If H.R. 3600 succeeds, political candidates and political parties will be able to convert churches and charities into little more than campaign tools. Power brokers will be able to make donations to campaigns for political office through churches, and then to write off these campaign donations on their taxes. New corrupt relationships forged by financial transactions between churches and politicians will encourage radical schemes to increase government interference in religious matters, in order to give special advantage to well-connected preachers.

Is it good policy to lower government income through taxes, in order to increase the rate of human reproduction, when there are massive government budget cuts for social services, and our planet is in the middle of an unprecedented population boom?

There may be a great deal of talk in the coming weeks about a millionaire’s tax, but there will be no action. Republicans won’t budge, no matter how low Obama sets the limit on contributions from wealthy Americans.

Representative Duncan is arguing that taxes for millionaires and billionaires must not be increased, and that Medicare services to Americans must be cut instead. When Duncan calls the federal government wasteful, he’s saying that Medicare is wasteful. Actually, Medicare operates much more efficiently than private medical insurance does.

Ted Deutch is right that it’s unjust for millionaires and billionaires to get big tax breaks while programs to feed senior citizens are cut. However, Deutch would have been more honest if, instead of simply blaming Republicans for this injustice, he acknowledged his own role in creating that economic injustice.

There is a clear relationship between support for H.R. 2092 and financial contributions from the Indoor Tanning Association, but it isn’t a thorough and dominating relationship.

11 billion dollars per year could be reduced from the federal budget deficit, and all we would have to do is end tax breaks on inheritances from the estates of billionaires and multimillionaires. Yet, the Republicans oppose this deficit reduction package.

Only one piece of legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives yesterday: A law to make America’s infamously low corporate taxes even lower.

Cynthia Lummis has introduced legislation that would require Americans to pay a 5 year work tax.

Jane Harman is finally retiring from Congress, and Democrats in California’s 36th district will have the opportunity to elect someone who represents their liberal values.