Tag / taxes
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Taxes, Tinder, And The Timely Terrors Of My Twenties
I’m curious – what does your Tinder bio say (if you have one, of course)? Perhaps it’s a witty one liner from your favorite episode of Parks and Recreation that shows you’re into situational workplace television, or a lyric from your favorite Migos song, which I suppose just says you’re well acquainted with Spotify’s Rap…
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The (Libertarian) Case for Reparations
In his piece “The Case for Reparations,” Ta-Nehisi Coates details the ways in which white supremacy and racism have had a lasting impact on black communities. As the title of the article suggests, Coates argues that the best way to right the terrible wrongs that have been done to African-Americans is through reparations. While no…
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Mitt On Moochers
Mother Jones’ David Corn has published a video of Mitt Romney making pretty disdainful remarks about the perceived Obama electorate at a private Boca Raton fund-raiser from earlier this year: There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with…
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Apple Pie, Football…Debt?: A Debate with the WUPR Editor-in-Chief
With the congressional deadline approaching to decrease the deficit by more than a trillion dollars, some still question if this imposed decrease is necessary. The deficit could be sustainable and may not even harm future generations. Yet, there are many reasons why this decrease is necessary, and why cutting government spending is the way to…
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The Bush Tax Cuts and an (Obviously?) Unnecessary Dilemma
That the Bush Tax cuts will be of issue in the upcoming Congressional session is, at this point, all but fate. Lame though the duck might be, it will no doubt have some water to tread on this particular issue. And although the ultimate destiny of Bush’s contributions to the nation’s tax-scheme remains uncertain, the…
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Goldman Sachs Under Fire, BoA Lives
This morning, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally announced fraud charges against prominent banking firm Goldman Sachs. The SEC says that Goldman Sachs neglected to disclose important details of a major sale conducted in 2007. The deal in question involved a “collateralized debt obligation”, which eventually cost investors upwards of $1 billion. Goldman Sachs…
