Feb 23, 2012 Energy: The White House billed President Obama’s energy policy speech as a response to mounting criticism of record high gas prices. What he delivered was a grab bag of excuses and outright falsehoods. Obama’s main message to struggling motorists was: It’s not my fault, so stop whining. The speech only got worse [...]

He endorses lower corporate rates but raises taxes overall. Feb 24, 2012 WSJ Yesterday’s release of the White House “Business Tax Reform” marks a watershed in the corporate tax debate. Now nearly everyone acknowledges that U.S. corporate tax rates hurt American companies. The headline that President Obama wants voters to see is his new top [...]

His 20% marginal rate cut changes the tax reform debate. Feb 23, 2012 WSJ One oddity of this Republican Presidential primary season is that front-runner Mitt Romney has had by far the least inspiring tax plan. That changed yesterday when the former Massachusetts Governor took a dive into the deep end of the tax reform [...]

Feb 22, 2012 Taxes: President Obama is dressing up his corporate tax reform plan as a way to boost economic growth. But you don’t have to look hard to see this for what it is: a brazenly cynical attempt to boost his re-election chances. In announcing Obama’s tax reform “framework” — which would lower the [...]

The real U.S. jobless rate is 15 percent By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Wednesday, February 22, 2012 The Obama administrationkeeps reporting supposed good news on the employment front. Americans sense that something is not quite right about the rosy official numbers, and a series of independent reports confirms their skepticism. On Feb. 16, the [...]

A plan to triple the tax rate would hurt all shareholders. Feb 22, 2012 WSJ President Obama’s 2013 budget is the gift that keeps on giving—to government. One buried surprise is his proposal to triple the tax rate on corporate dividends, which believe it or not is higher than in his previous budgets. Mr. Obama [...]

It’s time for the Supreme Court to negate affirmative action By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Defenders of racially-based preferential treatment argue that affirmative action was part of the original intent of the framers of the 14th Amendment. They should study more history. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court agreed to [...]

Battle heats up over digital billboards By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Over the past several years, the federal government has poured millions of tax dollars into digital signs that inform drivers of highway traffic conditions. These multimillion-dollar efforts are styled as “intelligent transportation systems,” which is a fancy term [...]

General Dempsey sends a message of U.S. weakness to Tehran. Feb 21, 2012 WSJ Is the Obama Administration more concerned that Iran may get a nuclear weapon, or that Israel may use military force to prevent Iran from doing so? The answer is the latter, judging from comments on Sunday by Chairman of the Joints [...]

Feb 17, 2012 By the eagerness President Obama sought to associate himself with congressional tax cut legislation, you’d think he was campaigning for reelection this year. Oh, wait. He’s never stopped campaigning from 2008. Congress hasn’t actually passed the bill yet and Obama wasn’t actually in Washington Thursday. So in between his West Coast donor events [...]