Outside the Beltway

Marco Rubio wants to prevent these young women, and other Olympic medal winners, from paying taxes. It’s a dumb idea.

Mitt Romney’s intransigence over releasing more tax returns is politically stupid.

A new study suggests that taxing millionaires sends millionaires to somewhere that doesn’t tax millionaires.

The President could describe his tax plan differently, but there’s a reason he isn’t.

Get ready for the battle over the Bush Tax Cuts to start up yet again.

The debate over whether the PPACA’s individual mandate is a “penalty” or a “tax”seems rather pointless.

If the GOP wins in November, there will be very few actual barriers in the way if they really want to repeal the PPACA.

The Republican strategy on health care in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision needs some tweaking.

Bill Clinton walks back his comments about extending the Bush Tax Cuts in the most unbelievable manner possible.

Jeb Bush is the latest Republican to eschew GOP tax orthodoxy.

Alan Simpson is imparting wisdom to his fellow Republicans. I doubt they will listen.

Illinois wants to solve its Medicaid problem by hoping its citizens smoke more cigarettes.

Here’s why nobody in Washington will allow the Bush Tax Cuts to expire.

Eduardo Saverin has become a political whipping boy.

All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.

Keep that gift card in your wallet too long and the government may come for it.

A crack in the orthodoxy?

What happens when political pandering substitutes for serious fiscal policy.

The Obama Administration introduced a corporate tax reform plan that doesn’t go nearly far enough.

Yep, more gridlock.

The latest projections from Congressional Budget Office are sobering to say the least.

Could things possibly get worse on Capitol Hill? Grover Norquist seems to relish the possibility.

On it’s own, the so-called “Buffett Rule” is unlikely to do much to reduce the deficit.

The reaction to the release of Mitt Romney’s tax returns is about what you’d expect.

There’s no law requiring Presidential candidates to release their tax returns. Should they be expected to do it anyway?

Mitt Romney has a bit of a tax return dilemma.

Thanks to their own ineptitude, House Republicans suffered a big defeat this week. They totally deserved it.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has set the House GOP adrift.

Some Republicans are starting to realize just how badly the House GOP has messed up this time.

The House GOP doesn’t seem to have any idea what it’s doing right now.