http://www.atr.org en-us info@atr.org This is the RSS Feed for Americans for Tax Reform. http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=112909_IsCongre The following chain-email seems to be doing the rounds quite a bit today. And I think it sums the situation up perfectly: A message to the Administration: The U.S. Postal Service was established in ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:45 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=112909_IsCongre http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=112009_UKTax A taste of things to come if the Administration's plans to radically hike taxes is implemented comes from the high-taxing United Kingdom, where a financial services consulting firm in London has just ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:47:59 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=112009_UKTax http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=specialneeds There are 18 separate tax hikes in the Reid-Obama healthcare bill.  One of them caps the amount that can be deferred in Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) at $2500 per year (a similar provis... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:01:07 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=specialneeds http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=reidtaxescurren Many people have heard that the Reid-Obama government healthcare bill will raise taxes.  What you might not realize is that many of the tax hikes raise taxes on the health insurance you already h... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:23:45 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=reidtaxescurren http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=111909lt-docfix CFA and ATR have sent a letter in support of the House GOP alternative to Rep. Dingell's "Doc Fix" shenanigans.  From our letter: Unlike H.R. 3961, the so-called “Doc Fix&... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:15:39 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=111909lt-docfix http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=brainerdtax It looks like yet another Obama Treasury Department nominee has tax problems: Lael Brainerd, who is nominated to be Assistant Treasury Secretary for International Affairs. The tax flubs include:... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:58:38 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=brainerdtax http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=111809_Paramedi Reason reports on this story I missed when it first came out from the UK, where paramedics fighting to save a nine year old road accident v ictim were told that union regulations meant the closes... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:13:26 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=111809_Paramedi