Commentary

CFIF’s latest news, commentary and alerts delivered to your inbox.

Kamala Harris Wants America to Have the World's Highest Death Tax

By Stephen Moore
Tuesday, October 15 2024

Here is something no one in the media is reporting as Vice President Kamala Harris continues to duck and weave like Muhammad Ali in the ring to avoid any questions about her economic plan. The American Business Defense Foundation reports that under the Harris tax plan, the number of Americans subject to the hated death tax would double or triple. This would happen because Harris has declared she will let the Trump tax cut expire next year if she becomes president. Thanks to the Trump tax cut, the amount of an estate that is currently exempt from tax is roughly $13.6 million. But according to…

	The greatest moral hazard in American life is politics. Many of you probably remember 2012 GOP presidential…
	Read more...

Final Biden/Harris Deficit Rises Again to $1.83 Trillion

	With stupefying regularity, Joe Biden subjects Americans to his demonstrably preposterous claim that…
	Read more...

The Biden-Harris Fiscal Record Is Anemic. What Happens Next?

	No matter the result of next month's election, President Joe Biden will soon leave the White House. That…
	Read more...

When Kamala Harris's Promises Come to Nothing

	The fundamental problem with Kamala Harris' campaign promises is that she has served as vice president…
	Read more...

Free Speech in the Crosshairs

	The most consequential issue on the ballot this November is the fate of free speech: your ability to…
	Read more...

Don't Nuke the Senate Filibuster!

	Why is it that the politicians keep referring to America as a "democracy"? How many times have…
	Read more...

Biden/Harris DOJ Baselessly Targets Visa, Jeopardizing American Consumers

	After nearly four years in the White House, two central pillars in the emerging Biden/Harris administration…
	Read more...

Trump Numbers Show How GOP Went Wrong on Immigration

	The Republican Party had something of a nervous breakdown after the 2012 election, when GOP challenger…
	Read more...

Can We All Get Along? Yes, By Letting the States Decide.

	At the time of this writing, the outcome of the presidential race is pretty close to being a coin flip.…
	Read more...

Homelessness, U.S. Divisiveness Reach New Record Highs Under Biden/Harris

	Americans now possess two new metrics by which the Biden/Harris administration quantifiably ranks as…
	Read more...

More Commentary...

« Prev 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Next »

Notable Quote

"The most likely scenario for next week's election is ... that no one will learn anything. I can say that with some degree of confidence because in the last five election cycles or so, the learning curve has been so flat that if it was a politician's posterior, President Trump wouldn't even notice it. Campaigns, individuals, parties and super PACs are going to have spent northward of $12 billion…[more]

— Chris Stirewalt, The Hill

Liberty Poll