Obama Plans to Lower Fuel Prices by Raising Cost of Oil? »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) Snake oil salesmen seldom lied outright, but they never really told the whole truth. In today’s radio address Obama told us with a straight face, “Under my administration, we’re producing more oil here at home than at any time in the last eight years, that’s a fact.” Yes, that’s a fact. What he did not bother to mention is that all that production is taking place on private land. As the Washington [...]
More Taxes Doesn’t Explain Why California Is Broke »
(Victor Joecks/NPRI) – After the 2012 election, expect many liberals to start asserting that Nevada needs to “reform” its tax code. Two things to note here. First, by “reform” those liberals, as they showed last session, mean increase. Going behind the rhetoric, the above sentence actually means, “After the 2012 election, expect many liberals to start asserting that Nevada needs to increase taxes by creating a new type of tax.” Second, most liberals will pretend [...]
Hey, Warren! Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is »
NN&V Exclusive (David Mansdoerfer) – Yesterday, in an op-ed published by the New York Times, Warren Buffett took it upon himself to speak for America’s ‘super-rich’ and call for higher taxes. Now, while Mr. Buffett, who has an estimated net worth of $50 billion, is entitled to his opinion, it is time for him to put his money where his mouth is. According to Mr. Buffett, he paid $6,938,944 in federal income taxes, or 17.4% [...]
Tell Congress: Read Our Lips, No New Taxes! »
(Americans for Prosperity) – Dear friends, In the midst of the August 2nd deadline for making good on our debt, a majority of the American people understand that killing jobs by raising taxes is not the route to prosperity. The D.C. mentality of spending money that they don’t have must end. Most states and all households are required to limit their spending to what they’ve got in the bank. Washington’s checkbook must be as balanced [...]
Suckling At The Public Teat Only Works For The Sucklers »
(Fred Weinberg/The Penny Press) – I, personally, have no idea of CBS News Correspondent Scott Pelley’s politics, but a piece he did last March for 60 Minutes, repeated last month, should certainly make Clark County’s $168,000 firefighters and the pro-union clowns in the Nevada Legislature cringe were they to connect the dots. Imagine being an 11-year-old girl living in a motel room because her parents—who formerly made about $80,000 a year detailing expensive cars—lost their [...]
Lawmakers Graded On Taxes, Education Reforms »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – A conservative Nevada think tank gave passing scores to 22 Republicans in the just-concluded 2011 legislative session, handing out failing scores to four other GOP lawmakers and all 37 Democrats in a report card released today. The report card produced by Geoffrey Lawrence of the Nevada Policy Research Institute formulated the grades based on each lawmaker’s voting record on legislation related to economic freedom and education reform. The 78 specific [...]
A Tax a Day from Harry Reid »
Another day, another tax increase to finance the trillion-dollar health-care overhaul. The latest schemes are leaking out of the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid is scrambling to find enough money while not offending Big Labor. The Senate Finance bill imposes a 40% tax on expensive private health plans, many of which belong to union members as part of their negotiated contracts. So Mr. Reid wants to reduce this tax and is floating a new [...]
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