We’ve looked at this issue before, but this new CNN article fleshes out the awful IRS rules in the new healthcare bill: The massive expansion of requirements for businesses to file 1099 tax forms that was hidden in the 2,409-page health reform bill took many by surprise when it came to light last month. …The [...]
Archive for May 22nd, 2010
Obamacare Means IRS Nightmare for Small Business
Posted in Big Government, Government Thuggery, Health Care, Health Reform, Income tax, IRS, Obama, tagged Government-run healthcare, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Obama, Obamacare, Red Tape on May 22, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Greetings from Serbia
Posted in Europe, tagged Europe, Free Market Road Show, Serbia on May 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t really have much to say about the conference in Belgrade. I’ve been giving the same speech over and over again. Each audience is hearing it for the first time, but I’m boring myself. Like many cities in former communist nations, Belgrade is a bit run down, but the Danube is an impressive river, and [...]
Is the FairTax Political Poison?
Posted in Fiscal Policy, Flat Tax, National Sales Tax, Tax Reform, Taxation, Uncategorized, tagged Fair Tax, Flat Tax, Politics, Tax Reform, Taxation on May 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I have a question for my friends who support a national sales tax. First, some background. Beginning with the defeat of Woody Jenkins in his Louisiana Senate race back in the 1990s, various versions of the national sales tax have caused political headaches for GOP candidates. Even candidates from conservative states, such as Sen. DeMint in [...]