INDEX
- Vote 'NO!' to Government Regulation of Privacy at The Economist
- FCC Stalls on Internet Regulation; Asks for More Comments
- Why was the Volcker Commission Constrained by Obama’s Tax Pledge, but not the Simpson-Bowles?
- Daily Media Spotlight September 2, 2010
- Harry Reid Looks to Resurrect RES During Lame-Duck
- Calculating the Cost of Government (CFA Site »)
Thursday, September 2, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight September 1, 2010
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Obama Tax Commission Report:
Baby Step Toward IRS Tax Preparation - Dina Titus Launches False Attack Ad on Joe Heck and the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- Indiana LaunchesTransparency Website (CFA Site »)
- Rally for Jobs Kicks Off Today in Texas
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 31, 2010
- Let us All Join in on the NOT so “Green Cause”
- California Bag Ban Bill Up for Vote Today
- Norquist to Gov. Pat Quinn: Pick a Flawed Income Tax Hike and Stick With It
- Phil Moffett Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Kentucky Gubernatorial Race
- New Mexico Sets Trends in Transparency Websites (CFA Site »)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
- Robert Gibbs’s Fuzzy Tax Hike Math
- Daily Media Spotlight August 30, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
- 2011 Could Be Ugly for Nevada Taxpayers
- Lame Duck Governor Ed Rendell Not Going Gently Into That Good Night – New Call for Higher Taxes
- Happy Cost of Government Day, California
- Bay Staters Spent 239 Days Paying for Government Burdens in 2010 (CFA Site »)
- Washington Welcomes Cost of Government Day (CFA Site »)
Friday, August 27, 2010
- Spill Commission Should Lift Moratorium Which Has Cost Gulf Residents 12,000 Jobs and $2.1 Billion
- Daily Media Spotlight August 26, 2010
- Why is Dan Onorato Knowingly Misleading Pennsylvania Voters?
- Unions plan on spending big this election cycle
- Utah Tobacco Sellers Feeling the Impact of Tax Hikes
Thursday, August 26, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 25, 2010
- WI Democrats Launch “Blatantly False” Attack on Sean Duffy
- Unions plan on spending big this election cycle (AWF Site »)
- Philly's New Blog Tax May Foreshadow Other eTaxes
- BNA: For 14 States, Existing Tax Code Leaves Room for Etax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Philly's $300 Blogger Tax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Cost of Government Day Arrives in the Commonwealth
- Pennsylvania Finally Celebrates Cost of Government Day
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
- California Budget Proposal Advocates eTax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Daily Media Spotlight August 24, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 23, 2010
- Government Workers' Pensions are Underfunded by $3 Trillion
Monday, August 23, 2010
- Fourteen Ways to Reduce Government Spending
- FCC Report on Broadband Performance: A Scare Tactic
- Sen. Al Franken Doesn’t Understand Wireless Networks...or the First Amendment
Friday, August 20, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 19, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Where Does Obama Stand on the "Aspirin Tax"
From Ryan Ellis on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 5:12 PMHouse Democrat health bill would tax over-the-counter medicine purchases
There are plenty of tax hikes on working families in H.R. 3200, the House Democrat healthcare bill. Obama has been answering some tough questions about his stance on the bill, but there’s one more question he should answer:
Where does he stand on the “aspirin tax” that was inserted at the last minute before summer recess?
Just before adjourning, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) snuck in an additional tax hike . It would prevent Americans with health spending accounts like FSAs, HSAs, and HRAs from using the money to buy over-the-counter medicines. Under current law, families can use the money in these accounts to buy things like aspirin, pain relievers, and other non-prescription medicines.
Needless to say, most of the roughly 30 million families that have flex-accounts and health savings accounts do not earn more than $250,000 per year. President Obama pledged again and again to never raise “any form” of taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year. Presumably, that included working families buying medicine at the drugstore.
Where does Obama stand on the aspirin tax?
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Comments
So what about things that aren't technically OTC medications but are things I use my flex money to buy? I'm just thrilled about the prospect of Obama taxing my contact solution now....
>> Carrie Tuesday, September 8, 2009 5:43 PM Report Comment
What else does democrats do but raise taxes, and of course, act stupid. If they have their way, the very air we breathe will be taxed. On second thought, maybe that is already in the Waxman-Markey "stick it to them" bill.
>> Stonewall Wednesday, September 9, 2009 10:55 AM Report Comment
This is just one more example of the government trying to control every portion of our lives. I think it is called socialism and is only one step away from communism. This whole thing makes me so sick I'm gonna need health care. I was fine before B. Hussein Obama became our dictator, I mean president.
>> mike Monday, September 14, 2009 1:33 PM Report Comment