Democrats’ call for immediate gun control rejected Republicans have rejected Democrats’ call for immediate gun control in the wake of the Las Vegas mass murder — and rightly so. Legislation passed on impulse after a major news event is almost invariably ill-conceived. Although concealed gun carry, for example, would not have helped in the case […]

WSJ faults FEMA’s P.R. planning, wants full Jones Act repeal Today’s edition of the Wall Street Journal faults FEMA’s Puerto Rican planning and wants full repeal of the Jones Act. Mary Anastasia O’Grady, the Journal‘s distinguished Latin American columnist, writes that Ahead of the Category 4 storm that hit with 155 mile-an-hour winds on Sept. […]

Eliminating the medical deduction a bad idea Is eliminating the medical deduction a bad idea? Fox News thinks so. The bar is already high for those claiming the deduction. If those dependent on it lose it, they will have to go on Medicaid once their life savings are exhausted. This wouldn’t be a good outcome […]

Tax filing simplified for many; little change in taxes owed on static basis The respected Tax Foundation has just provided a preliminary analysis of the Republican leadership’s tax reform framework. Its two main conclusions are that By the doubling of the standard deduction, millions of taxpayers will be saved the bother of having to determine […]

Unrest in Congress over tax plan; hidden tax hike Yesterday’s tax plan is already facing pushback from some Republicans in Congress: A day after announcing their ambitious tax plan, Republicans debated scaling back one of their largest and most controversial proposals to pay for lower tax rates: repeal of the individual deduction for state and […]