Charity of the Heart vs. the Pocketbook

Taxes

            Marble Falls         The nonprofit sector of our economy is huge.  The tattered social services safety net depends on charity.  All of which has created a considerable cottage industry of experts and systems to harvest donations.  The intentions might be noble, but the implementation often seems more about tax advantages than acts of good …

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Secrecy is a Problem, but Information is a Solution

Politics

            Marble Falls       Let’s face it.  The wannabe autocrats and corporations have real problems with transparency.  It all seems like a case of “methinks they protest too much.”  What exactly do they have to hide and why? Take corporations and disclosures about greenhouse gas emissions, for example.  The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed …

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