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COLUMN: Tyranny is no longer 'lurking'
Given last week's revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it's worth recalling President Barack Obama's Ohio State University commencement address. The president decried "voices" warning "that tyranny is always...Tags: Mitt Romney, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, U.S. Congress
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Minnesota legislature OKs new higher top income tax bracket
ReutersMINNEAPOLIS, May 20 (Reuters) - Minnesota's lawmakers on Monday approved a bill that would raise more than $2 billion for the upcoming two-year budget through income and other tax increases, allowing the state to close a $627 million structural budget...Tags: Government, Politics, Public Officials, Personal Income, Mark Dayton
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Congress, the tea party and the IRS: Sentence first, then the trial
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama fired the head of the Internal Revenue Service, the first sacrificial lamb brought down after the alleged "targeting" of conservative political groups by the IRS. Mr. Obama declared, "Americans are right to be angry...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Media Industry, Elections, Tea Party Movement, Republican Party
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Letters: Tax troubles for the White House
Re "Scandal born of vague IRS laws," News Analysis, May 17, and "Ousted IRS chief defends agency," May 18 The outcry against the IRS over its targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status is justifiable. The IRS has two obligations when...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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White House officials knew of IRS audit findings weeks in advance
WASHINGTON — Top officials in the White House learned in April that an investigation of the IRS would probably end up showing that the agency targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny, the White House spokesman conceded Monday, contrary to...
Tags: Max Baucus, Elections, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Senate, Internal Revenue Service
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May 21 Letters:
Find someone else Newport District Supervisor Buzz Bailey is so insensitive that he stated in an official meeting on May 13 that in Isle of Wight "the South will rise again". This man votes on an education budget? No wonder the schools in Isle of...Tags: Carrollton, Internal Revenue Service, Ku Klux Klan, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Politics
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Too easy to get tax-exempt status
The amount of publicity given the actions of the IRS is proportionate to the principle of non-discrimination that should apply to a government agency. The fact that the tea party and patriot parties are highly visible could have made the IRS focus on...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Lake Worth, Politics
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WRAPUP 1-Apple, Congress spar over taxes ahead of Tuesday hearing
ReutersBy Patrick Temple-West and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (Reuters) - Using an unusual global tax structure, Apple Inc has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government, a U.S....Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Government, National Government, Republic of Ireland, Personal Income
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Counties, city face potential loss of piggyback revenue
Maryland's counties and Baltimore face a collective loss of more than $40 million a year and some taxpayers could get refunds if a decision by the state's highest court isn't reversed on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The state Court of Appeals ruled...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Judges, Montgomery County (Maryland), Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Supreme Court rules for PPL in overseas tax case
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled for utility PPL Corp. in its dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over credits the company claimed to offset overseas tax payments. The court ruled on a unanimous vote that Allentown-based PPL can...Tags: Allentown, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Supreme Court, American Electric Power Company Incorporated
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Property owner asks Northbook to annex
The Village of Northbrook may soon grow by a couple acres. The owners of a two-acre property at the northwest corner of Pfingsten and Highland roads have requested annexation by the village, and trustees discussed it at a recent meeting. The land in...
Tags: Politics, Northbrook, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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GOP can't help overreaching on Obama scandals
Well, that didn't take long. Just as several genuine scandals cast the Obama administration in an unfavorable light, Republicans in Congress are already overreaching — with hyperbolic comparisons to Watergate, calls for special prosecutors,...Tags: Parties and Movements, Mitch McConnell, Elections, Tea Party Movement, Republican Party
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