Michael Barone It is reminiscent of the quandary faced by Gen. Maurice Gamelin on the evening of May 15, 1940. Suddenly he realized that German panzer troops had broken through the supposedly impassab... Continue reading
Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown Back in December, Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander ruled to grant attorney Orly Taitz ”an opportunity to file a second amended complaint and add ... Continue reading
Voters in this stretch of beach towns and retirement communities provide the first 2014 campaign test of whether Democrats can counter GOP attacks on the president’s health care overhaul b... Continue reading
The candidates are Alex Sink, Democrat, and David Jolly, Republican, but Obamacare is on the ballot in a big way in a competitive House race in Florida that offers a preview of the nationwide ca... Continue reading
President Barack Obama will propose an election-year budget that would avoid reductions in federal benefits that he had previously supported, aides disclosed Thursday. He also will ask Congress ... Continue reading
Kevin Glass, The Heritage Foundation has released an analysis of the federal government’s 2014 budget, and the results are about what anyone familiar with the budget would expect: mandator... Continue reading
New Tax Guide Helps People With Their 2013 Taxes Taxpayers can get the most out of various tax benefits and get a jump on preparing their 2013 federal income tax returns by consulting a newly r... Continue reading
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High crimes and Misdemeanors. ... Continue reading
Saying that life is hard is kind of like saying the sun is hot, water is wet, or noting that politicians lie a lot. It’s so obvious that anyone who’s paying attention already knows t... Continue reading
ID thieves out to steal your tax refund Identity theft is already a serious problem — the number one complaint to the FTC — and as CNBC’s Herb Weisbaum reports, tax-related identity ... Continue reading
As Barack Obama scrambles to eviscerate key sections of his own signature health care law, he and other Democrats are trying to shift voters’ focus to another issue — income inequali... Continue reading
One retired police officer who told the government he was too psychologically damaged to work ran a martial arts studio, prosecutors said. Another claimed his depression was so crippling it kept him h... Continue reading
Eighty retired New York police officers and firefighters were charged on Tuesday in a suspected disability scam in which authorities said dozens of people falsely claimed to have been traumatized by t... Continue reading
Personal tax rates and tax brackets for 2014 The following tax rates apply to ordinary income. That is, these tax rates apply to most types of income. There are special tax rates that apply to s... Continue reading
A small, elite group of US citizens has already met their 2014 financial obligation for Social Security two days into the New Year, and will no longer be required to contribute any of their inco... Continue reading
Homeland Security spends $58 million on armed guards for just two SSA offices The Department of Homeland Security is spending up to $58 million dollars to hire armed guards to protect two Social Secur... Continue reading