~ Thomas Piketty, Economist
At its dawn, every technology — like every new love — is aglow with the exhilaration of endless possibility. Its dark sides and eventual demise are unfathomable to the wildly optimistic psyche of the besotted, and besotted we invariably are with each new medium that sweeps across the landscape of culture with the forceful promise of a revolution.
Theirs Tax Rate is Zilch
Harvard's Houghton Library is hosting an exhibit called "Small Steps, Giant Leaps" with artifacts from the Apollo 11 mission displayed alongside historic items like "first editions of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton"
During the first six decades of the 20th century, lawyers in the United States grappled with their role in stewarding the nation’s tax system. As 19th century tariffs gave way to 20th century income taxes, legal professionals found themselves at the center of a complex and momentous transformation of the American state and its fiscal underpinnings. In the early 20th century, a subset of these legal professionals came to view themselves principally as “tax lawyers,” a previously unknown category within the legal profession. This process of self-identification also involved a certain amount of organizational creativity, and during the first four decades of the century, tax lawyers organized a series of ad hoc groups within the broader American Bar Association (ABA).
ASIC doubles wealth investigations - The Australian Financial Review
Some of the parents charged with paying bribes to get their offspring into college could end up owing a lot more to the Internal Revenue Service.
IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig told the Senate Finance Committee his agency anticipates that “numerous other individuals” will be charged with criminal tax violations as a result of the investigation into alleged bribes paid to test examiners and college sports coaches to guarantee spots for students at elite U.S. universities.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 19
The problem with satire is not that it mocks and belittles; that's the point. The problem is that social media has rendered it both quaint and futile
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Year Later, Cybercrime Groups Still Rampant on Facebook
More than 100 Facebook groups with some 300,000 members openly advertising services to support all types of cybercrime, including spam, credit card fraud and identity theft were identified. Facebook responded by deleting those groups. However, only one week later, a similar analysis led to the takedown of 74 cybercrime groups operating openly on Facebook with more than 385,000 members.
More than 100 Facebook groups with some 300,000 members openly advertising services to support all types of cybercrime, including spam, credit card fraud and identity theft were identified. Facebook responded by deleting those groups. However, only one week later, a similar analysis led to the takedown of 74 cybercrime groups operating openly on Facebook with more than 385,000 members.
Disclosure
of tax payments would make it easier to hold politicians accountable.
It also would help to reduce fraud and economic inequality.