New Orleans After years of campaigns by ACORN and agreements with the major tax preparers, H&R Block, Jackson-Hewitt, and Liberty Tax Services, to rein in the abuses and predatory pricing of “refund anticipation loans” or RALs, as they are known in the industry, it appears that the rats will play “while the cat is away.” …
Category: Citizen Wealth
Hospitals Cutting Costs by Helping the Poor
New Orleans We’ve all heard the sayings before. A stitch in time saves nine. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Now it seems that with some incentives being provided to hospitals through the Affordable Care Act, some of them are learning these old lessons, perhaps for the first time with feeling. …
Tough Problems on Overtime for Salaried Workers
New Orleans The Department of Labor has overshot its goal of writing new regulations on overtime rules for salaried workers by about six months. Sometimes the issue is foot dragging, but this time it may be simply the fact that it is a very, very difficult issue to handle. Keep in mind that hourly workers …