| Apr 4, 2011 | Economy / BusinessSo many governors are hammering their budgets with a “we’re broke” message these days that it’s amazing our country hasn’t shattered into a thousand separate islands. More and more, however, rational voices are correctly asserting that...
| | Economy / BusinessEmployers have reported the income all Americans earn from regular jobs to the Internal Revenue Service since World War II. Starting this year, U.S. taxpayers and their brokers finally have to do the same thing with the income earned from capital gains. This smart...
| | Economy / BusinessThe corporate chieftains who’ve relentlessly pushed American factories and middle-class jobs offshore rationalize this globalization of production by declaring that it’s all about efficiency, as though that’s the highest value to which a civilization...
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| Mar 28, 2011 | Economy / BusinessWe have all watched the nuclear emergency that followed Japan’s tragic earthquake and tsunami with fear and sympathy for those in the surrounding community and admiration for the brave crews working to reduce the harm and risks of radiation exposure. Meanwhile,...
| | Economy / BusinessLike many Americans in their early 20s, I work four part-time jobs and can barely pay my rent. My bank balance vacillates between double and triple digits. Like a lot of working folks, I pay my federal taxes and I don’t resent paying my fair share. I’m a beneficiary...
