Instead of engaging in easy demagoguery, Congress should modernize our tax code to reflect the reality of global competition, capital mobility, and the fact that U.S. companies today do the majority of their business overseas.
Outrage at groups seeking a tax-exempt 501(c)(4) status is misplaced; it’s free speech, not the tax code, that’s under attack.
Because Congress and the president have failed to rein in federal spending, their sequester is a laudable "blunt tool" that should be celebrated, not feared. Sequester spending reductions are minuscule, so the whining of the Government Class should be ignored. And if our federal government doesn’t get its act together, we should employ more such blunt tools.
What would happen if IP protections were eliminated? A Washington Post op-ed describes just some of the havoc.
Hypocrites in Congress accuse Apple of doing what they all do: try to minize their tax obligation.
If the violators are fairly predictable before the report is released, what is the big deal? The answer to that is easy.
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