Articles categorized under 'News'

Tax “expenditures”

I read in Politics in Minnesota that, with respect to tax expenditures, Ortman’s counterpart in the House, Taxes Chair Greg Davids, threw cold water on that idea [eliminating tax breaks] Tuesday, declaring that “getting rid of tax expenditures is a tax increase.” His comments came after his committee considered a round of new tax expenditures [...]

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Politifact … do they get it?

We think they do not. Politifact describes itself as “a project of the St. Petersburg Times to help you find the truth in American politics. Reporters and editors from the Times fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups and rate them on our Truth-O-Meter. We’re also tracking more than [...]

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Weekly articles

Many of the readers who will find this post will recognize this as the “Weekly Articles” that I’ve been sending out to a select group of Republican activists for about the last 18 months. It is my hope to reach a wider audience and help in making this website a little more timely, relevant and [...]

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