Tags: Bush Tax Cuts

Only in Washington could you get away with referring to both spending hikes and tax hikes as spending “cuts.”

If Government spending wasn’t out of control, no one would have wanted to kill Bush tax cuts

Passed in 2001 and 2003, they were extended to 2012 two years ago

Federal receipts and outlays, 1999 to 2012

Who actually has the leverage in negotiations over the fiscal cliff—and the extension of Bush-era income tax cuts in particular?

Less than one-fourth of the Bush tax cuts benefit “the rich”

The "fiscal cliff" is less frightening than the bankruptcy cliff.

Obama will never fall on his sword, because he doesn't even have to bring a weapon to this fight.

A deal to avoid a do-over of the knock-down, drag-out fight over the debt-limit increase.

Those who fret about the cost of a tax cut are looking at the question from the wrong end of the telescope.

President Barack Obama's obsession with ending Bush-era tax cuts makes no sense as either policy or politics.

Why does the White House want to raise taxes during a recession?