Americans for Tax Reform RSS http://www.atr.org en-us info@atr.org This is the RSS Feed for Americans for Tax Reform. Dear Congress: ARE YOU CRAZY????? http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=112909_IsCongre The following chain-email seems to be doing the rounds quite a bit today. And I think it sums the situation up perfectly: A message to the Administration: The U.S. Postal Service was established in ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:45 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=112909_IsCongre A Taxing Taste Of Things To Come http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=112009_UKTax A taste of things to come if the Administration's plans to radically hike taxes is implemented comes from the high-taxing United Kingdom, where a financial services consulting firm in London has just ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:47:59 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=112009_UKTax Senate Health Bill Raises Taxes On Special Needs Kids and Their Families http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=specialneeds There are 18 separate tax hikes in the Reid-Obama healthcare bill.  One of them caps the amount that can be deferred in Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) at $2500 per year (a similar provis... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:01:07 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=specialneeds ATR and CFA Endorse House GOP "Doc Fix" Alternative http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=111909lt-docfix CFA and ATR have sent a letter in support of the House GOP alternative to Rep. Dingell's "Doc Fix" shenanigans.  From our letter: Unlike H.R. 3961, the so-called “Doc Fix&... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:15:39 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=111909lt-docfix Yet Another Obama Appointee Is a Tax Hypocrite http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=brainerdtax It looks like yet another Obama Treasury Department nominee has tax problems: Lael Brainerd, who is nominated to be Assistant Treasury Secretary for International Affairs. The tax flubs include:... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:58:38 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=brainerdtax Unions & Health Bureaucrats Gang Up To Deny Treatment http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=111809_Paramedi Reason reports on this story I missed when it first came out from the UK, where paramedics fighting to save a nine year old road accident v ictim were told that union regulations meant the closes... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:13:26 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=111809_Paramedi ATR Will Rate a Vote Against Moving to Proceed to Reid Health Bill http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=willratemtrsenh This week, the United States Senate will be voting on a motion to proceed to consideration of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) healthcare bill.  This bill would increase taxes b... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:33:21 -0500 http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=willratemtrsenh