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IRS employees heading to prison for defrauding taxpayers
A number of employees at the Internal Revenue Service will spend time behind bars for accessing personal taxpayer information used to defraud people to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars, a report released Wednesday reveals. The Washington Examiner has the details: The office said IRS employee Nakisha Hall used her position to access…
Read MoreTax-policy expert: Tax reform needed to ‘revive the slow-growing economy’
Heritage Foundation Tax-and-Economy Research Fellow Curtis Dubay Tuesday explained why Congress must come up with a common-sense tax-reform plan that addresses our lethargic economy and gives it the jump-start it needs to get Americans working again. The Daily Signal has the commentary: Tax reform is badly needed to revive the slow-growing economy and increase job…
Read MoreWhite House says it would veto bill exempting those from Obamacare penalty who lost coverage (through no fault of their own!)
This is a prime example of why Americans are fed up with President Obama and his horrendous signature health-insurance law … because, even if people register for government-run health insurance and their co-op fails leaving them uncovered, President Obama still expects them to pay a penalty for not having Obamacare. What a farce! The Washington…
Read MoreSenator says North Carolinians on hook for up to 25 percent Obamacare price jump
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) says North-Carolina residents in 2017 potentially face a 19-to-25-percent jump in their Obamacare health insurance thanks to a proposed rate increase from the Tar Heel State’s Department of Insurance on top of limited health-insurance options. McClatchy DC has the details: Further, because major health insurers have suffered losses and are exiting…
Read MoreForbes: ‘Obamacare continues to be a slow-motion train wreck’
Obamcare health-insurance premiums continue to skyrocket while wages remain stagnant, forcing Americans to choose between purchasing health insurance or trimming other things from their shopping carts. And – in some cases – it’s forcing employers to trim their payroll. Forbes has the commentary: Obamacare continues to be a slow-motion train wreck. An analysis by Charles…
Read MoreIRS corrects earlier estimate, says taxpayers shelled out $1.7 billion in Obamacare penalties in 2014
Internal Revenue Service data show 8 million American taxpayers coughed up nearly $1.7 billion in penalties for not purchasing Obamacare in 2014, a $200 million increase from earlier penalty estimates from 2014. The Washington Free Beacon has the scoop: “Beginning in 2014, the Affordable Care Act required that individuals must have had health care coverage,…
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