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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Obama Does 180 on Taxing Health Benefits


“President Obama, in a pivot from some of his harshest campaign rhetoric, told Democratic senators yesterday that he is willing to consider taxing employer-sponsored health benefits to help pay for a broad expansion of coverage.” (Washington Post, Wednesday)

A tax increase for the rest of us.

FEE Timely Classic
“The Progressive Income Tax in U.S. History” by Burton Folsom Jr.


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.