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Was Thursday's plane crash an act of terrorism?

Investigators say Andrew Joseph Stack crashed his plane into a federal building in North Austin Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring 13 others. Some call his actions domestic terrorism. Others refer to it as a criminal act. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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City of Berkeley has budget deficit from success of recycling

The city says, in part, that it's a victim of its own success. Residents pride themselves on aggressively recycling and composting, so they're switching to smaller, cheaper trash cans - the only collection for which the city charges.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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IRS commissioner doesn't file his own taxes, too complicated

"I've used one for years. I find it convenient. I find the tax code complex so I use a preparer," Shulman said. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Obama considers new fee on banks to help get our $700B back

The budget that President Obama submits next month is likely to include new fees on financial firms as the White House seeks to recover the full costs of its $700 billion bailout of the banking industry, officials said.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Excise tax on 'Cadillac' health-care plans is a bad idea

The idea of an excise tax on "Cadillac" health-care plans sounds like magic. It would raise almost $150 billion over 10 years to help finance health-care "reform"; it would be paid by employers, insurance companies and "the rich"; it would help "bend  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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France Considers ‘Google Tax’ to Pay Creative Work

rance could start taxing Internet advertising revenues from online giants such as Google, using the funds to support creative industries that have been hit by the digital revolution, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The proposal, put forward in a  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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IRS to regulate paid tax preparation

The IRS estimates that 900,000 to 1.2 million people prepare tax returns for a fee, and many do so without ever being officially tested. "Right now, the IRS doesn't know who unregulated preparers are and can't track them when there's a problem. Thi [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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The Teapot, Boiling

Can cogent analysis pave the way to creative solutions? A frog in a pot slowly heating relaxes and gets cooked. Rustbelt cities such as Buffalo are in danger of turning "red" with populist-fanned resentment. Fascism in our future? Or can we be induced [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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The Separation Fantasy

Despite loathing the big-city financial-gamers for their out-sized bonuses, they pay our taxes. Should the mid-sized non-metropolises spin off from the cultural and financial capitals, or should we be the bigger ones in these divorce talks? Post oil-f [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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IRS to expand use of mining mortgage data to find tax cheats

The Internal Revenue Service will expand a program designed to catch tax cheats that searches for inconsistencies between mortgage payments and income. After prompting from an IRS auditor, the agency will study whether it should make greater use of [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Calls to tax junk food gain ground - your take?

"Sin taxes" on cigarettes have turned out to be the most effective weapon in the campaign to reduce smoking. Why not try it on Flamin' Hot Cheetos, vanilla Coke and Twinkies? [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Most Americans expect higher taxes, do you?

Despite President Barack Obama's promise that only taxpayers earning more than $250,000 a year will pay higher taxes to support the health-care initiative that he is proposing, the vast majority of Americans surveyed believe that they will pay higher  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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