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Iowa farmer, former state rep: ‘[N]avigating the cumbersome tax code takes time away from our livelihood’
Former Iowa state representative and third-generation family farmer Annette Sweeney in a recent opinion piece says members of Congress need to join together and fix our unnecessarily intricate tax code. Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. have no excuse for not simplifying what should be a simple process, she says. The Des Moines Register has the details:…
Read MoreBuyer beware: Administration lays out plan to use IRS data to rope young adults into Obamacare
The Obama administration this week announced plans to target prospective Obamacare enrollees by pulling IRS data on young people who paid the Obamacare penalty last year – all in an effort to drive premiums down for the so-called “frequent flyers” while driving expenses up for a younger demographic struggling with student-loan debt and fewer opportunities…
Read MoreJenny Beth Martin: ‘I can attest to the devastating impact of the [IRS] targeting scandal’
Members of the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday vote on whether to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, who is under scrutiny for stonewalling congressional investigation into the agency scandal targeting Americans for their political beliefs; it’s a decision Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin says is a no-brainer: Vote to impeach Commissioner Koskinen! Fox News…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots in Arizona rally opposition to President Obama’s liberal Supreme Court nominee
Members of Tea Party Patriots Field Team made a trip to the Grand Canyon State last week, where they recruited local tea partyers to urge Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to preserve former Justice Antonin Scalia’s legacy on the Supreme Court and continue rejecting President Obama’s liberal, anti-Second-Amendment Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. “Because this nomination…
Read MoreNew York congressman rips into VA over veteran’s benefits denial
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) this week requested Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald issue an apology after his deputy undersecretary for field operations, Beth McCoy, in a House Committee on Veteran Affairs’ subcommittee hearing refused to acknowledge the military service of a veteran who suffered a traumatic brain injury and was wrongfully denied Veterans Affairs benefits.…
Read MoreStudy: Obamacare premiums to skyrocket
A new report out this week says premiums on lower-cost “silver” Obamacare health-insurance plans will go up an average of 11 percent in 2017 – a steep increase amid a stagnant jobs market and staggering levels of national debt many financial analysts predict will become unmanageable in the near future. CBS News has the…
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