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Obama appoints Daniel Werfel as acting head of IRS
President Obama will appoint senior budget aide Daniel I. Werfel as the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Acting director of IRS resigns amid furor over targeting of conservative groups
President Obama on Wednesday demanded and accepted the resignation of the acting commissioner of the Internal ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
The Facts Are In and Paul Ryan Is Wrong
Changes in the way we think about the world are not “news” in the classic sense — they occur gradually, ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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How the IRS’s Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional
The IRS division responsible for flagging Tea Party groups has long been an agency afterthought, beset by ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
"The Other IRS Scandal": David Cay Johnston on Dark Money Political Groups Seeking Tax Exemption
While the IRS targeting of tea party groups has made headlines for days, far less attention has been paid to the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Scandalous vs. Scandal Lust
I have watched in recent days as a parade of conservatives have used specific and real governmental missteps to ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Washington's Backward Retirement Policy: So Wrong, and Yet So Easy to Fix
money is being wasted on tax subsidies for "private" retirement accounts such as 401(k)s and IRAs. In 2012, these ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The Jobless Trap
let’s be clear: this is a policy decision. The main reason our economic recovery has been so weak is that, ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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IRS Fallout: The Real Scandal is Secret Money Influencing US Elections
The IRS is under siege for investigating conservative political groups applying for tax-exempt status. But the real ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Explaining the upper crust’s preference for austerity economics
At this point, the austerian position has imploded; not only have its predictions about the real world failed ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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