Open thread for night owls: To repeat, U.S. taxes aren’t high comparatively

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As has been pointed out numerous times here, including in Analysis: Dow 30 companies show what a joke calling corporate tax burden ‘heavy’ has become, the idea that the United States somehow has become buried in taxes compared with other well-off, developed nations is bogus. Travis Waldron pointed that out again Monday: President Obama and… Read more »

Sorry, Justice Scalia: There’s no evidence that gay parents aren’t great parents

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During Tuesday’s oral arguments, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan asked how same-sex marriage would harm “the institution of marriage”. “I did not pick this up in your briefs,” she told Charles Cooper, the lead lawyer for the defendants. “How does this cause and effect work?” Cooper, perhaps wisely, chose to dodge. “I would reiterate that… Read more »

Politico’s Cirilli Lets Illegal-Immigrant Advocates Falsely Claim That Many Illegal Immigrants Aren’t Illegal

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In an item about how Arizona Senator John McCain is sticking to his characterization of illegal immigrants as "illegal," Kevin Cirilli at the Politico relayed without the least bit of skepticism a claim by illegal-immigrant advocates that those who enter the country illegally should only be called "illegal" if they have previously been deported, and… Read more »