by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 16, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
One might expect that Ayn Rand devotee Eddie Lampert, the CEO presiding over the disintegration of the once-great Sears and Kmart retail stores, would be a zealot when it comes to wriggling out of paying taxes to the governments that serve and protect his properties....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 12, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy
With all of the justifiable anger directed at what's in the 2015 spending bill – the omnibus continuing resolution or "cromnibus" – that the House struggled to pass late Thursday, there is also a major story to be told about what's not in the bill. It's a story of...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 10, 2014 | Financial Reform
We're calling for an all-out push today to stop a backroom deal that would reopen the Wall Street derivatives casino that caused so much damage in 2008, with taxpayers stuck with the bill for cleaning up the mess. We've joined forces with Americans for Financial...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
Incredibly, the Wall Street caucus in Congress is trying to slip a major attack on hard-won financial reforms into a spending bill designed to keep the government running. As reported by The Huffington Post's Zach Carter, the deal would "provide taxpayer backing for...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 4, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Our political inaction on properly maintaining our transportation network is criminal. But at least in some corners there is a healthy debate on how best to pay for what is a multi-trillion-dollar task. There is the traditional political argument, perhaps best...
