As I mentioned in my previous entry, I attended yesterday’s small, yet spirited, rally against the decision by the Board of Health-at Chairman Bloomberg’s urging-to prohibit the sale of sugary drinks above 16 ounces at restaurants and food carts throughout New York City. There were many civically-minded New Yorkers in the crowd-such as the man...
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Most of you are probably aware by now of the story broken by Indianapolis news station WTHR which exposed how illegal aliens are exploiting Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINS) in order to take advantage of the Child Tax Credit, to the tune of billions of dollars each year. As you can see, it has...
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Over a month has passed since the tax man pocketed his cut of your earnings, and the manifold ways in which our government wastes your money proceeds apace. However, one of the most egregious manipulations of a lobbyist-written, incomprehensible, ever-expanding tax code has recently been revealed by Indianapolis station WTHR-TV. It pertains to the abuse...
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A little late for filing day, but since rendering unto Caesar is a year-round profession for some people I’d like to alert you to a piece I wrote for the Brooklyn Young Republican Club which explores the fairness of our tax system. Feel free to contribute your own thoughts, questions, criticisms, etc., in the...
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The Supreme Court has ruled that a legal immigrant couple, Akio and Fukado Kawashima, may be deported for criminal tax evasion. The legal question was whether evading taxes rose to the level of deportable offense as an “‘aggravated felony’ to include crimes of ‘fraud or deceit’”. The Court decided that the 4 months in prison Akio...
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Yesterday, as I was standing behind hundreds of other job-seekers in line for one of the periodic job fairs held by the New York Post at the Affinia Hotel, I realized how pivotal forums like the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate-pictured above-which I attended on Tuesday are to the economic debate occurring in this country. This...
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Despite claims to the contrary, one thing we do know about illegal aliens is that they and their extended families tax an already overwhelmed system of social services in this country, especially at the municipal and statewide levels of government. Confirming this assertion is not all that difficult, especially when you look at the amount...
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