Why a Flat Tariff on All U.S. Imports Would Work
Ian Fletcher Activist Post I advocate protectionism. But one standard criticism is that this would just result in politically connected industries getting tariffs raised on…
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Study says US wasted billions in Iraq, Afghanistan
© AFP Shah Marai AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Corruption and waste has cost the US government billions of reconstruction dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according…
Activist asks Rumsfeld if he ever found that missing $2.3 Trillion (VIDEO)
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Playing the Global Warming Card
Cassandra Anderson Morph City Man-made global warming (also known as climate change) claims have been thoroughly discredited by the “scientists” who perpetrated them through leaked…
Top US lawmaker: Aid recipients face sacrifices
Editor’s Note: Colonies of the American empire must do what they’re told or lose U.S. taxpayer charity. AFP/Activist Post WASHINGTON (AFP) – Countries that get…
$46M spent on failed Calif. global warming measure
Don Thompson Huffington Post/AP SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than $46 million was spent for and against a failed November ballot measure that would have suspended…
Australia imposes flood tax to aid recovery
Rob Taylor Reuters Australia imposed a temporary new tax today to help fund a multi-billion-dollar rebuilding programme after floods devastated infrastructure and ruined thousands of…
Neighboring states gleeful over Ill. tax increase
Christopher Wills Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – While many states consider boosting their economies with tax cuts, Illinois officials are betting on the opposite tactic:…
Saudi Arabia bans blogging without a licence
Emma Woollacott TG Daily Freedom of speech organizations are condemning a decision by the Saudi Arabian government to force all online newspapers and bloggers to…
IRS tax liens jump by 60%, but how effective are they?
Kevin McCoy USA Today IRS liens filed against taxpayers jumped 60% since the start of the national recession, according to a new federal report that…
Do Home Schoolers Deserve a Tax Break?
NY Times Discussion The new Republicans in Congress have vowed to challenge Washington’s role in American public education, and said they will seek to turn…
Jailed tax protester dies in US prison
PressTV Tax protester Richard Simkanin, who had been sentenced to seven years in prison, has died of poor health conditions in a Texas prison. Simkanin,…
EPA To Take Over Greenhouse Gas Permits In Texas
Jeff Carlton Associated Press DALLAS — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it is taking the unprecedented step of directly issuing air permits to…
UK Police may ban future marches to prevent disorder
Police may ban anti-Government marches through central London to prevent further disorder and strain on officer numbers. Martin Beckford, Heidi Blake and Steven Swinford Telegraph…