| Nov 13, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyBill Gates wants you to know he pays taxes. “I’ve paid more than $10 billion in taxes. I’ve paid more than anyone in taxes,” Gates told journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin. “But when you say I should pay $100 billion, OK, then I’m starting to do a little math about what I...
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| Nov 6, 2019 | RoundupThis weekend, Americans celebrate Veterans Day. Even if you think you don’t have vets in your life, there’s a good chance you interact with one each time you get your mail. The U.S. Postal Service is one of the biggest employers of veterans in the country,...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthThe one thing you never want to hear your dentist say is “oops!” It’s also alarming to hear from a former U.S. senator — 25 years after he passed a temporary oil subsidy for Big Oil. With world petroleum prices low at the time, Senator J. Bennett...
| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / SecurityIf you’re looking for a way to honor veterans, here’s one: protect the U.S. Postal Service. I’m a veteran from a family of veterans. After serving in the Marine Corps, I got a good-paying postal job that put me on a solid path to financial security. Now I lead the...
