Implementing the President's Economic Growth Package could generate enough growth, jobs and tax revenue to cut the real cost of the plan by 57 percent compared with "static" measures which largely ignore how people respond to tax incentives. This means the "cost" of the plan would be $274 billion, compared with static estimates of $638…

Earlier this year President George W. Bush unveiled a multi-faceted proposal to improve the nation's economic growth. One of the most important features of his plan calls for abolition of the current federal double taxation of corporate dividends paid to individual shareholders. Critics of the plan charge that it will cost the government too much money. However,…

Tax Dividend Calculator The Tax Dividend Calculator (Flash 6 plug-in required) allows individuals to calculate their personal savings if double-taxation on stock dividends is ended. Death Taxes Death Taxes: Killing the Economy by William W. Beach Just What the Economy Needs…

Ending double dividend tax means $384 more yearly income for family of four 325,000 new jobs created $32 billion in new economic growth seen in Heritage "dynamic scoring" of dividend tax reform proposal President Bush's economic growth package includes a proposal to eliminate double taxation of stock dividends. Abolishing this unfair double standard in taxation can…

Tomorrow, President Bush is expected to detail an economic stimulus plan that includes eliminating the income tax investors pay on corporate dividends. He's right to do so.   Nixing the tax would end double taxation on dividends (once at the corporate level, another when they're paid to shareholders). It will also save Americans of all…

A New York Times article, Deficit Spending Can Help Republicans, by Daniel Altman, shows that old, wrong assumptions die hard. The article reports that: "From the beginning of 2001 through the third quarter of 2002, the…

Secretary of State Colin Powell announced a new U.S. policy for the Middle East that also challenges those countries to embrace democracy, peace, and opportunities to engage in the global marketplace. "I am announcing today an initiative that places the United States firmly on the side of change, of reform, and of a…

(Watch Video) Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher urged the West to fight the "twin-headed monster" of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, Monday night at a gathering of The Heritage Foundation's President's Club. Lady Thatcher received Heritage's Clare Boothe Luce Award in honor of her pursuit of political…

U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441, passed on November 8, 2002, has put Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on notice that he has one "final opportunity" to comply with his disarmament obligations and avoid war. The Security Council unanimously approved the resolution, which threatened "serious consequences" if Iraq fails to disclose and dismantle it long range missiles…

U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441, passed on November 8, 2002, has put Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on notice that he has one "final opportunity" to comply with his disarmament obligations and avoid war. The Security Council unanimously approved the resolution, which threatened "serious consequences" if Iraq fails to disclose and dismantle it long range missiles…