TaxBytes

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Well, there goes $2.

Mexico is a country that is just briming with economic possibilities, but they remain largely unrealized.

No surprise, perhaps, that the House and Senate have—without much debate and no opposing voices—come up with well-meaning legislation that will only throw more sand into the gears of global commerce.

Question: What’s the first lesson we learn from the recently passed Pension Protection Act? Answer: That most of the critics of allowing workers to deposit their Social Security contributions in a personal account either don’t have a clue about the retirement system or they simply wanted to undermine President Bush’s attempt to reform Social Security for political reasons—or both.

Wait, this can’t be.

You wouldn’t know it by listening to all the acrimonious condemnations, but President Bush’s veto of the stem cell funding bill passed by Congress does notstop embryonic stem cell research.

With recent reports predicting a lower-than-expected federal budget deficit, supply-siders have more evidence that backs up their theories—along with some unexpected challenges.

Let there be no doubt about it, big brother is here: New York City Councilman Joel Rivera.

Thinking about a frosty soft drink to quench that summer thirst? Enjoy it now, because one day it might have an added tax on it.