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Pension Reform a COLA Away

There are more glamorous topics than COLA increases for retired public employees. But the fact is COLAs stand at the root of an issue that has bubbled to the top of the national debate in recent years.

ObamaCare: The Unaffordable Care Act

Despite the president's repeated promises the ACA is the most transparent law in history and won't increase the deficit, it looks as though those reassurances are beginning to crumble.

FBI Gears Up As Nearly 17M Poised to Get ObamaCare Tax Credits

The fight to stop waste, fraud and abuse is gearing up across the government as new estimates from the Kaiser Family Foundation show nearly 17 million low- to middle- income Americans are eligible for federal tax credits to buy health insurance on the exchanges.

Economic Hypochondria

It’s time to get the markets back to relying on forward guidance from companies on earnings, and not the Federal Reserve’s forward guidance on its extraordinary policies in place for five years now.

Rep. Cummings: Republican IRS Official To Blame

A veteran IRS manager in Cincinnati, who described himself as a conservative Republican, told congressional investigators that he and a colleague decided to give conservative groups the extra scrutiny that has exploded into a firestorm of political controversy. 

How Political Pressure on the IRS Began

Pressure to keep an eye on political groups has been mounting on the Internal Revenue Service for some time, according to a review by FOX Business.

The Key Point About Apple’s Tax Moves

The fight over Apple has to do with two things. Apple houses a big chunk of its profits in low- to no-tax Ireland, and U.S. companies pay taxes twice on their overseas profits, first to the foreign jurisdiction, then to the U.S. if repatriated.

At the Heart of DC’s Fight with Apple

Sitting at the heart of the Apple scandal-palooza in Washington is the belief that Apple’s low tax bill via the use of Ireland’s low corporate tax regime is helping to drive the U.S. deficit. But here's what lawmakers are missing.