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The Tax Man Targeting our Right to Diversity of Thought

Wendy N. Powell | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics
Wendy N. Powell

We all have skin in this game to maintain our liberties. It is an ironic turn of events that the very issue of inappropriate scrutiny of our liberties is now the focus of the IRS by the public, media, elected officials; even the ACLU has raised its head.

This Company's Record Profits Might Make You Sick

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 04.02.2013 | Business

WASHINGTON — Home prices are up. Foreclosures are down. Construction is up. And now comes the latest sign of the U.S. home market's revival: Fan...

Americans About To Lose Nearly $1 Billion To The IRS

AP | By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.14.2013 | Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — If you didn't bother filing a federal tax return for 2009, it might be a good time to rethink your tax strategy. Th...

Nonbelievers Sue Treasury To Remove 'God' From Currency

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 03.15.2013 | Politics

The Freedom From Religion Foundation and 19 other plaintiffs mounted a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department and other government officials thi...

Rand Paul Is Doing His Share

The Huffington Post | Lisa_Miller | Posted 02.22.2013 | Politics

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is doing his part to give back to the government, one oversized check at a time. Paul, a member of the Tea Party, wrote a $...

Bernanke Blows Bond Bubble Into Stocks

Michael Pento | Posted 04.09.2013 | Business
Michael Pento

I expect it will not be until inflation becomes a serious and undeniably-painful condition for the economy that Mr. Bernanke begins to change his mind. And any change that does eventually occur will be slow and gradual... at best.

Paul Krugman on U.S. Treasury Secretary: "I Honestly Do Believe I'd Be Terrible At the Job"

92nd Street Y | Posted 03.31.2013 | Business
92nd Street Y

Nobel Prize-winning economist and NY Times columnist Paul Krugman spoke with MSNBC's Chris Hayes on January 27, 2013. In this clip, Krugman responds t...

'Impossible' GOP Debt Ceiling Plan Could Lead To 'Bloody Mess'

Reuters | Posted 03.17.2013 | Politics

* Conservatives say Treasury could pay some bills and not others * Prioritizing payments hit by critics as unworkable B...

The Death Of The Dollar Bill

The Huffington Post | Caroline Fairchild | Posted 11.28.2012 | Home

The dollar bill's days may be numbered. At least, that could be the case if one government watchdog had its way. A recent report from the Governmen...

More Junk Mail? It's On Its Way

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 09.20.2012 | Business

Imagine a world without junk mail. Now stop, because the one real one is about to have a lot more of it. The United States Postal Service is cuttin...

People Responsible For AIG Bailout Say AIG Bailout Turned A Profit

Reuters | Posted 11.10.2012 | Business

(Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday that it expects to raise an additional $2.7 billion from its American International Group stock sale, al...

U.S. Probing Bank Money Laundering, Takes Violations 'Extremely Seriously'

Reuters | Posted 10.08.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury told the British government on Wednesday that it takes financial sanctions violation...

Bailed-Out Company To Be A Little Less Government Owned

Reuters | Posted 10.03.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Friday said it would raise about $5 billion from its sale of American International Group stock, ...

PIMCO's Bill Gross: Inflation 'Doesn't Fairly Distribute Its Pain And Benefits'

Reuters | Posted 09.30.2012 | Business

By Sam Forgione NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) - Bill Gross, the co-founder and co-chief investment officer of bond giant PIMCO, says it ...

How to Fix the Banks

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 09.24.2012 | Business
John Tepper Marlin

The idea of putting regulatory representatives on the boards of U.S. banks deemed too big to fail makes great sense to me.

Bailed-Out Banks Using Government Money To Pay Back Taxpayers

Reuters | Posted 09.23.2012 | Business

* 137 banks used other government program to repay bailout money * More than 200 bailed-out banks have missed dividend payments ...

Treasury Officials Met With Prostitutes, Accepted Gifts From Regulated Institutions: Report

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 07.16.2012 | Business

Working at the Treasury frankly sounds kind of boring, which may explain why a number of employees allegedly spiced up their lives with golf, prostitu...

Missing Banker: I 'Hurt The People I Was Trying To Help'

AP | KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 09.10.2012 | Business

ATLANTA — After penning a rambling letter to financial regulators and writing notes to his family, a south Georgia bank director boarded a ferry...

Simple Math Says Europe Is Bankrupt

Mitch Feierstein | Posted 08.14.2012 | Business
Mitch Feierstein

There's a lot of talk about Europe at the moment, but it's kind of the way you talk about flooding when the waters don't reach your house. Sure, it must be real tough for the poor saps whose couches are bobbing around in their living rooms -- but meantime, what's for dinner?

Capitalism Without Bankruptcy is Like Catholicism Without Hell

Mitch Feierstein | Posted 08.08.2012 | Business
Mitch Feierstein

Capitalism is simple. You let winners win. You let losers lose. You regulate the whole show to the minimum degree realistically necessary to protect workers, consumers and citizens. Those simple rules have been forgotten.

GM CEO: 'I Wouldn't Be Surprised' If Next CEO Is A Woman

Reuters | Posted 06.30.2012 | Business

By Nick Tate PALM BEACH, Florida, April 30 (Reuters) - The boss of General Motors Co said on Monday the U.S. automaker's most senior ...

New Companies Love This Costly Tax Benefit

Reuters | Posted 06.10.2012 | Business

* Accelerated depreciation tax break has bipartisan backing * Congress edges toward debate on tax code revamp * 26 compa...

Bell Rings for Bond Bubble

Michael Pento | Posted 04.10.2012 | Business
Michael Pento

They always tell you no one rings a bell when a market top or bottom is reached. But a bell is now ringing for the end of the 30-year bull market in U.S. debt. And ironically, the bell ringer is our very own U.S. Treasury Department.

Leadership That's Right on the Money

Tom Fox | Posted 04.08.2012 | Politics
Tom Fox

There is no other commodity that really chronicles American history better than our currency and coins. So to go through this planning process with them, we can reconnect with their work and showcase why it's important and why they are valued.

U.S. Treasury Building Goes Green

Posted 12.31.2011 | Green

From EarthTechling's Susan DeFreitas: The U.S. Treasury Building dates back to the 19th century and is located right next door to the White House -...