This week, I reached a pretty significant milestone: I finally paid off my undergraduate student loans. Hold the champagne: I now get to plug away
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Commuters Win With Cycling Fringe Benefits
Today marked the 27th running of the TD Bank Philadelphia Men’s International Cycling Championship, the longest running single-day cycling road race in the United States.
Read MoreCalifornia Steps Up Efforts To Tax Online Sales
So I’m not one for “I told you so” but… Okay, who are we kidding? I totally am. About two and a half years ago,
Read MoreMedicare Plan Vulnerable According To Budget Vote
When presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich first objected to House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) Medicare proposal, there was a collective gasp in the political sphere.
Read MoreGAO Voices Concerns (Again) About Contracts, Grants Awarded to Delinquent Taxpayers
Earlier today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its prepared written testimony before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
Read MoreIs Ryan’s Medicare Proposal The Right Kind Of Change?
It was one of those jaw dropping, rubbing your eyes, cleaning out your ears moments. Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, thought by many to be a
Read MoreMaking Sense Of Where Tax Dollars Go
Today, my first grader will get up on stage and have quite possibly the last music recital of her (so far) brief academic career. Together
Read MoreBig Oil Tax Breaks Continue After Procedural Vote
I said it would be a tough vote and it was: the Senate voted this week to block a proposal to curb tax breaks for
Read MoreSweetening The Pot: Taxing Medical Marijuana Reaps Benefits in San Jose
Sodas. Tanning. Wine. Hookers. In the scramble to raise revenues, city, state and federal governments have considered slapping taxes on nearly everything they can figure
Read MoreMultinational Corporate Tax Holiday Gets New Interest
Imagine for a minute how you’d feel if you found out that Congress passed a law that would allow your neighbor to pay less tax
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