INDEX
- Dear Congress: ARE YOU CRAZY?????
- A Taxing Taste Of Things To Come
- Florida Set for Automatic Job Loss
- Congressman Latta Requests Hearing on Impacts of Cap and Trade
- Brian Rooney Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Congressional Race
- Friday Afternoon Giggle (CFA Site »)
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Senate Health Bill Raises Taxes
On Special Needs Kids and Their Families - "Stimulus" Reporting Lacks Logic...No Kidding (CFA Site »)
- Why Isn't the SEIU Telling Their Members About Their Failing Pensions? (AWF Site »)
- House Financial Services Committee Passes Ron Paul's Audit the Fed Amendment (CFA Site »)
Friday, November 20, 2009
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How Does the Reid-Obama Health Bill
Raise Taxes on Your Current Health Plan? - ATR and CFA Endorse House GOP "Doc Fix" Alternative
- CFA and ATR Support GOP "Doc Fix" Alternative (CFA Site »)
- Former Union Organizers Say Tactics Induce Psychological Trauma (AWF Site »)
- ATR Breakdown of Senate Health Bill
- Conrad Reynolds Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in AR Senate Race
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Senate Health Bill Breaks
Obama's $250,000 Tax Promise -
BREAKING: Full List of Tax Hikes
In Senate Democrat Health Bill - Senate Healthcare Bill Uses the Term “Tax” 183 Times
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Yet Another Obama Appointee
Is a Tax Hypocrite - New House Dem Savers Tax Would Be Equivalent to Doubling Cap Gains Tax (ASA Site »)
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Tax Pledge Alert:
Vote for Cloture on Motion to Proceed
Is Violation of Tax Pledge - CFA to House: Oppose the "Doc Fix" Boondoggle
- SEIU's Takes Aim At... Boy Scouts? (AWF Site »)
- Will Sen. Reid Let Us Read the Bill?
- Will We Get to Read the Bill? Reid to Unveil Health Bill - Timing of Procedural Vote Unclear (CFA Site »)
- ATRF Analysis: Reform Busines Entity Classifiction Rules
- Unions & Health Bureaucrats Gang Up To Deny Treatment
- The FCC's War On Freedom
- Sen. Cornyn Stands Up for Union Transparency (AWF Site »)
- 2009 State Tax Trends: Overview of Tax Changes and Spending Habits
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ATR Will Rate a Vote Against
Moving to Proceed to Reid Health Bill - Is another Tax Hike Brewing in Tallahassee this year?
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
- Executive Director Discusses SEIU Investigation on Sirius XM Show, The Wilkow Majority (AWF Site »)
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Pelosicare's Problem:
It Doesn't Fix Anything! - DC Launches "Education" Campaign on New Bag Tax
- Ed Morrissey Interview on ATR & AWF Call for SEIU Investigation Today at 3:30pm EST
- High Taxes Lead to Decreased Revenue in Chicago
- First Hand Experience With The Public Option
- ATR and CFA Join Sen. Thune in Calling for End of TARP Bailout
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Advice to Departing Dems:
What to do After You Lose Your Seat - "Stimulus" Fuzzy Math of the Day: No Hope for Michigan in "Stimulus" Plan
- SEIU’s California Fraud Provides Glimpse into World with EFCA (AWF Site »)
- The Damage to Small Businesses
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
- ATR Endorses "Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2009"
- Minnesota Budget Shouldn’t be Based on Money Politicians Hope to Have
- CFA to House: Vote "Yes" on TARP Accountability Bill
- ATRF Analysis of Administration Proposals to “Reform the U.S. International Tax System”
- The Money Hole
- 75,343 Bogus jobs 'created or saved' by the so-called "Stimulus"
- ATR and CFA to House: Pass the TARP Accountability and Disclosure Act
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Report On Obamacare
- ATR and AWF Call for the Investigation of SEIU President Andy Stern
Monday, November 16, 2009
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ATR Supports H.R. 3905,
"The Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009" - ATR and CFA Support the "Protect Taxpayers from ACORN Act"
Friday, November 13, 2009
- Stimulus: A Picture is Worth a Thousand... Jobs? (ASA Site »)
- Global Flat Tax Revolution (ASA Site »)
- Global Flat Tax Revolution
- Stimulus: A Picture is Worth a Thousand... Jobs?
- A Red-Ink Train Wreck: The Real Fiscal Cost of Government-Run Healthcare (ASA Site »)
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A Red-Ink Train Wreck:
The Real Fiscal Cost of Government-Run Healthcare
Thursday, November 12, 2009
- No Time for Obama to Stall on Trade Agenda
- Does “Net Neutrality” Violate The First Amendment?
- “[C]arbon credits won't matter” Says Senator Vitter (R-La.)
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
- Global Warming Has Brought on A New Ice Age!
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Outline of House GOP Alternative
To Pelosi-Rangel-Obama Health Bill - Union Cost Increases in Dem. Healthcare Bill Raises Hospital Costs by $27 Billion (AWF Site »)
- ATR Testimony for Senate Hearing on Climate Change Legislation: Considerations for Future Jobs
- Tom Cox, AR Senate Candidate, Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
- Job Losses Continue Despite False Claims and Broken Promises from White House
- Union Cost Increases in Dem. Healthcare Bill Raises Hospital Costs by $27 Billion
- Berlin Wall Falls: 20th Anniversary
- Tennessee candidate Lou Ann Zelenik Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- Why We Need To Regulate Big Google
- Senate Budget Staff: House Dems' Fully Implemented Health Bill to Cost $3 Trillion
Monday, November 9, 2009
- Obama Lied, His Tax Pledge Died
Friday, November 6, 2009
ATR Energy Tax Hike Series Analysis of “Outer Continental Shelf Drilling”
From Todd Hollenbeck on Monday, October 26, 2009 2:52 PMFor this anaylsis in PDF form, click here.
For a PDF of the full report click here.
ATR Energy Tax Hike Series
Outer Continental Shelf Drilling
Current Law-
The Bush Administration lifted the executive moratorium on drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in July 2008 and Congress allowed their ban to lapse in October of that year.
Obama Proposal-
The Department of the Interior (DOI) and Minerals Management Service (MMS) are making a 5 year leasing plan for 2010-2015. Secretary Salazar appears to be delaying the process and has already increased the 60 day comment period to six months.
ATR Analysis-
The DOI and MMS need to begin issuing permits as soon as possible so that exploration and drilling can begin. “The No Cost Stimulus Act of 2009” H.R. 1431, which is sitting in committee, would expedite the environmental review and lease sale process by reducing regulatory red-tape.[1]
According to the Consumer Energy Alliance, “The undiscovered resources in federal water are estimated at 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and almost 86 billion barrels of oil. For perspective, that is equivalent to three times the oil resources of Canada and Mexico combined and almost 6 times the natural gas resources of these two countries.”[2]
Even while 85% of the OCS was off limits, the DOI reported, “In 2007, the OCS accounted for 14 percent (2,860 billion cubic feet) of the Nation’s natural gas production and 27 percent (492,329,179 barrels) of its oil production.”[3]
The U.S. consumes approximately 7.5 billion barrels of oil every year. These reserves contain over 900 billion barrels of oil. This new access will create over 600,000 jobs and provide increased supply to reduce energy costs.
In order to provide for increased energy needs and to promote energy independence, bureaucratic red-tape and restrictions need to be lifted, so that OCS drilling can take place. Utilizing our national resources will lower energy costs, promote productive growth, and create jobs.
[1] Nicolas Loris and Ben Lieberman, “No Cost Stimulus Expands Energy Supply and Creates Jobs.” The Heritage Foundation. March 11, 2009. Http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm2336.cfm
[2]“OCS Fact Sheet.” Consumer Energy Alliance. May 2009. http://consumerenergyalliance.org/primary/fossil-fuels/outer-continental-shelf-exploration/ocs-fact-sheet/
[3] U.S. Department of the Interior, “Survey of Available Data on OCS Resources and Identification of Data Gaps.” 2009. http://www.doi.gov/ocs/ExecutiveSummary-final.pdf. P. 4.












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