Misguided Teabaggers

04-15-2009 • Mark Yannone

Be careful what you ask for, so you can get what you want.

Death and Taxes

04-15-2009 • www.wallstats.com

A Chart that shows where your federal tax money goes

Income Tax 'Defiers' Include D.C. Detective

04-14-2009 • Washington Post

During a three-year period, while earning more than $450,000, he did not pay a dime to the U.S. Treasury or D.C. government. Irving had not stumbled upon an obscure tax loophole. Authorities say the respected homicide investigator was participating i

The Young Turks ‘Tea Bag’ MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow

10-15-2009 • Daily Newscaster

Host Cenk Uygur does his best to trivialize the Tea Parties but is noticeably impressed with their effectiveness. And he couldn’t help but call the Tea Parties, “tea bag parties” following MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow who set a record on her show the other

More Americans wary of tax man this year

04-13-2009 • Reuters

As a deep recession strips Americans of their jobs, homes and investments, the 2009 U.S. tax season promises to see a large uptick in first-time delinquent income taxpayers. "Our calls are up 280 percent," said

Preparing for April 15

04-13-2009 • Mark Yannone

A Tea Party checklist.

I'm probably not required to file or pay income taxes?

04-10-2009 • Mark Yannone

How can that be?

Are you having a Tax Day Tea Party?

04-08-2009 • Mark Yannone

If so, then I hope you will extend to the rest of us the consideration we are giving you.

Tax dodgers multiply as underground economy cushions job cuts

04-07-2009 • Bloomberg

"The reason people can live here, can bear it without a social explosion, is that there's this underground cushion that allows people to earn, to live," said Steinko, the sociology professor. "We could call it a safety net."

Taxation With Representation Still Sucks<br>by Thomas L. Knapp

04-07-2009 • Center for a Stateless Society

By 1776, the American Revolution was about many things. The list of grievances produced by the Continental Congress in its Declaration of Independence — “a long train of abuses and usurpations,” as Jefferson put it — included complaints about

How Freedom Was Lost<br>by Paul Craig Roberts

04-07-2009 • vdare

Freedom has been lost to envy. Americans no longer know what freedom is. Historically, the definition of a free person is one who owns his own labor. Serfs and slaves do not own all of their own labor. An income tax is inconsistent with the definitio

Badges, fake guns, interrogations and arrests in IRS simulation for students

04-07-2009 • KOAM TV

An IRS training program called the Adrian Project was held at Pittsburg State Univ., giving students a real world simulation including badge and fake gun. The goal is to help accounting and criminal justice students who are interested in the career.

Estimated U.S. taxpayer cost for first bailout doubles

04-04-2009 • Reuters

U.S. congressional budget analysts have raised their estimate of the net cost to taxpayers for the government's financial rescue program to $356 billion, an increase of $167 billion from earlier estimates.

The Happy Tax Song

04-01-2009 • Musican Ray Stevens

Just hum along as you do your taxes this month and know, your hard earned money is being spent faster than anyone could ever pay it back! Here's the link: http://susie1114.com/10percentisgoodenough.html

IRS agent admits cheating on his own taxes

03-31-2009 • AP

An Internal Revenue Service agent who audits taxpayers in California has agreed to plead guilty to cheating on his own taxes. In a plea agreement filed Monday in Orange County, 43-year-old Jim H. Liu (LOO) of Diamond Bar admitted that he filed a t

TAXMAN: The Video

03-29-2009 • Youtube

This is an appropriate video for the tax season. And it is nice to hear the prophetic Beatles' song once again set to a message.

I.R.S. to Offer Deal to [wealthy] Tax Evaders

03-26-2009 • AP

The agency has drafted a plan that significantly lowers a penalty that applies to wealthy Americans who hide money overseas in secret accounts ... to lure out of hiding scores of wealthy people who must come forward and declare their accounts in orde

Senate Will Delay Action on Punitive Tax on Bonuses

03-23-2009 • Washington Post

Jarred by a cool reception from the White House and fears of unintended consequences across the financial world, Senate leaders are likely to delay until late next month legislation to punitively tax bonuses at banks and investment firms that receive

Nonfiling is no crime, confirms judge

03-20-2009 • Mark Yannone

Contrary to popular belief, not filing income tax returns is not a crime.

Tax Time Covert Ops by Catherine Austin Fitts

03-20-2009 • Solari.com

"How do you prevent a class war? How do you stop people from starting or joining tax resistance movements? Well, believe it or not, you start a race war."

13 firms receiving federal bailout owe back taxes

03-19-2009 • AP

At least 13 firms receiving billions of dollars in bailout money owe a total of more than $220 million in unpaid federal taxes, a key lawmaker said. "This is shameful. It is a disgrace," said Lewis, D-Ga. "We are going to get to the bo

“Stimulus” Fact of the Day: Taxpayers Taken for a Ride … on a Skateboard

03-18-2009 • Americans For Tax Reform

As the Providence Journal reports, the City of Pawtucket in Rhode Island will be using $550,000 in federal “stimulus” money to build a skateboarding park and renovate tennis and basketball courts at a local high school.

A question for our Founding Fathers

03-15-2009 • Mark Yannone

If Jefferson were around, I'd say, "Tom, just between us terrorists, would you answer this simple question?"

Tax havens agree to crack open the vault

03-13-2009 • Reuters

Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg offered to relax strict bank secrecy in a response to a global crackdown on tax havens that is rattling the offshore banking industry. They made the concessions ahead of a G20 meeting of finance ministers

Mish: Time To Stop Squandering Taxpayer Money

03-10-2009 • Michael Shedlock / Mish

The misguided policy response from Washington has focused almost exclusively on squandering public money and burdening our children with indebtedness in order to defend the bondholders of mismanaged financial institutions (blame Paulson and Geithner