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Timothy P. Carney

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Timothy P. Carney is a Senior Political Columnist at the Washington Examiner, and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also the author of The Big Ripoff (Wiley, 2006) and Obamanomics (Regnery, 2009).

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  • Tim Carney: Our tax laws make IRS abuse inevitable

    Timothy P. Carney

    Published: Fri, May 10, 2013

    Nobody should be surprised that President Obama’s Internal Revenue Service targeted Tea Party groups. This is clearly corrupt and an abuse of power, but it’s what we should expect, given the nature of tax laws. Tax-exempt status works on two levels: for the individual and for the group. In...

  • Warren Buffett's latest bets on big government: Wind and dialysis

    Timothy P. Carney

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    Billionaire Obama fundraiser Warren Buffett has invested this Spring substantially in Davita, a leader in dialysis machines, and in a big Iowa wind farm. Both of these should be understood as investments in big government. Regarding Davita, see CNBC’s Javier David reporting in December:...

  • Tim Carney: Big businesses and localities win online sales tax

    Timothy P. Carney

    Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

    When do 21 Republican senators vote for higher taxes? Answer: When the biggest businesses and local politicians hire top K Street lobbyists to push for the tax-hike legislation. A bipartisan majority of senators on Monday passed the "Marketplace Fairness Act," which forces large and mid-sized...

  • The Fed's quantitative easing mostly helps the well-heeled and well-connected

    Timothy P. Carney

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    The Federal Reserve’s policy of creating tons of new dollars by buying up financial assets is creating winners — and it’s not the middle class or the poor. Reuters explains that the Fed’s buying spree has driven up the price of subprime bonds, making some investors rich, while not...

  • Republicans take a pass on Obama’s export subsidies

    Timothy P. Carney

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    President Obama’s “New Economic Patriotism” leans heavily on exports, and thus on subsidies from the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Obama uses Ex-Im to support industries he likes (solar), companies he likes (Siemens, GE), and industries hurt by sequestration (satellites)....

  • Sex matters are political

    Timothy P. Carney

    Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Being gay and childless led economist John Maynard Keynes to push short-term-oriented economic policy, asserted British commentator Niall Ferguson over the weekend. After a Twitter spasm of ire, Ferguson apologized pretty thoroughly. For one thing, Keynes and his wife reportedly lost a child...

  • Money and the 2012 elections

    Timothy P. Carney

    Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

    The presidential nominee who raised the most money won the 2012 election. Despite stiff odds in their favor, the party that raised the most in Senate races ended up gaining seats in 2012. So what does liberal Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein mean when he says, in the context of election...

  • Tim Carney: Tea Party Troika rivals GOP leadership in Senate

    Timothy P. Carney

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    There are two power centers in the Senate Republican Conference. One is the official leadership under Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. The second is the Tea Party Troika of Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Rand Paul. It's not that there are two Republican parties. Nor is there a chasm running along...

  • Inside the late-term abortion industry

    Timothy P. Carney

    Published: Thu, May 2, 2013

    “It’s not fully developed… it doesn’t even look like a baby yet.” That’s the falsehood caught on tape of an Arizona abortionist to a woman, 24 weeks pregnant, presumably so that she wouldn’t be tempted to back out of aborting the baby. Below is a picture of a newborn born...


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