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The week in whoppers: Brad Hoylman-Sigal demands Trump be silenced, The NY Times slaps Benjamin Netanyahu for killing Hassan Nasrallah and more
October 10, 2024 | 6:06pmNew York state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal compared former President Donald Trump hosting a campaign event in Madison Square Garden to an infamous Nazi party rally at MSG in 1939.
Trump promises to make car loan interest deductible, end double tax on foreign income
October 10, 2024 | 5:05pmThe latest tax policies add to Trump's other proposed breaks -- including to end levies on tips, Social Security and overtime payments.
Trump, Dems pound SALT deduction, but it didn't raise taxes
October 7, 2024 | 6:54pmThe damage supposedly done by the SALT cap has been grossly misrepresented by New York politicians in both parties.
Mike Pence group launches $3M ad blitz in swing states to slam Kamala Harris' proposed $5 trillion tax hike
October 7, 2024 | 11:13amFormer Vice President Mike Pence is launching a $3 million ad blitz in swing states to slam economic proposals from Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — including her multitrillion-dollar tax...
Millions of dollars in IRS refund checks sent through mail were stolen in massive fraud
October 4, 2024 | 11:42amMore than 200 taxpayers who were expecting refund checks ranging from a few hundred dollars to $500,000 have complained to Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.
Evan Gershkovich and other American hostages face thousands in IRS penalties when they return home
October 2, 2024 | 2:22amUS citizens who are unjustly held captive by other nations -- like Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich -- are hit with big bills from the IRS for unpaid taxes...
MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle covers for Kamala, AOC openly seeks government censorship and more
September 26, 2024 | 6:11pmMSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle claimed that voters don't need to know about Vice President Kamala Harris' plans — since she is running against former President Donald Trump.
The GOP’s war on tax continues: Ohio Senate hopeful promises 5% cap for cops
September 24, 2024 | 11:02amCOLUMBUS, Oh. — The Republican party’s campaign to reduce taxes on everyday Americans crossed a thin blue line last Friday when senate candidate Bernie Moreno promised to install new limits...
Hochul pledges not to raise taxes as she tells business bigwigs 'I want you to stay'
September 20, 2024 | 6:15pmHochul, who infuriated the lefty wing of her party by refusing to raise income taxes in this year’s state budget, says she wants to keep holding that line in 2025.
Kamala Harris' tax plan would cost nearly 800K jobs: analysis
September 20, 2024 | 1:43pmTrump's economic agenda is projected by the Tax Foundation to increase wages by 0.6%, reduce long-run GDP by 0.2%, and lose about 387,000 jobs.
Swing-state Democrat intros Trump-inspired 'No Tax on Tips' bill in Congress
September 19, 2024 | 5:21pmHorsford said his bill would also eliminate the “subminimum wage” for tipped workers, forcing employers to pay both the federal minimum wage and pass along tips.
White House won't say if Kamala Harris, Biden back Trump's call to end taxes on overtime
September 17, 2024 | 7:20pmWhite House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to say Tuesday whether President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris support Donald Trump's call to end federal income taxes on overtime pay.
Trump pledges to restore SALT deduction ahead of rally in tax-heavy NY
September 17, 2024 | 6:38pm"I will turn it around, get SALT back, lower your Taxes, and so much more," Trump promised.
Gig workers get gouged. Here’s how Trump can help — and win swing states too
September 17, 2024 | 4:00amDonald Trump understands the old maxim that taxation is theft, and to that end he’s proposed some interesting ways to ameliorate the burden on actual working people via aggressive tax...
Cut loose your problem aides, Mayor Adams — or risk your entire mayoralty
September 16, 2024 | 5:59pmWith the City Hall scandals now seriously threatening Eric Adams’ mayoralty, his best hope is to clean house — fire those causing the most trouble for him — and start...
Price-gouging isn’t driving inflation, rewriting Oct. 7 history and other commentary
September 11, 2024 | 6:38pm“Lots of Americans are upset about their grocery bills, which rose dramatically during the inflation that followed the pandemic and have never come back down,” notes The Free Press’ Madeline...
Wall Street investors worry Harris tax hike will crater corporate earnings: report
September 10, 2024 | 2:00pmVice President Kamala Harris has vowed to raise the corporate tax rate to 28% from 21% if she is elected president, which investors worry may hurt corporate earnings.
Kamala Harris' freshly released policy ideas are a joke
September 10, 2024 | 6:06amKamala Harris has finally posted some policy positions on an "Issues" page on her website — but they're a joke.
Biden’s provocative weakness, people flee high-tax states and other commentary
September 9, 2024 | 6:54pmIn response to the murder of American Hersh Goldberg-Polin by Hamas, President Biden sent “a letter of condolence” to his parents, scoffs HR McMaster at The Free Press.
Hunter Biden finally goes down for the guilty counts -- but aborted trial still taints White House
September 8, 2024 | 10:03pmNo matter what the White House says, everyone believes Joe Biden will pardon his son Hunter and spare him significant jail time, after his guilty plea to felony tax crimes...