Archive for January, 2011

Your Paycheck in 2011


Tuesday January 4th, 2011   •   Posted by Craig Eyermann at 10:37am PST   •   0 Comments

Compared to how January 2011 might have played out, where every taxpayer in the United States would have received a smaller paycheck if the 111th U.S. Congress hadn’t acted to extend the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, the Congress’ late action to extend those tax rates for another two years, while also throwing in…
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To Reduce U.S. Debt, Cut at Least 85% of Federal Government Spending


Saturday January 1st, 2011   •   Posted by David Theroux at 3:47pm PST   •   8 Comments

In an article in the Wall Street Journal, “The Right Way to Balance the Budget,” Andrew Biggs, Kevin Hassett and Matt Jensen report that new research of 21 countries over the past 37 years shows that to reduce government debt, a major reduction of spending must be adopted instead of higher taxes. On average,…
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