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Local Voices: South suburbs
Letters to the editor from Orland Park, Palos Park, Tinley Park, Frankfort and New Lenox residents. Not sending a message This is in response to "New crackdown on attacks fueled by social media; Organizers will face tougher penalties" (News, May 19)....Tags: Frankfort, Cocaine, Pat Quinn, Personal Weapon Control, Slavery
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There's a fly in my soup
WASHINGTON – "Horrible customer service." That's what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency's only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. In such grim proceedings one should be grateful...Tags: Consumers, Fox News Channel (tv network), Tea Party Movement, Politics, Soups
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When president checks out, abuses mount
May has been a rough month for President Barack Obama: more Benghazi developments, plus the breaking IRS and journo-bugging scandals. Taken separately, none of these episodes is fatal. They do not reach Watergate levels. Given that previously classified...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Journalism, Fox News Channel (tv network), George W. Bush, Tea Party Movement
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"Ineffective management" by IRS in Tea Party scandal, auditor testifies
Watchdog with Paul MuschickIn the latest twist in the IRS-Tea Party scandal, the inspector general overseeing the IRS testified Monday that "ineffective management" resulted in improper activity for 18 months. "The IRS used inappropriate criteria that identified for review Tea... -
Obama needs to start sweating the small stuff
President Barack Obama likes doing the big things. This is, after all, the man who claimed that his victorious 2008 campaign was "the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal." He was roundly (and rightly) derided...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Politics, Barbara A. Mikulski
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Way past time to change tax code
During the early years of the Republic, Chief Justice John Marshall noted that, "The power to tax is the power to destroy." He might have added that it's also the power to manipulate behavior, punish political enemies and reward political friends. Indeed,...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement, Politics, Occupy Wall Street
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How 10 major tax breaks benefit the rich -- and the poor
A new Congressional Budget Office report on the cost and beneficiaries of 10 of the largest federal tax breaks includes one surprising factoid that could make it harder for lawmakers to simplify the tax code by winnowing the thicket of credits, deductions...
Tags: Social Security, Credit and Debt, Internal Revenue Service, Health and Safety at Work, Personal Income
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Palm Beach County budget proposal faces $5 million 'gap'
Sun SentinelPalm Beach County faces a $5 million budget crunch, according to early versions of the county’s $4 billion spending plan. County officials plan to unveil their budget proposal next week, but so far haven’t found a way to accommodate...Tags: Ric Bradshaw, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, South Florida Water Management District, Palm Beach County
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IRS ruling on Villages tax-free bonds a long time coming
Oh, dear. The IRS has shut down the printing press that for years has churned out what seemed like endless cash for the family that developed The Villages retirement community. The agency has ruled that the bureaucracy running The Villages, called a...
Tags: Homes, Internal Revenue Service, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Lobbying
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More money down the government black hole
Among the training sessions offered to IRS employees at a conference a few years ago in sunny California was one titled, "Political Savvy: How Not to Shoot Yourself in the Foot." IRS management should have taken that course before planning that...Tags: Darrell E Issa, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Internal Revenue Service, Government, Allentown
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Questioning the IRS
Glenn Hubbard and Tim Kane were wrong to say in their Op-Ed article Wednesday that the IRS' targeting of unorthodox political groups chills free speech, wrote reader Harrison Stephenson in a letter to the editor. He said: -------------------- FOR THE...
Tags: Interior Policy, Parties and Movements, Internal Revenue Service, Pension and Welfare, Tea Party Movement
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Can Route 222 Bypass handle Costco-anchored shopping center?
When the 6.2-mile stretch of the Route 222 Bypass in western Lehigh County opened to motorists in 2007, it was billed as both a cure for chronic rush-hour congestion on Hamilton Boulevard in one of the fastest growing areas of the state and a conduit to...
Tags: Macungie, Services and Shopping, Politics, Transportation, Groceries
May 30, 2013
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May 28, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 28, 2013
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Jun 3, 2013
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May 30, 2013
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Jun 2, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 29, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 29, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun 7, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jun 8, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 1, 2013
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Jun 7, 2013
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