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What if Our Taxes Were Managed Like the NBA?

9 July 2010

The spectacle that was the Lebron-athon on yesterday is over. If you haven’t heard (in which case I desperately want to know how that happened), James chose Miami. It might have had something to do with taxes. Or maybe he was desperate to get out of Cleveland, a city that is devastated – and ticked [...]

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World Series Champs Pay Hefty Luxury Tax

22 December 2009

How much does it cost to win a world championship? Apparently, just over $226 million. That’s how much the New York Yankees reportedly paid their players this year. Today, the reigning world champs in baseball were assessed a luxury tax of $25.69 million as a result of their crazy spending. The Yanks are the only [...]

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What’s It Worth to You?

6 June 2007

In response to my post about PETA’s proposed meat tax, Sally over at Living Without Meat had this to say: What she doesn’t share with us is if the tax deal goes through, will she go back to her formerly meat-free diet? That’s right: I used to be a vegetarian. I was meat free from [...]

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