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In a typical politically correct mindset, IRS Commiss Douglas Shulman now recommends registering (and charging for it) tax preparers from H&R Block on up (or down depending on your perspective). The big players, like H&R, will be the big winners, by reducing competition. Who loses? The taxpayers of course.

Of course the pragmatically correct approach is to streamline the tax code!

Where is the Obama administration on THAT little gem?

Where are Specter, Casey and Murphy on this issue?

Once again the silence is deafening and at the same time speaks volumes!

Why isn’t the media all over this as an issue which would sell copy?

Remember this in the May Primary and November General elections.

President Obama says there is no evidence that non-economic caps on Tort Settlements work.

Tell that to doctors in Texas and California. In both states where these reforms have been implemented, insurance premiums have DROPPED and medical services have increased.

When will the Bucks County Media begin asking our federal Senators and Representatives why they will not support these reforms in Congress?

When will the Bucks County Media begin asking State legislative leadership and Gov. Rendell why Pennsylvania does not have these reforms in our Commonwealth?

PIT Increase is Dead; Democrats Switch To Legal Services Tax.

House Democrats floating sales tax expansion to fund their increased spending

The following is a statement from House Republican Leader Sam Smith (R-Jefferson County) regarding the latest tax proposal being offered by House Democrats as a means to balance increased spending in their budget proposal. For 51 days, Pennsylvania has not had a full operating budget in place, and the latest official budget proposal put forth by the House Democrats increases state spending to $29.1 billion, more than is supported by anticipated state revenues and federal stimulus dollars.
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