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Tea party? I’m proud to pay my taxes
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Aziz Poonawalla
This year, I won’t be getting a refund – in fact I had to cut two sizable checks to the Department of Revenue and the Wisconsin Treasury. Yes, it was indeed painful. Fundamentally, the idea of sending your money to faceless bureaucrats is one that provokes some resentment in even the most mild-mannered citizen. In…
a brief guide to federal income taxes
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Aziz Poonawalla
Here’s a very handy, succinct, and clear overview of how to pay federal income taxes, explaining the key concepts. The author explains the difference between the various definitions of income: The first step in calculating your income tax liability is to calculate your income. You add up all your wages, tips, short-term investment income, business…
health reform illustrates why we need a VAT
By
Aziz Poonawalla
The simple truth (and increasing consensus) about health reform is that we needed it, badly. An economist at Kiplinger.com calls the just-passed health reform “no more and no less than a modest, credible start” to reforming our health care system. Conservative columnist Arthur Greene used the example of his wife’s illness to explain in detail…
plane crash in Austin
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Aziz Poonawalla
In Austin, a man has deliberately crashed his private plane into an office building. Thankfully, no one has yet been reported killed, though there are people injured – details are still coming in and we probably won’t know the full extent until tomorrow. The man, Joseph Andrew Stack, also left a suicide note online in…
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