It’s a familiar script: 1. The Senate fails to pass a bill because even despite near uniform support from Democrats, the proposal does not
Category: Taxes
IRS offers mobile, refund-tracking app
If you’re wondering when your federal tax refund will arrive—and who isn’t?—you can now check your status on the go. In addition to its
Obama’s Facebook-like maneuvers confound liberals
It might seem like an odd analogy, but the more that I view some of the policy changes by President Barack Obama, the more
Two world views collide on the highway
On a rainy, cold, foggy night, we’re driving on I-90 from the Albany, NY airport to a town in rural upstate New York. My
“Overtaxed” Illinois corporations threaten to leave state
At a time when the greed of the one percent is on the minds of Americans, several Illinois corporations are threatening to leave the
Herman Cain has done what Dems couldn’t in 2008
It’s become sport to knock the leading GOP candidate de jour off his or her pedestal. Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry were easy targets.
Republican tax “debate” is baloney
At the most recent Republican presidential debate [Oct. 18, 2011], Herman Cain parried all questions about his 9-9-9 tax plan by saying that his
Occupy St. Louis: This is what democracy looks like
It’s not easy to compete with baseball for participation, media attention and parking spaces in downtown St. Louis when the Cardinals are in the
Multi-millionaire’s “Mega Tax” is mega bad news
Multi-millionaire Rex Sinquefield is at it again, with four new mega tax proposals aimed at eliminating Missouri’s personal income tax. Sinquefield’s effort to single-handedly
Millionaires in Congress oppose Obama’s “Buffett Rule”
They want us to believe that expecting rich people to pay their fair share of taxes is a job-killing, economic mistake. But that’s not