| Apr 16, 2014 | Economy / BusinessMy guess is that Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican Party’s highly touted budget guru, doesn’t have a very tight grip on the concept of irony. Otherwise, why would he choose April Fools’ Day to release the latest version of what the GOP intends to do to...
| Apr 15, 2014 | Economy / BusinessLet’s review the rap sheet of Wall Street banks: defrauding investors, cheating homeowners, money laundering, rigging markets, tax evasion, credit card ripoffs… and so sickeningly much more. At last, though, some of the cops on the bank beat seem to be having...
| | Economy / BusinessMillions of Americans file their federal income tax returns by April 15 each year with no idea what the government actually does with all that money. This is surprising, considering that individuals are our nation’s primary bill payers. Income taxes paid by...
| Apr 9, 2014 | Economy / Business|RoundupThis week, we’re running our annual OtherWords Tax Day special edition. Chuck Collins and Bob Lord explain how billionaires are bypassing the estate tax and what’s wrong with that. Jim Hightower and cartoonist Khalil Bendib skewer Caterpillar Inc. for an...
| | Economy / BusinessWashington politicos aren’t quite right when they say that federal budget proposals are “dead on arrival.” Even if they don’t become law, budgets stand as living, breathing testimonies of the values and priorities of the people who write them....
| | Economy / BusinessWhat does Facebook’s recent purchase of WhatsApp have to do with the estate tax? Actually, a good bit, if you’re concerned about America’s concentration of wealth. Why? Because an economy needs effective checks and balances. A tax on inherited...
