They Want to Tax Your iTunes
*(From TheWrap.com) The ever-louder ka-ching, ka-ching of online cash registers has many state governements rushing to skim off the top of the digital renaissance. States’ attempts to tax digital...
View ArticleObama Strategy Coming Clear: Tax Deal Used to Bring Back Independents
*(Via the LA Times) Since his midterm election drubbing, President Obama has followed what seems like a wobbly course, taking one step to the left, then two to the right. The pattern, now reinforced by...
View ArticleThe Journal of Steffanie Rivers: Follow the Money Trail
Steffanie Rivers *While most Americans were focused on flowers and candy on Valentine’s Day, the Internal Revenue Service was focused on another sweetspot. The agency launched its latest amnesty...
View ArticleThe Journal of Steffanie Rivers: Illegal Immigrants and Your Social Security...
Steffanie Rivers *I got an email the other day with a petition and instructions attached telling me to sign it and pass it on. The petition eventually is to be emailed to the White House to let...
View ArticleThe Socialist’s Journal: Why Socialism?
Trevor Brookins *Last week I detailed how and why economic conservatism is a bad idea: it is morally indefensible and depends on expecting unrealistic acts on the part of those in positions of economic...
View ArticleAppraiser Lowers Home Values $172 Million for Wealthy Homeowners’ Tax Breaks
Appraiser Scott Schenter, 49, accused of lowering the home values for the wealthy. *Where is Robin Hood when you need him? There’s a new character on the scene and he’s widening the privilege of the...
View ArticleThe Socialist’s Journal: Sex Work
*What is the difference between prostitution and pornography? Probably not much morally speaking. If your moral code asks people to remain sexually pure, it doesn’t matter whether your sex acts are...
View ArticleThe Socialist’s Journal: Sex Work
Trevor Brookins *What is the difference between prostitution and pornography? Probably not much morally speaking. If your moral code asks people to remain sexually pure, it doesn’t matter whether your...
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