Blog Entries tagged 'Tax Reform'

Dear Tea Partiers

johnensignonline@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Dear Fellow Patriots:

Thank you for coming out today to make your voice heard. Throughout our history, it has been the fury of the citizens that has fueled great change and quieted poor policies.

Increased taxes, big government, and obscene spending are policies that should be dead on arrival. I support your efforts today and will continue to fight excessive taxing and spending in Washington, D.C. You are proof that the people of this great country are still in charge. Your me [...]

The Ed Morrissey Show Interview

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Ensign was interviewed by Captain Ed Morrissey of Hot Air and The Ed Morrissey Show on the issues of the Employee "No" Choice Act, the Democrats' planned energy tax and more.

Here's a preview:

Some quick takeaways:

Ensign thinks that a business-Democrat alliance on health care may be overstated, and only temporary. The unions may opt for incrementalism on Card Check in order to get around the lack of support at the moment in the Senate, but they're not [...]

Obama's Cap-And-Trade Plan A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing

johnensignonline@gmail.com — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

President Obama's cap-and-trade plan is really a national sales tax on energy with the stated purpose of driving up energy costs by thousands of dollars.

More from my op-ed in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

President Barack Obama has been shockingly upfront about his heavy-handed plans to govern energy production across the country from Washington, D.C. His plan is known as cap-and-trade, but it amounts to a new national energy tax that will be detrimental to consumers' pocket [...]

Tax Freedom Day

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Today is Tax Freedom Day -- the day Americans must work until they they have earned enough money to pay this year's tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels.

Michelle Malkin reported on Tax Freedom Day and the question Senator Ensign posed on Twitter about future Tax Freedom Days:

It has finally arrived.

Sen. John Ensign asks a good question on Twitter this morning: "When will it come after Democrats pass their national energy sales tax?"

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One Trillion In New Taxes In President's Budget

johnensignonline@gmail.com — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

President Obama released his budget proposal for the 2010 budget (which starts 10/1/09) today.

As I have said many times in the past it is critical that we work together to solve this nation's economic woes, and President Obama has indicated he wants to do this through an 'honest' budget. But we need to remember that we don't just need an honest budget, we also need an effective one.

With this budget, Democrats have laid out their priorities for spending taxpayer dollars, and [...]