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Monday, June 29, 2009

Taxing Health Benefits Still on Table


“President Obama’s top political adviser declined yesterday to rule out the possibility that the White House would agree to a tax hike on health insurance plans that would hit middle-income Americans.” (Washington Post, Monday)

But no one making less than $250,000 was supposed to pay more in taxes.

FEE Timely Classic
“Raising Taxes Stifles Initiative Invisibly” by Richard W. Stevens


  • 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.