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Pitney Bowes Passes Go From Boardwalk But Lands On Income Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com on September 6th, 2012 When playing Monopoly it was great to land on Boardwalk, as long as somebody else did not already own it. ...
Google Plays Bess Truman To Jill Stein As Harry
Originally published on Forbes.com on September 4th, 2012 There is a story that a friend of Bess Truman once asked her why she did not get her husband, Harry, to stop...
Will Warren Buffett Be Endorsing Jill Stein For President?
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Southern Baptists Against Clergy Tax Abuse
Originally published on Forbes.com on September 2nd, 2012 Southern Baptists Against Clergy Tax Abuse (SBACTA) is not a real organization. I just made it up. There is...
Where Do Romney And Obama Stand On Special Tax Status For Ministers ?
The decision by a federal district court in Wisconsin to allow the Freedom From Religion Foundation and its officers to have standing to challenge the constitutionality...
Sometimes You Should Just Pay The Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com on August 31st, 2012 Some time in the far future, scholars will study my body of work and compile the definitive list of Reilly's...
Challenge To Clergy Tax Break Gets Green Light — Next Stop, Scientology?
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has won a round in litigation on the tax free housing allowances of "ministers of the gospel". Although the fight over the...
Do They Learn Enough Latin At Groton To Understand Quid Pro Quo ?
Given all the problems that there are in the world, I have not been very concerned about private schools not charging enough, but it is good to know there is somebody...
Domicile Case Lets Me Cite A Classic
William and Eleanor Kania owned homes in both Pennsylvania and Florida. They thought they were residents of Florida. The Pennsylvania Southwest Regional Tax Bureau...
How To Fix The Student Loan System
Once the reorientation of the Department of Education has been achieved, and Congress has the full story about the schools, their default rates, etc., Congress and ED should dramatically revise the lending limits to more accurately reflect the value of the education being received. This is a power that the Department of]Educationshould have used long ago, but chose not to. They should also kick out the worst of the bad schools (I suspect that at least 25% of the for-profits would be shuttered, and probably more than a few of the non-profits as well). There are surely other actions the Department will decide to take to ensure the schools are delivering a high-quality education at a low cost, but these are the two most obvious.