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ATR — Will Obama Again Deny Healthcare Excise Tax is a Tax

14 hours ago ago from The Kansas Progress

The Senate health care bill (S. 1796) indeed uses the term excise tax to describe the excise tax levied on Americans who do not purchase health insurance. If signed into law, the tax would break President Barack Obama's firm pledge not to raise any form of taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year.

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Dems Want to Raise Debt Ceiling $1.8 Trillion by Years End

20 hours ago ago from The Liberty Guardian

In a bold but risky year-end strategy, Democrats are preparing to raise the federal debt ceiling by as much as $1.8 trillion before New Year’s rather than have to face the issue again prior to the 2010 elections. “We’ve incurred this debt. We have to pay our bills,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told POLITICO Wednesday. And the Maryland Democrat confirmed that the anticipated increase could be as high as $1.8 trillion — nearly twice ...

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A Trillion Here, a Trillion There…

16 hours ago ago from Blogs For Victory

and pretty soon, you're talking about real money : In a bold but risky year-end strategy, Democrats are preparing to raise the federal debt ceiling by as much as $1.8 trillion before New Year’s rather than have to face the issue again prior to the 2010 elections. “We’ve incurred this debt. We have to pay our bills,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told POLITICO Wednesday. And the Maryland Democrat confirmed that the anticipated ...

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Tax Changes in the New Healthcare Bill

7 hours ago ago from LiberateMedicine.com

From Americans for Tax Reform HOW DOES THE REID-OBAMA HEALTH BILL RAISE TAXES ON YOUR CURRENT HEALTH PLAN? Many people have heard that the Reid-Obama government healthcare bill will raise taxes. What you might not realize is that many of the tax hikes raise taxes on the health insurance you already have today endangering the health security of you and your family. Here’s how: Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans ...

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Responding to Leader Boehner on Jobs | Obama Daily News Digest

21 hours ago ago from Obama Daily News Digest

Obama Daily News Digest Just another WordPress weblog Home About This is an example of a WordPress page, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many pages like this one or sub-pages as you like and manage all of your content inside of WordPress. Categories Uncategorized Archives December 2009 November 2009 ...

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Utah Gov. Herbert proposes no new taxes in budget

1 hour, 8 minutes ago ago from U.S. News

Utah Gov. Herbert proposes no new taxes in budget SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's proposed $11.3 billion budget doesn't include any tax increases, but he isn't promising to veto a budget that includes them. Herbert released his budget recommendations Friday, saying an economic recession is the worst time to raise taxes or fees that could stunt economic development as the state tries to crawl out of one of its worst-ever ...

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A Testy Exchange at White House Over Jobs Proposals

23 hours ago ago from The New York Times

WASHINGTON As diplomats might say of a meeting between rivals that is just short of undiplomatic, President Obama and Congressional Republican leaders had a full and frank discussion at the White House on Wednesday when they met to discuss how to create more jobs. Doug Mills/The New York Times Representative Steny Hoyer, left, Representative John Boehner, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Obama and Senator Harry Reid in ...

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Payback Time: A Tax at Every Turn

18 hours ago ago from The New York Times

Runaway federal deficits have thrust a politically unsavory savior into the spotlight: a nationwide tax on goods and services. Harry Hamburg/Associated Press The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi. Multimedia Payback Time The Debt Bomb Articles in this series will examine the consequences of, and attempts to deal with, growing public and private debts. Ruth Fremson/The New York Times John ...

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Big Majorities Believe Senate Health Bill Would Increase the Deficit and Taxes

23 hours ago ago from Politics Daily

Americans oppose the Senate health care package by 61 percent to 36 percent, with most believing the proposal would not help them or anyone else and more than three-quarters saying it would end up increasing the deficit and their taxes, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted Dec. 2-3.

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Ireland announces vehicle scrappage plan, EV tax break and carbon tax

7 hours ago ago from AutoblogGreen

Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has announced a cash-for-clunkers program for the Republic that will start next year. The plan, announced during the presentation of the 2010 budget, is set to help Irish motorists get rid of cars more than 10 years old with a 1,500 reduction in the Vehicle Registration Tax. The plan should boost car sales, which have dropped significantly the last couple of years, and renew the Irish motor fleet. Minister ...

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