New Orleans So you might ask in all of the hoopla as the USA went over the fiscal cliff, what happened to the charitable deductions that I have written about several times? Well, there were some modest changes because some ceilings were place on the value of personal exemptions and itemized deductions for high-income tax filers …
Category: DC Politics
Another Deal Coming for the Bankers, Unlikely to Benefit Consumers
Dauphine Island New reports have finally trickled out on a “last and final” deal between government regulators and the nation’s big banks over their irresponsible, immoral fleecing of consumers around home mortgages leaving millions as foreclosure victims. Nothing about this settlement sounds really good for consumers particularly. The whole thing smacks of end of the …
Middle Class, Walmart Lies, Too Big to Indict or Fail, Altruism, and Stress
New Orleans You wouldn’t believe it, if it weren’t true! Second Walmart Supplier Found in Bangladesh Fire Tragedy: Steven Greenhouse, NYT Scott Nova, executive director, of the Worker Rights Consortium, said the new documents raised additional questions about Walmart’s role at the factor. ‘If Walmart’s claim that they were the victim of one rouge supplier …