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August 30, 2005
Don’t Rock the Boat, Baby
Judging from public statements from the president’s commission on tax reform, the Hues Corporation’s 1974 hit may as well be its theme song.
August 23, 2005
Here Is the “Maine” Thing I Want to Say
While she was the First Lady, Hillary Clinton dreamed of a utopian health care system (maybe she still does!).
August 16, 2005
You’re as Cold as Ice
The National Hockey League has settled its year-long labor dispute.
August 9, 2005
Rocky Mountain High — Taxes, that Is
This fall, Colorado voters will vote on an amendment to the state constitution that would spur their taxes to grow, as well as their government.
August 2, 2005
Look for the Union Libel
The break-up of the AFL-CIO is further proof of the demise of the union movement.
July 26, 2005
State by Estate
Looking forward to that end to the federal estate tax the Bush administration pushed through Congress? Good idea – except in some states.
July 19, 2005
Miller Time
Never underestimate the ability of political candidates to devise new and innovative ways to use yourmoney to get them reelected — especially if the self-appointed nannies who try to limit honest campaign contributions keep clamping down on access to money.
July 12, 2005
‘Taxes sans Borders’
You’ve heard of the French medical organization Medecins sans Frontiers (Doctors without Borders)? Well, here in the states we have Taxes sans Borders.
June 28, 2005
When a Lot More Still Isn’t Enough
States are raking in tax receipts, but given their constant moaning about needing to tax Internet sales and access, as well as voice-over-Internet protocol telephone service, who would know?
Alaska, for instance, has seen its tax revenues soar nearly 40% from July of last year to March of this year.