Quito It is impossible to read the tragic tales of sweatshop fires in Bangladesh and Pakistan without coming to the conclusion that literally the very best of intentions have in fact “paved the road to hell.” The story by Declan Walsh and Steven Greenhouse in the New York Times, “Certified Safe, A Factory in Karachi Quickly …
Category: Citizen Wealth
Aaron is Right, Aviv is Wrong: The Wealthy Cannot Keep Escaping Taxes
Quito A number of the big dog, nonprofit charities trooped over to visit with Congress to try to protect every dime of their tax breaks, especially the blanket deductions that favor the rich and superrich. They were led by Diane Aviv, the longtime head of Independent Sector, the big nonprofits trade group that has recently …
Locating Housing for the Poor: Good Intentions, Expediency, and Living with the Consequences
Quito One of the ironic outcomes of recent disasters, whether New Orleans or now New York, is that the public, policy makers, and politicians are finally forced to reckon with where the poor are, and often, where they have put the poor in ways that are hard to escape. In a smaller way this is …