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Breathing While Black
The radical conservative majority of the Supreme Court delivered yet another bizarre opinion the other week. It ruled that police and jail officials can strip search anyone arrested for anything, no matter how minor the violation or how upstanding the suspect.
The GOP’s Money Man
Not only is Mitt Romney the GOP’s rich-man candidate for president, but his last name actually spells “money.” Just drop the “R,” move the “m” in front of the “o” — and there it is! In fact, put the “R” in parentheses and you’ve got “(Republican) Money.”
Crime Watch
The Poor as Collateral Damage
One of the major thorns in the side of capitalism is the persistence of the poor. Jesus warned that they would always be with us, and was He ever right. There just seems to be an endless supply of troubled citizens who can’t make a go of it.
The Great White Mancave
The Lineup: Week of April 9-15, 2012
In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, we’ve got four Tax Day op-eds.
Taxation without Representation
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free. I’ll give them some taxation without representation.
Rich Freeloaders
Like too many Americans, I’m unemployed. But in my case, the reason isn’t that I can’t find work — it’s that I don’t need it. I’m among the lucky few who can live comfortably off their wealth. And this isn’t wealth I earned through hard work. I did it the easy way: I inherited it.
Invoking Fake Job Creators to Cut Taxes on the Rich
Conservatives like House Speaker John Boehner say the government can’t raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires because they are “job creators.” Instead, House Republicans are once more calling for trillions in more tax cuts for the richest Americans.
How the Rich Welsh on Retirement Taxes
The time for mandatory tax payback is exactly when the affluent — with help from both sides of the aisle — begin to welsh on their end of the retirement bargain. New schemes are dreamt up, legislation enacted, and rules adopted to avoid, delay, and minimize taxes on withdrawals.
