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...Some land in the surrounding countryside (mostly used for dairy farming) has sold recently for as much as $7,500 an acre, up 50% in five years. Two new banks have arrived in New Stanton to compete with the long established Mellon Bank branch. "And we got a dentist," adds Mayor John Reagan. "Something we never had before." Mail volume through the town post office has increased by 30% during the past year. Postmaster Henry Springer hopes that New Stanton Post Office will be elevated to first-class status, enabling it to hire more staff and lengthen hours of service...
...after Greenfeld's play I Have a Dream opened to rave reviews on Broadway: "It's a good thing I did not go into New York. This morning Foumi complained of a severe toothache. So after driving Noah to school I had to take her to our dentist in Venice. He referred her to a dental surgeon in Brentwood. We drove there and had the tooth extracted. Then in the afternoon the taxi company neglected to pick up our Day Care children. So I had to ferry them to our site in Santa Monica. When I returned home...
...segments of the working class to vote conservative in the last two parliamentary elections. A more widespread form of protest is tax evasion. One method is to avoid cash transactions whenever possible. A clothier and a farmer, for example, exchange a new suit and a side of beef; a dentist fills the teeth of an auto mechanic in return for a car lubrication. Another method is "black labor." Example: a company wishing to redecorate its offices pays cash for the work, but does not record the transaction; the decorator pockets the entire amount, while the firm writes off the expense...
...toothache, see a dentist; if it's a pain in your taxes, come to me." With that crude but compelling slogan, Mogens Glistrup, Denmark's premier tax-dodge artist and maverick politician, not only made himself a millionaire but also built the country's second largest party, which now holds 26 of the 179 seats in parliament. Last week, after a 3½-year trial, a Copenhagen court found him guilty on a host of charges involving fraud and tax evasion and directed him to pay $880,000 in fines and back taxes. Glistrup's chief...
...placed the national ire at a level he defines as "public outrage." Tax experts believe that there could be a spread of local tax revolts, which temporarily closed schools in Ohio and Oregon. They also fear a rise in "bartering." An accountant may do the books of a dentist, who then tends the bookkeeper's teeth. No money changes hands. No tax is paid...