair that Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary, Buffett is fighting a billion dollars in taxes he is obligated to pay. And this goes back 10 years that he owes back taxes. So if the guy already fails to pay [...]

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We can now say that exhaustive studies and calculations have concluded and that without the Bush Tax Cuts, America would be in a depression. Unemployment would be far greater – perhaps as high as 20% – without the business stimulating Bush Tax Cuts on the employment creating sector of our economy, known in Obama circles [...]

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In their usual game of class warfare, Nancy Pelosi and the “Progressive” Democrats have convened a lame duck session and are up to their old mischief at warp speed before the gavel is surgically removed from her power mad hand. Determined to find an issue and drive a wedge between Americans, the Pelosi led Democrats, [...]

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Dems Agree: Don’t Raise Taxes On Small Businesses During A Recession SEN. CHRIS COONS (D-DE): “I Would Extend Them [Tax Cuts] For Everyone.” “I am committed to extending the Bush tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans for everybody making up to $250,000, but I would extend them for everyone. … I’d be willing to [...]

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Think back a few years to the recession Ronald Reagan “inherited” from Jimmy Carter. The 1979 Oil Crisis caused a rapid rise in Oil prices as the Shaw of Iran was deposed and, soon after, Iraq invaded Iran. The instability in the Middle East sent oil prices skyrocketing, and the US Economy into a nosedive. [...]

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A GROWING CHORUS A Growing Chorus Of Democrats Reject President Obama’s Plan To Raise Taxes On Small Businesses In The Middle Of A Recession A GROWING CHORUS OF SENATE DEMOCRATS AGREE: DON’T RAISE TAXES DURING A RECESSION SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN (ID-CT): “I Don’t Think It Makes Sense To Raise Any Federal Taxes During The Uncertain [...]

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