The IRS is being asked to do more and more with less and less. Either something must change, or something must give.
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What Ails The IRS?
Tag Archives: Government
Prorogation And Impeachment
Crises centered on impeachment (in the U.S.) and prorogation (in the U.K.) illustrate the critical difference a written Constitution can make to a government.
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Hospital Hypochondria
Hospitals say price transparency will boost their income – and they beg us not to force such prosperity upon them.
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Regulatory Blackmail
Regulators may dislike a certain industry, but that alone does not give them authority to financially starve it to death.
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News Masquerading As Opinion
Respectable newspapers try to keep opinions out of the news columns – but they don’t run major stories as op-eds, either.
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Puerto Rico Invites A Write-Off
Relocating every Puerto Rican to the mainland would make more sense than granting the island’s $139 billion aid request.
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Social Security Taps Its Piggy Bank
While Social Security’s problems become more urgent, neither President Trump nor Congress show any urgent desire to fix it.
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Leakers Who Leak About Leaks
Donald Trump ran for office as an outsider, and now finds himself an outsider inside his own perpetually leaking White House.
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Another Albany Vulture
It should hardly be a surprise when a white knight who emerges from the Albany statehouse turns out to have a dark side.
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Real ID, Later Rather Than Sooner
No more excuses, no more postponements, no kidding: Real ID requirements kick in next fall, and many travelers are not ready.
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