Virginia’s Car Tax is the Highest in the Nation and Democrats Want to Keep it That Way.
Just paid off your $40,000 car? Expect to pay perhaps $8,000 in taxes just to hold on to it.
Taxes
The Department of Justice Should Not Dismantle its Tax Division
Experts warn a DOJ plan to reassign Tax Division attorneys could gut national tax enforcement, risking billions in revenue and inconsistent legal outcomes.
What Trump Got Right—And Wrong—About the Income Tax
Trump’s take on taxes and the Great Depression bends history, but his critique of government growth post-1913 isn’t entirely off base—even if his solution belongs to a vanished era.
Sen. Rand Paul on Trump’s Tariffs: ‘Taxes Should Not Be Enacted By One Person’
Within hours of President Trump announcing new tariffs on nearly all imports to the United State, the U.S. Senate has passed a resolution sponsored by […]
Buncombe County, NC Storm Victims Still Owe Property Taxes on Destroyed Homes
Despite the widespread devastation left behind in the wake of Hurricane Helene, Buncombe County, North Carolina property owners were expected to cough up their property […]
Budgets, Taxes, and Schemes of Oppression
The American tax code is no longer utilized specifically to raise revenue. Rather, the American tax code is now used principally to reward or punish specific constituencies and behaviors.
Trump Advocates Cutting Social Security Taxes for Seniors, Media Wants to Talk Race
The 2024 election cycle may well come to be remembered as the one where voters had to make serious decisions about priorities. Case in point, […]
Relief for Service Industry Workers? Gaetz and Massie Propose Tax Free Tips Act
Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) have introduced legislation that would provide financial relief to service industry workers by eliminating federal income and […]
McCaul: Ukraine funding bill will be Speaker determination
Last week, American Greatness reported that Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) might just “risk his Speakership” over a vote […]
Too Few Homes, Too Many Homeless: How to Fix It
It’s already spring in subtropical California. Up and down the coast, from Venice Beach to San Francisco, tens of thousands of homeless people live in […]
Socialists Don’t Really Believe in Socialism
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] Can we dispel, once and for all, the idea […]
Own the Libs, or Let the Libs Own Us?
Brandon Weichert, whose excellent writing has caught my eye for a while now, exhibits his worthy independence from party orthodoxy with his article on Monday […]
The Shutdown Proves How Redundant Government Is
The D.C. media complex is not happy with the partial shutdown of the federal government. The government shutdown drags into the New Year, they tell […]
America’s Love Affair With Small Business Rekindled
WEST NEWTON, Pa.—Bloom Brewery is the kind of Main Street business that shut its doors a generation ago when shopping malls lured customers to their […]
Requiem for John Cox
In the end, it wasn’t even close. John Cox, the venture capitalist and housing developer from San Diego by way of Chicago, was the third […]
Home Economics: Building an Economy to Strengthen Families
A recurring memory has stayed with me throughout my life. It is the late-night sound of my father limping tiredly up the steps to our […]
The Federalist Capers: The Twilight of Obamacare
The absurd debacle known as Obamacare is not something about which I normally write. However, like a secret vice, I maintain a fascination with federalism […]
The NY Times is Wrong About Trade—So is Everybody Else
President Trump earlier this month told CBS News that the European Union is America’s “foe” because of “what they do to us in trade.” The […]
Good News, Comrades: There’s Bad News Coming!
As ever, the Left accuses its opponents of what the Left is doing. In the latest instance, the Left is always claiming that those who […]
The Paul Ryan Express: Punching His Ticket to K Street
Months after announcing his plans to retire from Congress, why is Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) still Speaker of the House? It’s hard to imagine anyone less […]