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The Distributional Impact of Windfall Profits Taxes and a Gas Tax Holiday

Posted by thenewpundit

This is from the Tax Foundation
There has been considerable debate in recent weeks over what the federal government should do about the higher price of gasoline. Each of the three presidential candidates has put forth a proposal. Barack Obama would impose a windfall profits tax on U.S. oil companies based upon the price per barrel […]

Is Reverend Jeremiah Wright Part of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

Posted by thenewpundit

The timing of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy is starting to make me wonder who really went out of their way to bring it to light. Let’s be honest about a few things, then I will explain.
Things haven’t looked all that great for Republicans lately, and in turn, for John McCain. People from both sides […]

Hillary Attacks McCain for not Performing Mind Tricks

Posted by thenewpundit

Hillary is attacking John McCain because although he asked the North Carolina GOP to stop running ads against Obama, they are still running them. McCain has a history of telling organizations to refrain from running attack ads, and has had success in getting some of them pulled. But Hillary, and in fact Howard Dean, both […]

Has The Obama Star Faded Beyond Hope?

Posted by Troy Stouffer

The votes have been counted in Pennsylvania and Barack Obama is feeling the heat from the furnace of desperation. He lost yet another “big” state to Hillary Clinton, but it is worse than just losing a state primary. Exit polling revealed that a scant 12% of voters were in the age range of 18 to […]

No More General Betray Us?

Posted by Troy Stouffer

This week the Congress held committee briefings with General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. The briefings were the first since last September, when the General and Ambassador first reported of the successes of the troop surge. This briefing contained more good news from Iraq. The two men reported that the violence in Iraq has […]