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daniel

daniel has written 15 posts for Tax Policy Forum

President Obama’s Tax on the Other 95% of America

During last year’s presidential campaign, candidate Obama said he would only raise taxes on the top 5% of income earners–the other 95% would not see any increase in what they paid the federal government.  Over the weekend, President Obama broke that promise. This past Friday, President Obama imposed a 35% tariff on tire imports from [...]

President Obama’s Endorsement of Single-Payer Health Care

For the past month President Obama has stated he wants to create a federal health insurance plan to compete with private insurance and not to use it is as a stepping stone to a single-payer plan.  Yet this youtube video contradicts what the president has said this past couple of months.  h/t Drudge Report

In The News

Bureaucracy Drives Up Healt Care Plan’s Costs–The Washington Times

In The News

Pelosi Vows Passage of Health-Care Overhaul–The Washington Post

The Fine Print of the Health Care Plan

James Capretta and Trevi Troy in National Review review the Democrats health care plan and point out some of the fine print.  Hear are some of what they found: Severe limits on the purchase of private insurance. The House Democratic bill would make it illegal for Americans to buy health insurance from a company outside of [...]