Posted 02/03/2012 06:54 PM ET Taxes: President Obama’s campaign to soak rich investors is already getting complicated. His small-business breaks would benefit those he says are paying less than a fair share. The State of the Union speech is fast fading into history, but one of its themes — raising taxes on the rich — [...]

O’Malley’s tax-the-rich schemes will impoverish the Free State By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Friday, February 3, 2012 Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley may be more skilled at implementing President Obama’s agenda than the White House itself. The Democratic governor is bringing the same big-spending, high-tax and class-warfare policies to the Free State. It’s going [...]

By Larry Elder (Archive) · Thursday, February 2, 2012 Forgive Republican candidate Mitt Romney for his alleged failure to adequately explain why he paid “only” 14 percent of his income in taxes. The honest answer — “Well, because my accountants couldn’t figure out how to get them any lower” — does not work in this [...]

By Jacob Sullum (Archive) · Wednesday, February 1, 2012 In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama used billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s secretary, Debbie Bosanek, as a prop to illustrate the unfairness of our tax system. “Right now,” he said as Bosanek sat near first lady Michelle Obama, “Warren Buffett pays a [...]

Published January 30, 2012 Associated Press WASHINGTON –  Aiming tax increases at millionaires and companies that ship jobs abroad may help frame the fairness theme of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, but it’s a plan that stands virtually no chance of passing Congress. Republicans have enough votes in the GOP-run House, and almost certainly in [...]

The sage of Omaha is already positioned to shield most of his rising wealth from such a tax. Jan 27, 2012 WSJ By JAMES FREEMAN Billionaire Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett is once again thrilling the political class by volunteering other people to pay higher taxes. Long-time observers recall his opposition to former President George [...]

Jan 28, 2012 Daniel J. Mitchell President Obama’s two biggest “achievements” since taking office are the so-called stimulus and government-run healthcare. But neither one of those policies are popular, so the President largely ignored them during his state-of-the-union address and instead focused on using the tax code to promote “fairness.” But fairness doesn’t mean treating [...]

Capital-gains tax misses the opportunity to spur the economy By Emily Miller The Washington Times Friday, January 27, 2012 Each presidential candidate’s position on investment tax rates is a critical issue. The current rates, set by President George W. Bush, will expire at the end of this year, so whoever sits behind the desk in [...]

Posted 01/25/2012 06:42 PM ET   Taxes: If President Obama wants to create a fairer country, shouldn’t he start by fairly portraying our tax code? Instead, he used his State of the Union speech to peddle a number of blatant tax falsehoods. In his speech, Obama repeatedly turned to the tax code to explain what’s wrong [...]

Overpaid government bureaucrats owe Uncle Sam $1 billion By Emily Miller The Washington Times Wednesday, January 25, 2012 President Obama went on and on Tuesday about how important it was for Americans to pay their “fair share of taxes.” He can start with his own administration. The number of employees on the federal dole has [...]