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At the end of the tax year the IRS office sent an inspector to audit the books of a Synagogue. While he was checking the books he turned to the Rabbi and said, 'I notice you buy a lot of candles. What do you do with the candle drippings?''Obscure Tea-Bagging Operation'
'Obscure Tea-Bagging Operation' http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2009/11/obscure-tea-bagging-operation The Goldman Sachs-funded business news watchdog blog at the Columbia Journalism Review goes after a fellow non-profit news organization, ProPublica, for a ProPublica article on wasteful stimulus spending. Columbia Journalism Review criticizes ProPublica for using a quotation from a spokeswoman for Citizens Against Government Waste, which Columbia Journalism Review sneeringly and condescendingly and dismissively and, well, offensively, characterizes as "some obscure tea-bagging operation." Citizens Against Government Waste has been around since 1984, and its 2007 IRS Form 990 indicates it had revenue and expenses of about $4.4 million, more if you include an affiliated 501(c)4 group.Healthcare provision seeks to embrace prayer treatments
A little-noticed measure would put Christian Science healing sessions on the same footing as clinical medicine. Critics say it violates the separation of church and state. By Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses.Dear IRS,
By LEONARD GREENE Last updated: 9:06 am March 10, 2009 Posted: 2:14 am March 10, 2009 A Texas retiree has become a cause celebre for a satirical letter he wrote his hometown paper, saying he can't pay his taxes - and asking the IRS to treat him like famous tax cheats. "Dear IRS," Ed Barnett wrote the Wichita Falls (Texas) Times Record News in February. "I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April 15, but all is not lost."Dear IRS
Dear IRS, I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April 15, but all is not lost. I have paid these taxes: accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, dog licence tax, federal income tax, unemployment tax, gasoline tax, hunting licence tax, fishing licence tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax, luxury tax, medicare tax, city, school and county property tax (up 33 percent last 4 years), real estate tax, social security tax, road usage tax, toll road tax, state and city sales tax, recreational vehicle tax, state franchise tax, state unemployment tax, telephone federal excise tax, telephone federal state and local surcharge tax, telephone minimum usage surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle licence registration tax, capitol gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas assessment tax, Colorado property tax, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma and New Mexico sales tax, and many more that I can't recall but I have run out of space and money. When you do not receive my check April 15, just know that it is an honest mistake.Should 'Values Voter Summit' Sponsors Be Tax-Exempt?
'Values Voter Summit' or GOP Rally? Last weekend's 'Values Voter Summit' in Washington could have been mistaken for a sort of off-year, off-brand Republican National Convention. Headliners included 15 current or former Republican elected officials or Cabinet members and no Democrats.Eye Opener: Census Worker Found Hanged
Updated 8:47 a.m. ET A part-time Census Bureau field worker was found hanged in Kentucky Sept. 12 with the word "fed" scrawled across his chest, according to a law enforcement source.I wish every elected official could be challenged in a primary
The Murtha Method Computer Analysis Shows 12 of 16 House Defense Subcommittee Members in Controversial Circles of Lobbyists, Earmarks, and Campaign Cash By The Center for Public Integrity | September 08, 2009 For months, a cloud has swirled around Congressman John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, and the relationship that Murtha and other subcommittee members had with the PMA Group, a lobbying firm filled with former subcommittee aides. Index Follow the links to see reporting on individual committee members. ■Reps.Finance - Senior Specialist looking to move up careeerwise
I've been working at my company for over 4 years. For a while I seemed to be learning and growing (and I was even promoted). Unfortunately the past year and a half have been frustrating.Party of Medi-Scare?
Party of Medi-Scare? [Tevi Troy] Bruce Bartlett has a piece in Forbes criticizing the GOP for becoming the party of Medicare. His argument is that while Republicans initially opposed Medicare and have long criticized it, the combination of President Bush backing prescription drug coverage under Medicare in the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) and RNC Chair Michael Steele's recent Senior Bill of Rights, which opposes paying for President Obama's health reform with Medicare cuts, indicate that the GOP has sold out to seniors on this issue.A few points need to be made in response. First, Bartlett is right that Republicans are no longer inveterate Medicare bashers.
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