Sunday, November 04, 2018
An Under-Appreciated Benefit of Lower Tax Rates | International Liberty
An Under-Appreciated Benefit of Lower Tax Rates | International Liberty
"There are three reasons why the right kind of tax reform can help the economy grow faster.
"There are three reasons why the right kind of tax reform can help the economy grow faster.
- Lower tax rates give people more incentive to earn income.
- Less double taxation boosts incentives to save and invest.
- Fewer loopholes improves incentives for economic efficiency.
Let’s focus on the third item.
...To understand the indirect benefits of low tax rates, consider this new report from the Washington Post. Unsurprisingly, we’re discovering that a less onerous death tax means less demand for clever tax lawyers.
Today’s lesson is simply that lower tax rates reduce incentives to engage in tax planning. I’ll close with simple thought experiment showing the difference between a punitive tax system and reasonable tax system.
- 60 percent tax rate – If you do nothing, you only get to keep 40 cents of every additional dollar you earn. But if you find some sort of deduction, exemption, or exclusion, you increase your take-home pay by an additional 60 cents. That’s a good deal even if the tax preference loses 30 cents of economic value.
- 20 percent tax rate – If you do nothing, you get to keep 80 cents of every dollar you earn. With that reasonable rate, you may not even care about seeking out deductions, exemptions, and exclusions. And if you do look for a tax preference, you certainly won’t pick one where you lose anything close to 20 cents of economic value.
The bottom line is that lower tax rates are a “two-fer.”
They directly help economic growth by increasing incentives to earn income and they indirectly help economic growth by reducing incentives to engage in inefficient tax planning..."
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Campaign Season, And More Taxpayer-Funded Tax-Hike Electioneering – Michigan Capitol Confidential
Campaign Season, And More Taxpayer-Funded Tax-Hike Electioneering – Michigan Capitol Confidential
"A Michigan community college seeking a property tax hike on the Nov. 6 ballot faces charges that college staffers illegally used public resources for political purposes by politicking for the measure during work hours and using taxpayer-funded equipment to do so.
Attorney Karen Woodside filed the complaint against Schoolcraft College with the Michigan Secretary of State.
Woodside alleges that employees of the Wayne County community college broke the law by using college computers to send mass emails to voters urging support for the tax hike..."
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"A Michigan community college seeking a property tax hike on the Nov. 6 ballot faces charges that college staffers illegally used public resources for political purposes by politicking for the measure during work hours and using taxpayer-funded equipment to do so.Attorney Karen Woodside filed the complaint against Schoolcraft College with the Michigan Secretary of State.
Woodside alleges that employees of the Wayne County community college broke the law by using college computers to send mass emails to voters urging support for the tax hike..."
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Founder of #WalkAway Campaign Hopes to Make It a ‘Roadshow’
Founder of #WalkAway Campaign Hopes to Make It a ‘Roadshow’:
The founder of the #WalkAway Campaign, a movement showcasing stories of why Americans walk away from leftist ideology and the Democratic Party, says he is pleased with an organized march last weekend in the nation’s capital and plans to take the idea on the road.
“I thought it was spectacular. I am so proud of the entire weekend from beginning to end,” Brandon Straka said in an interview with The Daily Signal.
“I thought it was spectacular. I am so proud of the entire weekend from beginning to end,” Brandon Straka said in an interview with The Daily Signal.
Military defense of our border is “illegal”? | Global Liberty Media - The Counter Narrative
Military defense of our border is “illegal”? | Global Liberty Media - The Counter Narrative
Many on the political Left are attempting to strip the president of his authority to deploy the military in defense of our border, claiming The Posse Comitatus Act forbids it.
Their claim is that the laws governing our border are “domestic laws” and as such, cannot be upheld by deployment of military force.
This is an absurd, incoherent and self-destructive argument.
It should no longer surprise us when Leftists (and “NeverTrumpers”) consistently insist that America is duty-bound to her own self-destruction..."
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- “The exclusion of aliens is a fundamental act of sovereignty … inherent in the executive power,” the Supreme Court ruled in 1950; Knauff v. Shaughnessy.
- In 1952, Congress passed a statute authorizing the president to “…by proclamation and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens and any class of aliens as immigrants or non-immigrants … whenever he thinks it would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.”
- Our Constitution vests the Executive with the authority to defend our nation against attack, invasion or infiltration by foreign nationals whose presence is deemed detrimental to the interests of the United States and seats him at the head of the armed forces of the US military for precisely this purpose. (Article II section 2 of the US Constitution names the president Commander in Chief.)
Many on the political Left are attempting to strip the president of his authority to deploy the military in defense of our border, claiming The Posse Comitatus Act forbids it.
Their claim is that the laws governing our border are “domestic laws” and as such, cannot be upheld by deployment of military force.
This is an absurd, incoherent and self-destructive argument.
It should no longer surprise us when Leftists (and “NeverTrumpers”) consistently insist that America is duty-bound to her own self-destruction..."
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Campus Sexual Assault Tribunals: New Title XI Guidelines Give Accused Right to Question Accuser | National Review
Campus Sexual Assault Tribunals: New Title XI Guidelines Give Accused Right to Question Accuser | National Review"Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is expected to issue new Title IX guidelines in November mandating that college students accused of sexual assault be given the opportunity to question their accuser, among other reforms designed to bolster the due-process rights of the accused.
Under the revised Title IX guidelines, universities must afford accused students the right to question their accuser, though the questions can be communicated through a neutral third party and the two parties never have to face each other in the same room..."
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The left is desperate and floundering badly
The left is desperate and floundering badly:
There are only four days left before the midterm elections, and the bad behavior of the left media has escalated: fake mailers, fake threats (if you're a hunter, don't vote), etc. There is no end, no low too low, for the Democrats; they mean to win by any means necessary. Will all their dirty tricks (false allegations against Kavanaugh as a last-ditch effort to derail his nomination, find a dupe to charge with fake mail bombs) help them win on November 6? Let us hope to God that Americans are not that gullible. Let us pray they realize that the left today hopes for Trump's failure. His successes are killing them. They are horrified by every economic triumph. These wins make them angrier and more desperate.
Huge Cost to a State and Communities when Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Huge Cost to a State and Communities when Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
THE PROFITEERS IN THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY PROMISE RICHES FOR STATES THAT LEGALIZE MARIJUANA BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE
– the only ones getting rich are the marijuana industry.
State governments and society lose money whenever pot is legalized.
Whether it is costs to employers, increases to social service costs, the rise in homelessness or the regulatory system created to manage the marijuana program, the marijuana industry doesn’t pay these costs.
Instead, we all pay: citizens, employers, and state government.
Thus, any revenue is outweighed up by the societal costs attributed to legalizatiaon.
This is just like tobacco and alcohol, where costs far outweigh revenues..."
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THE PROFITEERS IN THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY PROMISE RICHES FOR STATES THAT LEGALIZE MARIJUANA BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE
– the only ones getting rich are the marijuana industry.
State governments and society lose money whenever pot is legalized.
Whether it is costs to employers, increases to social service costs, the rise in homelessness or the regulatory system created to manage the marijuana program, the marijuana industry doesn’t pay these costs. Instead, we all pay: citizens, employers, and state government.
Thus, any revenue is outweighed up by the societal costs attributed to legalizatiaon.
This is just like tobacco and alcohol, where costs far outweigh revenues..."
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How Progressives Killed Birthright Citizenship – American Greatness
How Progressives Killed Birthright Citizenship – American Greatness:
In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News, Michael Anton cut to the heart of the birthright citizenship farce: “Why do bureaucracies typically, in our country anyway, act without authority? Usually, it’s to serve the interest of liberalism. When the administrative state is doing something that it’s not authorized to do, and that no one has ever told it to do, you can bet it’s not doing so for conservative reasons, or for reasons that benefit American citizens.”
The Media Has A Long History Of Hateful Attacks And Violent Rhetoric Against The Trump Administration | The Daily Caller
The Media Has A Long History Of Hateful Attacks And Violent Rhetoric Against The Trump Administration | The Daily Caller
"Media outlets have been exclusively blaming President Donald Trump for “fanning the flames of hate” in the wake of last week’s bomb scares and synagogue shooting but have failed to grapple with their own violent rhetoric and hateful attacks on the president.
"Media outlets have been exclusively blaming President Donald Trump for “fanning the flames of hate” in the wake of last week’s bomb scares and synagogue shooting but have failed to grapple with their own violent rhetoric and hateful attacks on the president.
Two hundred current and former journalists signed a letter last week condemning Trump’s attacks on the media and accused him of inciting violence.
...But at a Wednesday rally in Wisconsin, Trump said the media has a “responsibility to set a civil tone” and blamed them for some of the “anger” in the country.
The media claimed to be victimized by Trump’s criticism, but failed to consider the role they have played in heating up rhetoric.
Here is a list of the most hateful and aggressive attacks on the Trump administration and Trump supporters by the media:
1. MSNBC’S SCARBOROUGH: TRUMP DAMAGES AMERICAN DREAM MORE THAN TERRORISTS
15. CNN HOST REZA ASLAN CALLS TRUMP A ‘PIECE OF SHIT’
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History for November 4
History for November 4 - On-This-Day.com
Will Rogers (William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers) 1879 - Cowboy, vaudeville performer, actor, Walter Cronkite 1916 - Broadcast journalist ("CBS Evening News"), Arthur William Matthew "Art" Carney 1918 - Actor ("The Honeymooners," "Harry and Tonto")
Loretta Swit 1937 - Actress (M*A*S*H*), Laura Bush 1946 - U.S. First Lady, wife of U.S. President George W. Bush, Ralph Macchio 1961 - Actor (The "Karate Kid" movies)
1952 - In the United States, the National Security Agency (NSA) was established.
1979 - Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 63 Americans hostage (90 total hostages). The militants, mostly students, demanded that the U.S. send the former shah back to Iran to stand trial. Many hostages were later released, but 52 were held for the next 14 months.
Saturday, November 03, 2018
Judicial Watch: Documents Show State Department Links to George Soros’ Open Society Foundation - Romania - Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch: Documents Show State Department Links to George Soros’ Open Society Foundation - Romania - Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch released 49 pages of new State Department documents showing top Soros representatives in Romania collaborating with the State Department in a program jointly funded by, among others, Soros’s Open Society Foundations – Romania and USAID, called the “Open Government Partnership.”
The documents were obtained thanks to a March 2018 Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of State and USAID after it failed to substantively respond to an October 2017 request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (No. 1:18-cv-00667)). The lawsuit seeks:
The documents were obtained thanks to a March 2018 Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of State and USAID after it failed to substantively respond to an October 2017 request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (No. 1:18-cv-00667)). The lawsuit seeks:
Fire this teacher!-----HS test question about ‘vocal and angry right wing’ riles parents | EAGnews.org
HS test question about ‘vocal and angry right wing’ riles parents | EAGnews.org
"Questions on an advanced English exam at St. Augustine High School in Florida didn’t sit well with some students, and now they’re parents are sounding off about political indoctrination in the classroom.
Reanna Parham told WKMG her son Logan took a picture of his vocabulary test and sent it to her on Monday, and she “had to read it twice” before it sunk in.
"Questions on an advanced English exam at St. Augustine High School in Florida didn’t sit well with some students, and now they’re parents are sounding off about political indoctrination in the classroom.
Reanna Parham told WKMG her son Logan took a picture of his vocabulary test and sent it to her on Monday, and she “had to read it twice” before it sunk in.
“I was really surprised,” she said, “shocked.”
Question seven on the “Unit 4 Quest” test read:
Right when it appeared the nation was becoming increasingly tolerant of alternative lifestyles, immigration, and minorities, the vocal and angry right wing forced the nation to make a complete _______, embracing bigotry, xenophobia, and sexism.
The desired answer, based on the available vocabulary words, seemed to “Volte-face,” which means “a reversal in policy,” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary..."
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8 U.S. Code � 1182 - Inadmissible aliens | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
8 U.S. Code � 1182 - Inadmissible aliens | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
8 U.S. Code § 1182 - Inadmissible aliens
...(2)Criminal and related grounds
8 U.S. Code § 1182 - Inadmissible aliens
(a)Classes of aliens ineligible for visas or admission Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, aliens who are inadmissible under the following paragraphs are ineligible to receive visas and ineligible to be admitted to the United States:
...(2)Criminal and related grounds
(i)In general Except as provided in clause (ii), any alien convicted of, or who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of—
a crime involving moral turpitude (other than a purely political offense) or an attempt or conspiracy to commit such a crime, or
a violation of (or a conspiracy or attempt to violate) any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance (as defined in section 802 of title 21)...
is inadmissible.
Any alien convicted of 2 or more offenses (other than purely political offenses), regardless of whether the conviction was in a single trial or whether the offenses arose from a single scheme of misconduct and regardless of whether the offenses involved moral turpitude, for which the aggregate sentences to confinement were 5 years or more is inadmissible...
is inadmissible..."
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Gitmo Terrorists Obama Traded for Army Deserter “Reinforce” Taliban in Qatar - Judicial Watch
Gitmo Terrorists Obama Traded for Army Deserter “Reinforce” Taliban in Qatar - Judicial Watch:
The Guantanamo terrorists released by Barack Obama in exchange for a U.S. Army deserter have joined the Taliban’s “political” office in Qatar. The move reinforces the terrorist group’s operations, according to the Spanish international news agency that broke the story this week. The five men were incarcerated at the U.S. military prison in southeast Cuba because they held positions of great importance with the terrorist group, including Chief of Staff of the Taliban Army and the Taliban Deputy Minister of Intelligence. One U.S. Senator referred to the freed jihadists as the “Taliban Dream Team.”
That did not stop Obama from swapping them for a disgraced Army solider, Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban after deserting his post in Afghanistan. The secret exchange violated the law and written White House rules.
That did not stop Obama from swapping them for a disgraced Army solider, Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban after deserting his post in Afghanistan. The secret exchange violated the law and written White House rules.
Barbra Streisand ‘Thinking About’ Moving to Canada If Democrats Don’t Win House
Barbra Streisand ‘Thinking About’ Moving to Canada If Democrats Don’t Win House
"...When asked during an interview with The New York Times how she was feeling these days, she said she’s been that losing sleep.
“I want to sleep nights, if we take the House I’ll be able to sleep a little bit better,” she said.
Streisand was asked what she would do if the Democrats don’t win the House.
“Don’t know. I’ve been thinking about, do I want to move to Canada? I don’t know. I’m just so saddened by this thing happening to our country.
It’s making me fat.
I hear what he said now, and I have to go eat pancakes now, and pancakes are very fattening.
We make them with healthy flour, though — almond flour, coconut flour,” she said.
...Asked what inspired her to do the album, Streisand said, “I would lie awake at night with Trump’s outrages running through my head, and I had to do another album for Columbia Records..."
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"...When asked during an interview with The New York Times how she was feeling these days, she said she’s been that losing sleep.
“I want to sleep nights, if we take the House I’ll be able to sleep a little bit better,” she said.
Streisand was asked what she would do if the Democrats don’t win the House.“Don’t know. I’ve been thinking about, do I want to move to Canada? I don’t know. I’m just so saddened by this thing happening to our country.
It’s making me fat.
I hear what he said now, and I have to go eat pancakes now, and pancakes are very fattening.
We make them with healthy flour, though — almond flour, coconut flour,” she said.
...Asked what inspired her to do the album, Streisand said, “I would lie awake at night with Trump’s outrages running through my head, and I had to do another album for Columbia Records..."
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NO SUCH THING AS VOTER FRAUD? THINK AGAIN
Instapundit Blog Archive NO SUCH THING AS VOTER FRAUD?
"NO SUCH THING AS VOTER FRAUD? THINK AGAIN:
Jason Snead, writing on The Daily Signal, demolishes the Left’s familiar claim that voting fraud is a myth in America.
Reports Snead:
“Simply put, the full scope of fraud in U.S. elections is unknown, and many states do not have in place the policies and procedures to detect and deter voter fraud.”
"NO SUCH THING AS VOTER FRAUD? THINK AGAIN:
Jason Snead, writing on The Daily Signal, demolishes the Left’s familiar claim that voting fraud is a myth in America.
Reports Snead:
“Simply put, the full scope of fraud in U.S. elections is unknown, and many states do not have in place the policies and procedures to detect and deter voter fraud.”
Enough is known, however, for Heritage to maintain a database on voter fraud, which you can view here.
And trust me, considering how intensely the Left pours vituperation on any effort to expose and eradicate voter fraud, that tells you how serious the problem must actually be.---Posted by Mark Tapscott"
And trust me, considering how intensely the Left pours vituperation on any effort to expose and eradicate voter fraud, that tells you how serious the problem must actually be.---Posted by Mark Tapscott"
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