John Kartch
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How the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act is Helping West Virginia
Below is a continuously updated compilation of good news arising from Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted by Republicans in 2017. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST IRS DATA: 26% tax cut for West Virginians making between $25k – $50k. West Virginia households with adjusted gross income between $25,000 and $50,000 saw their average federal income tax liability […] → Read More
Biden's Corporate Tax Hike Will Raise Utility Bills
If Democrats increase the corporate income tax rate, they will have to explain why they just increased your utility bills Utility customers bear the cost of taxes imposed on utility companies. Utility companies pay the corporate income tax. Corporate income tax cuts drive utility rates down, corporate income tax hikes drive utility rates up. Utility companies -- electric, gas, water -- must get… → Read More
Elizabeth Warren Falsely Claims Her Medicare For All Plan Will Not Raise Middle Class Taxes
Elizabeth Warren falsely claimed that her Medicare for All plan will not raise taxes on middle income Americans. "It's why I also have a way to pay for health care that doesn't raise taxes on middle-class families," Warren said Tuesday night during the Democratic debate on CBS. Warren even doubled down on this lie on Wednesday when she claimed on her website that the healthcare plan does "not… → Read More
CNN: Sanders Has "The Largest Peacetime Tax Increase In American History"
CNN Senior Political Analyst Ron Brownstein said that Bernie Sanders is proposing "the largest peacetime tax increase in American history." Brownstein said: "As I say, he is calling for doubling the size of the federal government. He put out, he handed Chris Cuomo a document last night at the CNN town hall in which he identified $30 trillion in new taxes which does not even cover all of his new… → Read More
Biden: Medicare For All "Doubled The Income Tax" Of Vermont
Joe Biden criticized Bernie Sanders for his Medicare for All plan following the NBC Democratic debate on Wednesday night, stating that in Vermont, where MFA was tried, income taxes were doubled, and said that the plan would not be passed quickly, as Sanders likes to claim. "There's an overwhelming need to do something that's rational and Bernie still hasn't answered the question. How much is it… → Read More
Flashback: Bloomberg Says Raising Taxes on Poor People is a "Good Thing"
Bloomberg: “The question is do you want to pander to those people?” Bloomberg: “Taxes or life? Which do you want to do? Take your poison.” Michael Bloomberg is on video talking about how much he likes to raise taxes on poor people, calling such tax hikes a “good thing.” He also referred to low income individuals as "those people." Bloomberg made the remarks in April 2018 while being interviewed… → Read More
Smiling Pelosi Uses Celebratory Pens to Sign Impeachment Articles
Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used gilded ceremonial pens during her "somber" signing of the impeachment articles. Pelosi had promised not to celebrate but smiled and laughed as she awarded the pens to her Democrat colleagues. Photos and video below: → Read More
CNN: Sanders Would Repeal the Trump Tax Cuts
Bernie Sanders would repeal the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in order to pay for some of his pricey policy proposals, according to a report from CNN: “Other Sanders proposals, such as applying the Social Security payroll tax to annual incomes over $250,000, rescinding the Trump tax cuts and imposing an array of other new taxes on corporations, might collect another $4 trillion over 10 years." A Sanders… → Read More
It’s Time for More Clarity on Cannabis Policy
At least 46 states have passed laws permitting or decriminalizing cannabis or cannabidiol (CBD), despite the fact that the federal government still classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug. The cannabis industry is booming in states it is legal, leading to more jobs and economic growth. As of 2018, the cannabis industry has created 211,000 jobs nationwide. → Read More
How the Trump Tax Cuts Have Helped Florida, Site of 2020 Re-election Launch
Today President Trump will launch his 2020 re-election campaign with a rally in Orlando. Floridians are raking in the benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law by Trump. Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: 25.5% tax cut: Floridians received a 25.5% tax cut on average, according to a report from H&R Block. → Read More
KARTCH: VICE Gets History Of The Death Tax Tragically Wrong
The makers of VICE tried to create a mythology to convince themselves that Americans were duped → Read More
OPINION: Democratic ‘New Green Deal’ Is Another Way Of Saying New Taxes
The 'deal' means more taxpayer money flowing to Washington → Read More
The man who started Memorial Day
Maj. Gen. John Alexander Logan didn’t conceive of the concept of decorating the graves of the Civil War fallen, but he was instrumental in establishing Memorial Day as a national holiday. → Read More
What Marco Rubio doesn't understand about tax reform
The Republican tax cut is off to an incredible start. If Democrats had passed a bill that caused even a fraction of this , the media would be telling us constantly. → Read More
Connecticut Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Carbon Tax Legislation, Which is Proliferating in State Capitols
The Connecticut House Environment Committee held a hearing earlier this week on House Bill 5363, legislation seeking to impose the nation’s first-ever statewide carbon tax. If implemented, this regressive new tax would significantly drive up utility bills, gas prices, and other energy costs. As such, Americans for Tax Reform opposes HB 5363 and sent a letter to committee members urging them to… → Read More
ATR, CWF Support Including Joint Employer Fix in the 2018 Spending Bill
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) decision in Browning-Ferris has caused great confusion and harm. That 2015 decision expanded the definition of joint employer to include indirect control. The expanded definition means increased liability for companies for the labor violations of their franchises, even if they aren’t involved in the hiring process. For franchises and small businesses,… → Read More
Senator Alexander to Hold Hearing on 340B Drug Pricing Program
This week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on the 340B prescription drug program under the leadership of Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN). This hearing is an important step in determining what reforms are needed to ensure the program remains efficient and effective. 340B was originally created in 1992 to ensure uninsured and low-income… → Read More
Democrats Call for Trillion Dollar Tax Hike
Senate Democrats are proposing one trillion dollars in higher taxes over the next ten years including a nearly $600 billion income tax increase, a business tax increase, an increase to the death tax, and a capital gains tax increase. These proposed tax increases would wipe out the benefits of tax reform, which include larger paychecks, salary bonuses, pay raises, increased employee retirement… → Read More
Commissioner Carr Brings Us One Step Closer to Being 5G Ready
America is and can remain the leader in Fifth Generation wireless technology (5G) development and deployment as long as regulators practice regulatory humility – taking a right sized role and stepping out of the way when appropriate. FCC Commissioner Carr’s announcement of the new plan to advance 5G deployment does just that; it makes the government role right-sized when it comes to small cell… → Read More
Airports Do Not Need a PFC Increase to Finance New Investment
The city of Chicago is expected to soon finalize an agreement to expand the O’Hare International Airport. The project, which is expected to cost $8.5 billion, proposes building a new “Global Terminal,” renovating existing terminals, and building two new satellite concourses. The global terminal would have wider concourses and gates for international flights, with the aim of making O’Hare a hub… → Read More