Tax-and-Spend on Townhall

• Colorado tax defeat a signal of voters' sour mood Thu Nov 3
  AP News
• Analysis: Greek PM clings to power, tries to dodge snap polls Fri Oct 21
  Reuters News
• Analysis: Jobs debate in the hands of voters, not Congress Wed Oct 5
  Reuters News
• Discerning Fact From Fiction In The Tax Hike Debate Sun Oct 2
  Austin Hill
  Just because you’ve excelled in your chosen career field doesn’t mean that you have a clue about economics. And just because people claim that they are being self-sacrificing, doesn’t necessarily make it so. As President Obama struggles seeks support for his tax-and-spend “jobs bill,” an intriguing chorus of supporters has emerged, intertwining fact and fiction. ... more
• Obama Can't Blame the Current Mess on His Predecessor Thu Sep 22
  Donald Lambro
  What if Barack Obama had begun his presidency by enacting a permanent tax cut that further lowered income tax rates, cut the capital gains rate in half and reduced business taxes across the board? ... more
• The Road to Serfdom: More Debt, Less Leadership Wed Jul 27
  Paul Greenberg
  Looking for a clear, concise, simple explanation of why it's important -- indeed, vital -- to hold the line against raising the federal debt limit unless federal spending is cut at least as much? ... more
• Obama's Zig Zags Reflect Lack of Strategy Fri Jul 22
  Donald Lambro
  President Obama's job approval score sank to nearly 40 percent this week in the midst of a budget and debt-limit crisis that threatens to further weaken our economy and America's future. ... more
• Govt Shutdown in Minn., Life on Earth Survives Sun Jul 3
  Mike Shedlock
  In what we should all hope happens at the national level, Minnesota shuts down after failing to pass a balanced budget by the June 30 deadline. ... more
• Treasury Secretary Now Taxing Our Patience Sat Jun 25
  Jim Gilmore
  An old joke says the IRS will tax even your patience. Don’t say it out loud in Washington this summer. It might give new ideas to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. ... more
• Government Spending For Lavish Trips for Bureaucrats Wed Jun 22
  Daniel Doherty
• "Party of Ideas" Mulls More Spending Funded By Tax Hikes Fri Jun 10
  Guy Benson
• Help: Washington Can't Restrain Itself Fri Jun 3
  David Malpass
  The Constitution surely would have limited debt forcefully if the Founding Fathers had imagined a government so powerful it could borrow trillions of dollars. That's why there's an opportunity for lawmakers to get public support for an effective new debt limit that will actually restrain Washington spending. ... more
• Bin Laden Coup Won't Help Obama in Budget Fight Mon May 9
  Byron York
  Barack Obama believes he can leverage some of his killing-bin-Laden popularity into new power on Capitol Hill. If so, he can forget about "unity." ... more
• Obama's Speech Solves Nothing Fri Apr 15
  Donald Lambro
  There he goes again. President Obama says that what America needs right now are higher taxes to pay the government's mounting bills and curb its $14 trillion debt. ... more
• Obama's Biggest Weakness: He's More of the Same Wed Mar 9
  Michael Medved
  As they prepare to make a serious case for his replacement in 2012, Barack Obama’s conservative critics need to decide: is the president radical – or more of the same? ... more
• Enter Daley, Cuomo: Liberalism to Come to a Halt Wed Jan 12
  Donald Lambro
  Liberalism was running at full throttle in the Age of Obama until it collided with the 2010 midterm elections. ... more
• Jerry Brown's Last Hurrah Thu Dec 2
  Victor Davis Hanson
  The most interesting current political question is not whether Barack Obama will triangulate after his party's midterm shellacking -- he probably won't -- but what in the world California's new/old governor, Jerry Brown, will do in January 2011. ... more
• Duck Season Fri Nov 26
  Hugh Hewitt
  A liberal friend of mine sent out an email this past week urging all of the recipients to urge their Representative and Senator to push for the passage of the Dream Act when Congress reconvenes next week. ... more
• Reform without fraud? Sun Nov 21
  Paul Jacob
  There are a lot of ugly truths to be told about America's favorite welfare state program. Who will dare tell them... before it's too late? ... more
• Midwest Massacre Fueled GOP Wave Thu Nov 11
  Guy Benson
  In a political analysis written more than a month before the midterm elections, I predicted that Republicans would “run up the score” in Big Ten country. ... more
• An ACORN-Friendly, Big Labor-Backing, Tax-and-Spend Radical in GOP Clothing Fri Oct 16
  Michelle Malkin
  Here's the dirty little secret about political candidates and officeholders labeled by the mainstream media as "moderate Republicans": There's usually nothing moderate about them. ... more

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