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February 16, 2009

A Stimulus That Works: Tax Repatriation

If any of the estimated $1.5 trillion in retained overseas earnings of American companies are returned home, they are taxed at the federal corporate tax rate of 35%, one of the highest in the world, besides taxes paid to the host countries. Repeating the highly successful 2005 tax repatriation allowing these funds to come home subject to a 5.25% rate would bring hundreds of billions in new capital into the America economy.

February 13, 2009

Up Close and Personal

The “stimulus bill” will throw $20 billion dollars at an effort to improve health information technology (IT).
February 10, 2009

Doing Marx Proud

In 2001 the federal estate tax, more accurately dubbed the “death tax,” assessed a levy of 55 percent on savings left at death over $1 million.
February 5, 2009

In Stimulus Debate, Government Remains the Problem, Not the Solution

In his 1981 inaugural speech Ronald Reagan famously said, “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.
February 3, 2009

The ‘Divider Effect’

Defenders of the economic stimulus package have shifted from being disingenuous to just plain crazy talk.
January 29, 2009

A One-Way Ticket Home

These days it seems that almost every discussion includes the word “stimulus.
January 27, 2009

A COBRA That Could Bite Back

Out of the $825 billion House version of the proposed economic stimulus package, $157 billion is tagged for health care.
January 22, 2009

When Price Controls Discourage Innovation

Democrats have proposed an economic stimulus package that takes us one step closer to a system in which price controls determine innovation.
January 20, 2009

The Emperor’s ‘Stimulus Bill’ Has No Clothes

The new Congress has a housewarming present ready for President Obama—a whopping $825 billion spending package that reflects the majority’s spending priorities and also helps the new president fulfill some of his campaign promises.
January 15, 2009

No Substitute for Mom and Dad

A groundbreaking report released Tuesday by the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, a group formed to take an in-depth look at both the latest sociological research on on-line safety, and also to evaluate the efficacy of various proposed software solutions, found that when it comes to protecting children online there is no technological substitute for the role of law enforcement and parents in keeping society safe.

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