By Jacob Bojesson The parents of two victims who died in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks wrote a letter to French President Francois Hollande, notifying him they will no longer pay taxes and by extension fund the president’s “jihadist friends.” The parents are furious with Hollande’s policies, which they claim allowed for the attack to happen. Paying…
Kathryn Watson House Republicans announced Friday they will begin impeachment hearings for embattled Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen over his handling of the Lois Lerner scandal. The House Committee on the Judiciary will hold two hearings, starting May 24, to determine whether Koskinen misled Congress and violated a subpoena related to the IRS…
By Juliegrace Brufke Despite major tax increases, 2016 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders’ healthcare plan would fall roughly $16.6 trillion short over the course of a decade, according to studies released by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center and the Urban Institute. While Sanders claimed all of his proposals would be fully paid for, his…
Prince did not leave a will upon his death, which means half of his estate’s worth will be stolen by the government. by Joey Clark In his 2009 song “Colonized Mind,” Prince laments “the blind leading the blind” in a struggle for domination and predation in the name of the law. One line of the…
Tax Forms May Indicate Sanders is More Wealthy Than He Leads On With the current presidential race among millionaires and billionaires like Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, most people find themselves refreshed with more modest contenders like Bernie Sanders. Sanders, a self-described “Democratic Socialist,” has made income inequality the primary issue of his campaign, claiming it…
Connor D. Wolf Hundreds of thousands of food stamp recipients are expected to lose their benefits in April with work requirements going back into effect in 22 states. The food stamp program has included work requirements since 1996, but were waived for many in response to the great recession. Able-bodied adults without children are…
Juliegrace Brufke If you don’t have a bank account or credit card and still need to pay taxes, local 7-Elevens will now accept cash payments. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Wednesday it was introducing the new option allowing individuals to make payments at 7,000 locations in 34 states across the nation. The agency partnered with ACI Worldwide’s…
Even federal government employees go through the motions of paying taxes, but where does the money for paying our public servants’ salaries come from? by Joey Clark I have a confession I must share with you, dear reader. I was contemplating becoming an ordained minister. I’m serious, an ordained minister. And this in spite of my profound…
by Ben Ramanauskas Democratic front-runner Hilary Clinton and her rival for the presidential nomination Bernie Sanders have both called for higher taxes. Both Clinton and Sanders have promised that they will increase the top rate of tax and, therefore, make the wealthiest pay more money to the Government. The proposals of Clinton and Sanders have been…
Juliegrace Brufke Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton’s tax plan would actually reduce incentives to work, save and invest, a new report from a nonpartisan Washington-based think tank finds. Clinton’s proposal to increase marginal tax rates would reduce “incentives to work, save and invest,” and make the tax code more complex, according to the Tax Policy Center report published Thursday…