From the Jan. 2, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Fiscal Cliff Showdown Postponed to March By Matthew Vadum With a cocky President Obama no doubt grinning from ear-to-ear, federal lawmakers yesterday gave their blessing to legislation that boosts income tax rates and government spending while kicking many of the “fiscal cliff” issues down the road for several weeks. The $1.2 trillion in scheduled spending cuts –falling largely on the Pentagon– have now been officially postponed for two months. The next manufactured crisis comes March 1, the day the cuts will take effect unless Congress intervenes again to stop them. Putting … Continue reading Fiscal Cliff Showdown Postponed to March

From the Dec. 31, 2012 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Grab Your Parachute By Matthew Vadum Thanks largely to President Obama’s intransigence, America is poised to fall over the potentially treacherous “fiscal cliff” tomorrow. Top policymakers in Washington appear no closer to reaching a deal than before they left town for the Christmas break. The outgoing 112th Congress is meeting in a high-stakes lame duck session to decide whether Bush-era tax rates should be extended and if $1.2 trillion in scheduled spending cuts –falling largely on the Pentagon– will be avoided. If current tax rates are not renewed, the already fragile … Continue reading Grab Your Parachute

From the Dec. 26, 2012 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Going Over the Cliff By Matthew Vadum Unless a political miracle happens, America is going over the so-called fiscal cliff next week, possibly plunging the nation into a fresh economic recession. With the abrupt withdrawal from consideration last week of House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” alternative fiscal plan, there is no reason to believe a political deal preserving current income tax rates and averting significant spending cuts will be reached before January 1. There simply isn’t enough time left before current tax rates expire and the political will to act … Continue reading Going Over the Cliff

I’ll be on “Hair on Fire” (hosted by blogger Barbara Espinosa) tonight at 6:05 Eastern (which is 4:05 Arizona time). We’ll be talking about my article, Pushing Obama Over the Fiscal Cliff. Listen live here. Continue reading Radio interview tonight 6:05 Eastern (4:05 Arizona time)

My article from the Dec. 6, 2012 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Pushing Obama Over the Fiscal Cliff By Matthew Vadum As a potentially toxic combination of steep tax hikes and deep spending cuts draws nearer Republicans are consistently being outmaneuvered by President Obama. Disillusioned Democratic pollster Patrick Caddell counsels that this wonkish back-and-forth over the finer points of marginal tax rates is not the hill that Republicans should die on. The GOP doesn’t even grasp the underlying political dynamics now in play, he says. In a nutshell, Republicans need to understand that the real struggle is not with the Obama administration; instead, the real … Continue reading Pushing Obama Over the Fiscal Cliff

A LIST OF ACORN’s “OLD” GROUPS  (updated November 25, 2012) This list is a work in progress. It is compiled and regularly updated by Matthew Vadum at matthewvadum.com. Some of the below information was included in Vadum’s book Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers. These groups already existed before ACORN filed for bankruptcy in New York on Election Day 2010: ACORN Housing Corp. changed its name to Affordable Housing Centers of America Inc. (website) EIN: 72-1048321; pension plan info.; Tax returns: 2010 Form 990 2009 Form 990 2008 Form 990 2007 Form 990 2006 Form 990 2005 Form 990 2004 Form 990 2003 Form 990 2002 Form 990 2001 … Continue reading A LIST OF ACORN’s “OLD” GROUPS

My article from today’s Front Page Magazine: The Fiscal Cliff Draws Near By Matthew Vadum Emboldened by his class warfare-fueled reelection victory, President Obama is demanding $1.6 trillion in tax hikes as congressional leaders scramble to prevent the country from falling over the so-called fiscal cliff. In this high-stakes game of poker, Obama is holding fast to his original budget blueprint, which includes $1.6 trillion in new revenue generated by raising taxes on households earning more than $250,000. Obama’s progressive preening comes as the outgoing 112th Congress meets in a lame duck session to deal with unfinished business. At the top … Continue reading The Fiscal Cliff Draws Near

My piece on Big Government today: Boehner Mocks Tea Party Caucus By Matthew Vadum House Speaker John Boehner dismissed the Tea Party as irrelevant in an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer yesterday, while at the same time sending out contradictory messages on taxes. Two days after the presidential ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan were defeated in the election, Boehner stated incorrectly that there is no “Tea Party caucus to speak of in the House.” He then appeared to say Republicans now take the movement for granted, adding, “all of us who were elected in 2010 were supported by … Continue reading Boehner Mocks Tea Party Caucus