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Obama's Health Plan: Coverage, but at What Price?

By Robb Mandelbaum |  Nov 18, 2008

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE OBAMA PLAN: While the Tax Policy Center calls the President-elect's plans for insurance reform "highly progressiv...  Read more

Who's Offering the Bigger Cut?

By Robb Mandelbaum |  Oct 22, 2008

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE McCAIN AND OBAMA PLANS: For Individuals: According to the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan cente...  Read more

Deficit Soars; Candidates Fiddle

By Robb Mandelbaum |  Jul 28, 2008

The White House announced today that -- whoops! -- its economic brain trust had misunderestimated the federal deficit. In 2009, it's likely to soar, or sk...  Read more

Battle Of The Tax Plans: WhIch Favors Small Biz?

By Robb Mandelbaum |  Jul 24, 2008

With Barack Obama off on his world tour and John McCain withering in obscurity, now's a good time for the Agenda to reflect on the latest domestic policy ...  Read more

Tax This; Tax That

By Robb Mandelbaum |  Oct 1, 2008

When it comes to taxes, John McCain and Barack Obama both want to ease the burden and spark the economy. The difference is in how they would go about doing i...  Read more

How Much Will You Pay?

By Robb Mandelbaum |  Oct 22, 2008

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE OBAMA PLAN: For Individuals: According to the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan center-left organi...  Read more

Will Obama's Tax Hike Affect You?

By Kelly Faircloth |  Apr 28, 2009

Experts say it won't apply to the majority of entrepreneurs.  Read more

New York Weighs Tax Increase on Business Owners

By Eliot Caroom |  Mar 11, 2009

Lawmakers propose raising personal income tax rates for those making above $250,000 a year; could affect S corps.  Read more

Senate Republicans Postpone Vote on Estate Tax

By Angus Loten |  Jun 28, 2006

Facing a shortage of votes, Majority Leader Bill Frist is holding off until after the Fourth of July.  Read more

How McCain Funds Health Reform: By Cutting Medicare

By Robb Mandelbaum |  Oct 7, 2008

One lingering question surrounding John McCain's health care proposals had been how he would pay for his ambitious reform. Well now the campaign has answe...  Read more

What Would Joe Do?

By Angus Loten |  Oct 16, 2008

Forget "Joe the Plumber," the Ohio pipelayer whose stance on taxes became a major talking point during the final presidential debate. We rounded up a panel o...  Read more