Obama’s Proposed Budget: Making the Death Tax More Deadly
So much for the "permanent" tax law changes that were just enacted a few months ago. President Obama's new budget now includes an increase in the estate tax along with [...]
Income Earned by Tribal Members on Reservations Now CA Tax-Exempt
The Franchise Tax Board has recently announced that tribal members who live on reservations and who receive income from reservation sources are not subject to California state income tax on [...]
Why Mark Zuckerberg May Never Pay Taxes Again: Buy, Borrow & Die
CNN op-ed: Zuck Never Has to Pay Taxes Again, by Edward J. McCaffery (USC):So, you think you have it bad this tax season. Have you heard that Facebook founder Mark [...]
The Unflappable Iron Lady
In honor of Margaret Thatcher's life I have attached a short clip of a British House of Commons debate with the Iron Lady taking on any who wished to step [...]
California Has A Negative Net Worth in the “Hundreds” of Billions of Dollars
The Sacramento Bee has a headline that reads: "State auditor: California's net worth at negative $127.2 billion".As troubling as that headline is, the most startling material is buried in the [...]
High-Speed Boondoggle? $800 Million to Save 10 Minutes
Admit it. When the federal government talks of investing huge sums of money into high-speed rail you picture aerodynamic bullet trains humming along at 220 miles per hour. So when [...]