In just one year, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect. They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on Jan. 1, 2013.

So I was speaking the other day to the retirees’ class. We always have a good discussion.

Democrats in Washington haven’t wanted to be terribly forthcoming as to how they intend to pay for the new healthcare entitlement program and other massive spending programs being passed.

Sen. Scott Brown’s epic victory in Massachusetts on Tuesday night dealt a crushing blow to Obamacare, cap-and-trade, card check (and other union favors), and most importantly, all the tax hikes that are lingering on the table. But does Washington really understand the Scott Brown message? 

The worst of the recession appears to be over. Stock markets are regaining the faith of investors. The climate for companies seeking to raise capital is warming up, kindling hopes that new jobs are on the horizon.

Anxious to avoid raising taxes too much to pay for their healthcare proposals, the Obama administration and its congressional allies hit on a great new idea: Make the states raise their taxes to fund the program instead.

The Obama administration has privately concluded that a cap-and-trade law would cost every American household $1,761 a year – or a national total of nearly $200 billion a year, the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15 percent.

One principle that all those on the left hold is that taxes constitute more than an economic issue; they are, first and foremost, a moral one. Economists on the left may argue for higher taxes on economic grounds, but they and we know that at bottom, higher taxes, especially “taxing the rich,” is what they believe morality demands.

Harlingen, Texas, July 19, 2009:  If you are a person who enjoys taxation, you are living in a wonderful time.  First we have the Cap and Tax legislation that has already been passed by the Democrats in the House of Representatives.  If that convoluted bill, designed to raise prices on all fossil fuels becomes law, it will also place an additional tax burden on every American.

Schwarzenegger to cut 5,000 state jobs, deport illegals from prisons - California voters have rejected five budget measures in a special election, forcing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to face a $21 billion deficit, Jerome Corsi’s Red Alert reports.