There is Woody Allen's take on Wagner: "I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland."
Why aren’t politicians talking about the joy of tax?
I published this video this morning. In it, I ask why no politician wants to talk about the positive aspects of taxation during the election
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NAYIB BUKELE, PHILOSOPHER KING?“He is, without a doubt, the most popular democratically elected leader in the world. . . . In his first five years as president, Bukele has transformed El Salvador.
The country that was once the most dangerous in the world, overrun by criminal gangs such as MS-13, now has among the lowest murder rates in the world. The turnaround has been so profound that Salvadorans who left the country to live abroad now want to return home.”
CFPB Creates Registry to Detect Corporate Repeat Offenders
“The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today finalized a rule to establish a registry to detect and deter corporate offenders that have broken consumer laws and are subject to federal, state, or local government or court orders. The registry will also help the CFPB to identify repeat offenders and recidivism trends.
The new registry is part of the CFPB’s ongoing focus on holding lawbreaking companies accountable and stopping corporate recidivism. “Too often, financial firms treat penalties for illegal activity as the cost of doing business,” said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra. “The CFPB’s new rule will help law enforcement across the country detect and stop repeat offenders.” When a financial company violates the law, a government agency may take an enforcement action against them. Typically, this leads to an order entered by a court or the agency.
These orders are not suggestions. While these orders are publicly available, they are not comprehensively tracked. The CFPB’s new registry will facilitate better understanding of bad actors that seek to restart a scam, fraudulent scheme, or other illegal conduct that harms the public. The CFPB expects that the registry will be used by state attorneys general, state regulators, and a range of other law enforcement agencies. The registry will also assist investors, creditors, business partners, and members of the public that are conducting due diligence or research on financial firms bound by law enforcement orders…”
