24 June 2010
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was formally indicted yesterday on 19 counts of fraud and tax evasion. A federal grand jury returned the indictment, which alleged that Kilpatrick used a tax-exempt charity, the Kilpatrick Civic Fund, as his own personal piggy bank. He is said to have spent more than $640,000 of the charity’s money [...]
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13 July 2007
Well, only if you live in the UK. Our friends across the pond at Oxford University claim that charging VAT (Value Added Tax, sort of like a sales tax) of 17.5% on foods deemed to be unhealthy would reduce the number of heart attacks and strokes. The theory is that increased costs will slash consumer [...]
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