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‘Odd Tax Facts for $2000, Alex!’
Since all the attention is on the U.S. Senate now to see if they can pass a tax bill and get it to conference and to the president’s desk before the Alabama special Senate election […]
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HILL: Why not add a 70 percent tax bracket for the uber-wealthy?
Supporters of the progressive income tax think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread because it makes taxes more “fair.” Wrong. It just makes everyone who supports class warfare feel better because they […]
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HILL: ‘Politics is Philosophy By Other Means’
Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian general, wrote in his classic book on military strategy in 1818, “On War:” War is a mere continuation of policy by other means. Taken one step further, this axiom can […]
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SAINE: Strategic tax reform
As Senior Chairman of the Finance Committee in the North Carolina House of Representatives, I am proud to have played a leading role in the tax reform efforts that have turned our state’s economy around […]
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MITCHELL: Nearer, my bank, to thee: state and local taxes must remain deductible
Russell Kirk’s eighth conservative principle teaches us that the more local the power and decision-making, the better we are served. Because tax revenue confers power on the collector, taxation at the local level is […]
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GRAVELY: North Carolina is the model for Washington
Lawmakers in Washington haven’t accomplished a whole lot this year and as Congress returned from their August recess earlier this month they still had many important issues to tackle, from tax reform, to immigration, […]
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DOWD: Washington could learn a thing or two from North Carolina
Having failed to repeal or fix Obamacare, one of President Donald Trump’s signature campaign promises, the circular firing squad that is the Congressional Republican majority will now turn its attention toward the next major plank […]
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HILL: The insurance company with an army
Think of the federal government as a gigantic insurance company (with a sideline business in national defense and homeland security), which does its accounting on a cash basis, only counting premiums and payouts as they […]
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HILL: Fake news about taxes
by Frank Hill There is nothing more disturbing in all of American politics than the misunderstanding and deliberate deception when it comes to the progressive income tax code of the United States. People vote for […]
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MCNABB: Restore the American Dream
The political process has been high-jacked by media and political elites, political profiteers and extremists on the left and some on the right. Hard working Americans of every race, color and creed are paying the […]