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CSTR News and Events
Ernest
S. Christian Statement to the U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Ways and Means on Tax Reform and the U.S. Manufacturing
Sector
July 26, 2012
By Ernest S. Christian
Changes in tax rates and capital cost recovery allowances
both have profound effects -- for good or ill -- on manufacturing's
key role in job creation.
Will
Liberty Suffer For Years To Come Under A 'Roberts Court'?
Investor's Business Daily, July 3, 2012
By Ernest S. Christian
Roberts extended himself greatly to save ObamaCare with
a tax-based opinion that, while electrifying in its conclusion,
is uncertain in language and lacking in the compelling legal
analytics normally expected.
Riding
In To Fix Failure: Four Rs Of Reaganism 2.0
Investor's Business Daily, June 8, 2012
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
The four Rs of the much-needed second Reagan Revolution
are Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio and Rob Portman. Together
they can get Washington's boot off the economy's neck and
let Americans be Americans.
Hatch
Would Be Lodestar In New Senate Firmament
Investor's Business Daily, February 1, 2012
By Ernest S. Christian
If Republicans do gain enough additional Senate seats
to proceed with restoring the American Dream, a vital ingredient
will be the reelection of Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah.
Liberal
Conceit And The Havoc It Has Wrought On Our Nation
Investor's Business Daily, October 21, 2011
By Ernest S. Christian
Liberals claim to be more compassionate toward the poor
and minorities, but there is nothing smart or compassionate
about running up government debt to record levels and having
nothing to show for it except an impaired credit rating, 9%
unemployment, the home ownership rate at its lowest point
since 1965 and the smallest portion of the population actually
working at jobs since 1983.
A
Value-Added Tax Fuels Big Government
Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2011
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
The VAT is believed to be a magical device that can stuff
government coffers with money without untoward economic political
consequences. It is no such thing.
Paul
Ryan's Big Economy Vs. President's Big Gov't
Investor's Business Daily, July 8, 2011
By Ernest S. Christian
Republicans and independents who are serious about getting
America out of debt and people back to work will do their
best to convince Paul Ryan to run for president - and defeat
Barack Obama.
Riding
Income Redistribution Back To White House In 2012
Investor's Business Daily, April 21, 2011
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Obama's trick is to expropriate money from people who
work hard and pay their taxes - and use the loot to scatter
around enough political lagniappe to piece together a majority
of bought-and-paid for votes.
Ryan
Rides To The Rescue With Realistic Budget Plan
Investor's Business Daily, April 6, 2011
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
In opposition to Obama's road to ruin, Paul Ryan has unveiled
a high-minded "Path to Prosperity" by which America
can escape the spend-debt-tax trap set by Obama before it's
finally and fatally sprung.
A
Scorecard Of Negatives, A Menace To Our Future
Investor's Business Daily, March 17, 2011
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
By any rational standard, Barack Obama gets an F for job
performance and should - on that basis alone - either resign
or be voted out ASAP before he does further harm.
New
21st Century Politics: Getting Gov't Out of Way
Investor's Business Daily, February 23, 2011
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Will Obama turn out to be America's first post-freedom,
post-prosperity president? Americans do not like being deceived
and pushed around. And they will not tolerate having their
pockets picked.
A
Manual For New-Style Republicans
Investor's Business Daily, January 5, 2011
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
A "how-to" manual of good governance is available
to the newly elected Republicans coming to Congress with a
mandate to restore competence and integrity to the Capitol.
It is called "A Roadmap for America's Future."
Higher
Taxes: The Definition Of Recklessness
Investor's Business Daily, October 9, 2010
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
President Obama must surely know that the harm from his
scheme to increase tax rates on the "rich" (couples
making as much as $250,001) will fall heavily on the middle
class and the working poor.
The
Second Declaration Of Independence
Investor's Business Daily, September 11, 2010
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Instead of apologizing to the world for America, Obama
should apologize to us. His administration seems unfortunately
to have lost both its economic mind and its moral compass.
Will
Washington's Failures Lead To Second American Revolution?
Investor's Business Daily, July 31, 2010
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Barack Obama may bankrupt us and replace our merit-based
capitalist economy with a small government-directed one of
his own design.
Dark
Prospects For Spendthrift Democrats
Investor's Business Daily, June 9, 2010
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
The Democratic Party's most well-known characteristic
(spend a lot of money fast) may be fatal at the polls.
A
Choice for the Condemned
Washington Times, May 10, 2010
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Barack Obama is risking America's future by running up
the debt in a hurry-up effort to get in place as quickly as
possible - while he still can - his planned expansion of the
welfare state.
The
Nation's Imminent Debt Crisis Is A Matter Of Choice - Obama's
Investor's Business Daily, March 27, 2010
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
The president's fiscal credibility is low and America's
future is uncertain - the question being whether the president
is going to ruin the economy by continuing to run up the debt
or ruin it with massive tax increases.
Governing
Well Isn't That Hard (See Ryan Plan)
Investor's Business Daily, March 2, 2010
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Taking a minimalist approach and adhering to free market
principles, Ryan has fixed the infamously "unfixable"
tax code, provided affordable health care solutions and made
the tottering Social Security system secure.
Washington
Must Avoid Tax Trap That Will Send Economy to Brink
Investor's Business Daily, January 28, 2010
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
We can't tax our way out of the hole the president and
the Congress are digging for us. Tax increases cost the economy
more than they yield to the Treasury in revenue - and especially
so in a recession.
Comparisons
Of Obama To Carter Are Inapt And Unfair (To Carter)
Investor's Business Daily, January 6, 2010
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Jimmy Carter was not the greatest, but he wasn't the worst
president America has had. Barack Obama is so far winning
the race to the bottom.
Why
Do We Put Our Lives In The Hands Of Those Whose Failures Are
Manifest?
Investor's Business Daily, January 5, 2010
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
The politicians we put in charge of our lives and livelihoods
are by no means the best and brightest people among us. Typically
they are meddlesome by nature and given to high-risk experimentations,
using us like guinea pigs.
Obama's
Best Jobs Idea
Wall Street Journal, December 12, 2009
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Congress should continue to allow small businesses to
expense capital equipment purchases.
Honor
Heroes by Rescuing Their Country
Investor's Business Daily, December 1, 2009
By Ernest S. Christian
The politicians in Washington - Democrats and Republicans
alike - seem intent on dishonoring the sacrifice made by Sergeant
Cartwright and more than 600,000 American patriots in graves
scattered all around the world.
The
Dangers of a Value-Added Tax
Wall Street Journal, October 15, 2009
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
This European version of the sales tax could stealthily
and dramatically grow the federal government.
Denying
Truth And Rewriting The Dictionary
Investor's Business Daily, October 7, 2009
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Barack Obama has an elastic (capable of being stretched)
approach to reality. Facts that do not suit him are set aside
and replaced with fabrications.
Is
Obama's Tax On Health Care Constitutional?
Investor's Business Daily, September 26, 2009
By Ernest S. Christian and Betty Jo Christian
The controversial tax that both Obama and Baucus would
impose on people who do not buy health insurance appears to
be a "direct tax" on persons that is unlawful under
Article 1, Section 2, of the Constitution.
Washington's
Tangled Web Of Deception
Investor's Business Daily, August 26, 2009
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Washington taxes us in the way that is well-known to do
the maximum amount of damage to us and our economy per dollar
of revenue raised. It then spends our money in ways that often
do more harm than good.
Let's
See What the U.S. Economy Can Really Do
Investor's Business Daily, July 22, 2009
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
If the government ever took its foot off the brake and
let the American people see what they and their economy can
do, Washington would find it very difficult to clamp down
on economic growth again.
Demands
are Only Growing Bigger for a Shrinking Base of Taxpayers
Investor's Business Daily, July 2, 2009
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
When government commandeers the taxpayers' money and spends
it, the money tends to shrink. Predictably, the highly touted
"stimulus" package has not had its hoped-for effect.
Put
GM Stock In Voting Trust For Taxpayers
Investor's Business Daily, June 10, 2009
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
It is a mistake for government to acquire GM stock in
the first place. But having decided to do so, it would be
an even greater mistake to reject an obvious modification
of the ownership structure that not only protects the taxpayers
but also protects the free enterprise system from political
domination, and guards against scandals.
Obama's
Plan For A Debt-Ridden Future
Investor's Business Daily, June 6, 2009
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
President Obama has officially begun the era of bigger
big government by proposing to go on a multitrillion dollar
borrowing spree that risks doing to the "full faith and credit
of the United States" what excessive borrowing during the
housing bubble did to private credit.
Stupidity
and the State, Part II
The Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2008
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Washington can be counted on to create a crisis -- usually
by sheer incompetence. Then it rushes to the rescue, often
doing more harm than good.
Stupidity
and the State
The Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2008
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
But the millions of inanities that occur daily throughout
the government's world-wide empire are mere trifles compared
to its big-ticket failures.
Beyond
Simplification
The Ripon Forum, Volume 42, No. 1, March/April 2008
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Reducing tax paperwork is important, but minimizing government's
impact on the economy is key.
2008
Elections Won't Result In Better Gov't
Investor's Business Daily, January 15, 2008
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Ironically, when it comes to money and the economy, most
of the government's greatest abuses are because of elections.
The
JFK Stimulus Plan
The Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2008
By Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins
Got an economic downturn? Need a stimulus package? Why
not adopt full or partial first-year expensing, which has
come to the rescue many times since 1962, when President John
F. Kennedy first administered this type of remedy to the economy?
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