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We Should Be Wary of the IRS Preparing Our Taxes

Edward J. Black | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: UK, Privatization, Competition, Government, Taxes, Small Business, Irs, Taxpayers, Tax Day, Taxpayer, Politics News

If the IRS starts preparing our taxes for us, that right will cease to exist. Even with its flaws, Americans would most certainly prefer our current tax filing system over putting their faith in the IRS to fairly do it for them.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Anatomy Of The Average American Taxpayer

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Taxes, Tax Services, Video, John Q Taxpayer, HR Block, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Tax Return, E-Filing, Taxpayer, Infographic, Business News

Though they've received a ton of attention, the tax returns of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, as well as Republican presidential candidates Rick...

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Disgraced Bank's Ex-CEO Stripped Of Knighthood

Reuters | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: 2008 Financial Crisis, Fred Goodwin, Video, ABN Amro, Bailout, Reuters, Banks, Nicolae Ceausescu, Recession, Royal Bank of Scotland, Taxpayer, Knighthood, Business News

LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Britain took the rare step of stripping former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin of his knighthoo...

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Fannie, Freddie Completing Fewer Mortgage Modifications

Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: 2008 Financial Crisis, Loan Modifications, Freddie Mac, Great Recession, Mortgage Repayment, Borrowers, Fannie Mae, Obama, Federal Regulators, Foreclosure, Delinquent, Housing Crisis, Taxpayer, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON - The number of loan modifications and mortgage repayment plans completed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac declined in the first quarter o...

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'Taxpayer Advocates' Shocking Public Schools

Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Shock Doctrine, Pennsylvania, Furloughs, Taxpayer, Taxpayer Advocates, School Budget Cuts, Education News

I'll keep my local "taxpayer advocates" informed of how their hard work is paying off -- dismantling community-based public school systems and making sure that teachers are sharing the pain.

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$11-Million Monument to Benazir Bhutto: APPROVED

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Flood, Pakistan, Representative Government, Angelina Jolie, Statue, Zardari, President, Taxpayer, Pakistani Flood, Government, Donation, Wealth, Benazir Bhutto, Monument, Disaster, Assassination, Bhutto, Per Capita, Petition, Pakistani, World News

As flood waters ravage Pakistan's land and 20 million of its people, , yet another devastating blow has hit Pakistan: the government approved an $11-million statue of Benazir Bhutto. Yes, this is Pakistani taxpayer money.

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Kane County Program for Troubled Teens "Magical"

Sandy Kaczmarski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Psychiatry, Mental Health, Kane County, Juvenile Justice System, One Hope United, Individual Education Plan, Mst, Taxpayer, Special Education, Multi-Systemic Therapy, Psychological, Iep, Treatment, Delinquent, Kane County Diagnostic Center, Chicago News

The Kane County Diagnostic Center has a new program for troubled teens. Sold to the county board as a way to save taxpayer money, the sign-up sheet is...

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Marco Rubio's GOP Spending Spree

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the T.V. show, "I Love Lucy," Ricky Ricardo had a statement he would unleash when he believed that Lucy had been involved in mischief. He would wa...

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Bailed-Out Banks Making Profits -- For Taxpayers

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Money wasn't just "given" to Wall Street firms. It bought something of value. And now that the firms (and the market in general) are recovering, they're starting to pay it back. With interest.

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Bush the Teflon Man

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Silda Spitzer, Muntadhar Al-Zeidi, Economic, Markets, Ape, Ny Governor, Crime, Madoff, D-N.Y., Senate Banking Committee, Guantanamo, Gitmo, John Walsh, Punishment, Sen. Charles Schumer, Slate Magazine, Eliot Spitzer, Dick Cheney, Bush, Taxpayer, Penal Colony, Iraqi, Nazis, Requirements, Exit Interviews, Villainy, Shoe, Franz Kafka, Satisfaction, Bernard Madoff, Politics News

Perhaps it was the sexual nature of Eliot Spitzer's offenses that made the shame stick. That and the fact that the former NY governor admitted he did wrong. Bush by contrast is today's Teflon man.

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Goldman's Revolving Door: Who is Protecting Whom?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

Goldman went on a shopping spree buying up mortgages -- yours, mine and your neighbors, and bought 8,274 of them.

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