Ron DeSantis pushes permanent Florida sales-tax exemption for gas stoves
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MarketWatch ^
| February 1, 2023 | Rachel Beals
Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida and a likely 2024 candidate for president, delivered on an earlier promise Wednesday when he said new gas stoves — in fact, all gas appliances — should be exempt from his state’s sales tax. DeSantis
rolled out the first budget of his second term, and among the proposed breaks for taxpayers is a $7 million permanent exemption on appliances fueled by combustible gas, such as natural gas propane, butane, liquefied petroleum gas and syngas. The move comes as the debate over gas stoves has heated up in recent weeks. In an interview with Bloomberg...
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Margaret Thatcher 2.0? British Prime Minister Liz Truss is going big. Her Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, has unveiled an aggressive program of permanent tax cuts
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Powerline ^
| 09/24/2022 | John Hinderaker
British Prime Minister Liz Truss is going big. Her
Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, has unveiled an aggressive program of permanent tax cuts. The Wall Street Journal likes the plan:Mr. Kwarteng axed the 2.5-percentage-point increase in the payroll tax imposed by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and canceled a planned increase in the corporate income tax rate to 26% from 19%. … Kwarteng also surprised by eliminating the 45% tax rate on incomes above £150,000. The top marginal rate now will be 40%.As a percentage of GDP, it shapes up as the biggest British tax cut since 1972. From the Telegraph:As you...
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Faith leaders urge Sens. Kelly, Sinema to make expanded child tax credits permanent
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Kjzz ^
| Dec 15, 2021 | Ben Giles
Arizona faith leaders are urging U.S. Sens. Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema to expand child tax credits as part of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. If
the credits aren’t at least extended by the end of December, the recurring monthly payments of up to $300 for every child under the age of six and $250 a month for children ages 6-17 would lapse in the new year. As passed by the House last month, the Build Back Better bill includes a one-year extension of the child tax credit. Tamera Zivic, the CEO of WHEAT, an anti-hunger and poverty...
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1 in 3 want expanded child tax credits to be made permanent: poll
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The Hill ^
| 10/06/2021 | DOMINICK MASTRANGELO
Roughly one in three Americans questioned for a new poll say they support making expanded child tax credits permanent. The
Politico/Morning Consult poll published on Wednesday also found 18 percent say they wish to see the per-child tax credits extended beyond next year. Twenty-four percent of respondents said they support the program, which provides payments of up to $300 a month per child to most families with children. Twenty-one percent, however, said they "strongly oppose" expanding the program and 17 percent indicated they "somewhat oppose" expanding the program.
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Treasury Secretary Yellen: Child Tax Credit Should Be Permanent
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Breitbart ^
| 07/15/2021 | Pam Key
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday in a preview of an interview that will air in full on Friday’s edition of NPR’s “Morning Edition” that the child tax credit of $250 to $300 per child every month under the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan should be made permanent. Yellen
said, “We do want to make sure that every child that’s eligible to receive this tax credit — a very important source of support — will know about it and be able to get it.
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ENDLESS CATERING TO DEMS’ INSATIABLE THIRST FOR POWER W/ OUR TAX DOLLARS MUST STOP (planning permanent “Attack On The Capitol” exhibit in U.S. Capitol)
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FREE REPUBLIC.COM ^
| 5/8/21
House Democrats' bill to erect a permanent “Attack On The Capitol” exhibit on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol The National Pulse ^ | Natalie Winters / FR Posted on 5/5/2021, 9:39:40 PM by cuz1961 House Democrats introduced a bill to erect a permanent “Attack On The Capitol” exhibit on the grounds
of the U.S. Capitol. The bill specifies that the project must be installed in a “prominent location” and retain a “permanent” status. Property “damaged during the attack,” photographs, and a plaque honoring the “sacrifice of heroes, including United States Capitol Police Officers Brian Sicknick” are among the exhibit...
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Repubs Promise Pivotal and Permanent TaxCuts /w TaxCuts 2 Bill While Dems Propose Perpetual TaxHikes
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IWB ^
| Bob Shanahan
For those out there still thinking of voting Democrat on Tuesday, let me remind you what Republicans have in store for next year: Tax Cuts 2.0. A month ago, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives passed the second phase of the tax cuts following the December 2017-passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The
main piece of the three-bill package is a measure that would extend and make permanent the individual tax cuts implemented almost a year ago. Under current law, the individual cuts are set to expire after 2025. Though these significant tax cuts would balloon the deficit even more, it...
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Majority say Trump tax plan should be made permanent or left alone
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The Hill ^
| 10/23/2018 | Julia Manchester
A majority of Americans want President Trump's tax plan to be made permanent or left alone and allowed to expire, according to a new American Barometer survey. The
poll, a joint project of Hill.TV and the HarrisX polling company found that 27 percent of respondents wanted the plan to remain permanent, while 29 percent said it should be left alone and allowed to expire. Forty-four percent of respondents said the plan should be rolled back. The poll comes one day after Trump said on Monday that he will push for a second round of tax cuts during Congress' lame duck...
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House passes GOP bill to make new tax cuts permanent
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Associated Press ^
| Sep. 28, 2018 4:48 PM EDT | Marcy Gordon
Republicans have sped legislation through the House to expand their massive new tax law, capping their session for the year as they rush out of town to face voters in the November elections. The
new bill would make permanent the individual and small-business tax cuts in the law. Friday’s vote was 220-191 in the Republican-led House to approve the legislation. It’s the second tax-cut proposal that Republican leaders have pushed in less than a year. The vote was mostly along party lines. Democrats continued their solid opposition to tax-cut legislation, asserting it favors corporations and wealthy individuals over middle-income Americans....
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Pelosi Dodges Question on Whether She Would Make Middle Class Tax Cuts Permanent
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Townhall.com ^
| May 10, 2018 | Lauretta Brown
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) dodged some questions Thursday on whether she would tell Democrats to vote for making middle class tax cuts in the GOP tax reform bill permanent. The
moderator referenced Republicans planning a vote to make the middle class tax cuts permanent, asking “are you going to tell Democrats for or against doing that?” Rather than responding directly, Pelosi bashed Republicans for not making the tax cuts permanent in the first place. “Well you see, here’s what this is since we’re having a budget meeting,” Pelosi began. “The reason they didn’t make them permanent in...
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GOP to Call Democrats' Bluff: Who's Ready to Make Our Middle Class Tax Cuts Permanent?
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Townhall.com ^
| April 19, 2018 | Guy Benson
One of the Left's favorite anti-tax reform tactics involved loudly griping about how the law's corporate tax cuts were permanent (there's a good economic argument for that, of course), whereas the tax cuts for individuals and families are set to expire -- which is where the misleading "tax increase" talking point
comes from. Those taxes would only increase if Congress allows them to, and based on recent history and the tough political dynamics, the likelihood of reversing all or most of the recently-enacted tax reductions is slim to none. Nevertheless, Democrats carried on as if Republicans were deliberately targeting...
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Make Trump Tax Cuts Permanent -- Now
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Townhall.com ^
| January 30, 2018 | Stephen Moore
We're just one month into the new tax bill, and only those wearing left-wing ideological blinders -- which, unfortunately, is still the case for millions of anti-Trumpers -- can deny that Donald Trump's tax cuts are helping just about everyone. The
avalanche of news stories of bonuses, pay raises, fringe benefit payments, job openings and factories relocating to the United States piles up with each passing week. As many as 3 million Americans have received such pay boosts. And the vast majority of people haven't even yet gotten their tax cut dividends, which will be delivered in the form...
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Make the Trump tax cuts permanent now
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Washington Times ^
| 1/25/18 | Larry O'Conner
In blackjack it’s smart to double down (double your original bet halfway through playing your hand) when you have a likely winning hand and it appears the dealer has a potential losing hand. A
good double down is smart betting and can maximize your winnings when executed at times when the odds are in your favor and your potential for loss is minimized. In this spirit, Republicans and President Trump should double down on their wildly successful tax cut by moving to make the handful of rate reductions and personal exemptions permanent, right now. This move would fulfill several important fiscal and...
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GOP lawmaker to float bill for permanent individual tax rates
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The Washington Times ^
| December 29, 2017 | Sally Persons
Rep. Rodney Davis said Friday that he plans to introduce a bill to make the tax changes for individuals permanent. “We’re
going to introduce a bill to make them permanent and I hope that many of the Democrats who talk about making them permanent will join me in supporting this legislation,”
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Senate Tax Bill: Corporate Cuts Permanent, But Individuals … Not So Much?
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Hotair ^
| 11/15/2017 | Ed Morrissey
The Senate has finally produced its proposed version of tax reform nearly halfway through this session of Congress, and it’s clear that Republicans in Congress don’t talk much with each other. Not
only did Finance chair Orrin Hatch include a repeal of the ObamaCare individual mandate, which the House eschewed, they took the opposite approach to deficit control for reconciliation. The House made the corporate tax rates temporary and the individual tax cuts permanent. Hatch flipped that around, which is bound to raise some eyebrows: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released modifications to the Senate tax bill...
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Modified Senate tax bill would make individual cuts temporary, leave lower corporate rate permanent
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The Hill ^
| November 14, 2017 | Naomi Jagoda
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released a modified version of the Senate tax bill late Tuesday that includes two key changes: the previously announced elimination of the ObamaCare mandate, and a sunsetting of individual tax rates in 2025.
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To Protect Taxpayers, The Hyde Amendment Must Be Permanent
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Townhall.com ^
| September 30, 2016 | Senator James Lankfort
In our Declaration of Independence, the Founders declared that everyone is endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, including and especially life. Science
has revealed and affirmed the notion that an unborn child is human life with unique DNA. For more and more Americans, this fact of life is becoming more clear with each new scientific discovery.I understand the issue of abortion is still controversial in America. But the issue of whether taxpayers should pay for it, even if they’re opposed to it, is not controversial.Today marks the 40th anniversary of an important policy that prohibits taxpayer funding of...
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Congress Makes Internet Access Tax Ban Permanent
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Forbes ^
| February 11, 2016 | By Kelly Phillips Erb
Today, the Senate voted to keep internet access tax free -- permanently. If
that feels like a small achievement, it's not. Taxing internet access has been barred by law since 1998. However, over the last 20 years, the prohibition wasn't a permanent law: it was a moratorium. To keep the moratorium in place, Congress had to extend it. And extend it again. So they did so in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2014 and a series of band-aids through 2015 -- eight times in total.
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House votes to make expired business tax breaks permanent
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Associated Press ^
| Feb 13, 2015 12:10 PM EST | Stephen Ohlemacher
The House voted Friday to make permanent an expired tax break designed to help small businesses invest in equipment and property, defying a veto threat by the White House. President Barack Obama objects to the bill because it would add $79 billion to the budget deficit over the next decade. The
bill is part of a package of more than 50 temporary tax breaks that Congress routinely extends every year or two. The entire package expired at the start of the year. Now, House Republicans are moving to make selected tax breaks permanent. On Thursday, the House passed a $14.3...
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Ted Cruz’s Plan for Internet Freedom? A Permanent Internet Tax Ban
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NextGov ^
| November 20, 2014 | Dustin Volz
Sen. Ted Cruz is lobbying hard to prevent government regulation of the Internet, but one measure the Texas Republican supports is expected to create a sizeable budget hole for his state. Cruz,
a likely presidential candidate in 2016, spent ample time last week promoting a permanent extension to an expiring ban on federal, state, and local taxation of Internet access that is currently being considered in Congress. The measure, which passed the House earlier this year, is popular in both parties and considered a lame-duck "must pass," as the ban is set to lift on Dec. 11. But a lesser-known...
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