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Ranch Heiress Shows IRS She Is Real Cowgirl

Ms. Marion is not quite as colorful as her great grandfather who founded Four Sixes.  Apparently the story that the name of the ranch comes from the four of a kind hand that won Captain Samuel “Burk” Burnett his first cattle in a poker game is apocryphal, but it is such a good story that it gets repeated.  The only way you could improve it is by having the cattle baron he was betting against holding aces over eights.

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Massachusetts Court Considers Global Warming In Property Tax Case

Massachusetts Court Considers Global Warming In Property Tax Case

You might wonder why the Town of Hawley fought this case so hard.  Apparently, the woods to people ratio in Hawley is high enough that exempting a lot of forest could be a real hardship. If you take a look at the vicinity of Hawley on google maps, you will note that there is no local shortage of trees.  In the last census, the town had a population of 337.  The town’s website indicates that it may not be done with the struggle

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.