Windsor As A Precedent – Much More Than Taxes
Essentially what they are saying is that they don’t have a dog in this fight. They wanted to turn the money over to the Court and let the prospective beneficiaries argue about it. Cozen O’Connor knows it has to be pay somebody, but wants the Court to say whom. Since the Cozen O’Connor plan explicitly incorporated ERISA language in its plan document, the constitutionality of DOMA was critical to the decision.
F. Lee Bailey Two Million Dollar Tax Lien But Still A Mensch
I’m 61 years old and hold CPA licenses from both Florida and Massachusetts, the same states that licensed Mr. Bailey. If I were ever to lose those two cherished credentials, I could not imagine going to Maine and taking the CPA exam in order to reboot my career. That’s why I really admire Mr. Bailey’s character. Maybe spending time in Maine, he has absorbed some of the Joshua Chamberlain spirit.
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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.