TAXMAN’S MINI REPRIEVE ISN’T ENOUGH

Ellis Henican Column, Newsday,April 17, 2011 No, you can’t deduct your cable bill. Not even if you take retirement-planning advice from Suze Orman or workplace anger-management tips from Dr. Drew. Sadly, HBO-on-Demand doesn’t count as a nonreimbursed business expense under current IRS rules, not even for sworn members of the Mafia who happen to enjoy…

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WE HAVE TO RAISE THE CEILING

“I don’t know any responsible economist that thinks it’s fine just to crash” – Ellis Henican

 

Ellis Henican appeared on FoxNews LIVE – with Arthel Neville and Jim Pinkerton (04/15/11) – to discuss why the government will have to raise the debt ceiling.

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AND HERE WE GO —THE 2012 BUDGET FIGHT BEGINS

“Why let Republicans decide what we’re gonna whack? Let’s come up with a Democratic version.” — Ellis Henican The 2012 budget fight has begun. President Obama spoke today – how did he do? Ellis Henican appeared  on Fox Business Channel’s  ‘Lou Dobbs Tonight’ with Republican strategist Ron Christie and former NY Republican Congressman John Le Boutellier (04/13/11). E-mail ellis@henican.com. Follow…

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UP NEXT — MORE UGLY BUDGET BATTLES

“Ready for government’s next budget battle?”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday,April 10, 2011 Now comes the hard part. What just happened in Washington might have seemed tough, Friday night’s screech-to-the-edge agreement to whack $38.5 billion from this year’s federal budget. But that number—even if it is “the biggest budget cut in history,” as self-congratulatory politicians on…

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WHY WE CAME SO CLOSE TO A SHUTDOWN

With the deadline approaching, both Republicans and Democrats seemed resolved not to budge.

“It really doesn’t seem that the dollars are the hard part”

Ellis Henican appeared  on FoxNews LIVE – with Rick Folbaum and Jim Pinkerton (04/08/11) – to discuss the real reasons behind the threatened government shutdown.

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O’REILLY’S NO SPIN ZONE ON LONG ISLAND

What are you doing this Tuesday – April 12th?   Bill O’Reilly, the always provocative host of the “O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel, is coming to Long Island. As only he can, Bill will highlight the latest cultural outrages, separate the pinheads from the patriots and dissect the presidential field for 2012. This is…

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LIBYA – LOTS OF QUESTIONS

“Learning lessons (hopefully) in Libya”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday,April 2, 2011 Two weeks in, here are three lessons we’ve already learned in Libya: The ragtag rebels do very well with NATO air support — and very poorly without it. Gadhafi may be crazy, but crazy people can fight. And it’s a whole lot easier getting…

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