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...prices charged by specialty financial planners for the most part aren't higher than those charged by generalists. Although fees vary, expect to spend a yearly retainer of about $4,000. Hourly rates average $150. Some planners charge commissions on investments they sell; they tend to be less neutral in their financial recommendations than fee-only planners, who aren't hawking a product. Planners who manage a portfolio on an ongoing basis charge a small percentage of all assets...
...concerning Yaser Esam Hamdi, a U.S. citizen imprisoned since his capture in Afghanistan in 2001. In that case, the court decided that while the President can deem American citizens "enemy combatants," he cannot deny them access to a lawyer and a chance to answer the charges before a "neutral decision maker." The Supreme Court left it to the Bush Administration and lower courts to devise a way for Hamdi to challenge his detention...
...standardized deductions. Kirchhof believes it could bring about a cultural shift as people are rewarded rather than penalized for success. "We have a system that is riddled with privileges. One benefits at the expense of another," he says. "It's completely unequal." Kirchhof reckons his proposals are tax neutral - meaning that they won't cost the government anything. Not everyone agrees with the calculations, but his paper nonetheless stirred up a flurry of imitators. The opposition Christian Democrats as well as the Free Democrats have both since published their own tax-simplification plans. And most significantly, the German government...
...Adnan Pachachi, then a Governing Council member, says that no one was consulted when Bremer decided to shut the paper down. In response, al-Sadr's loyalists staged a rolling revolt in Baghdad and across much of southern Iraq, locking down cities and in the process turning many previously neutral Iraqi Shi'ites firmly against the U.S. occupation. Governing Council members believe the decision was a huge mistake. Says Ibrahim Jaafari, one of the two Vice Presidents in the new Iraqi government: "We couldn't contain the Sadr movement." U.S. troops were forced to fight troops loyal to al-Sadr...
Vocal dissent under the Mahan administration has hardly been limited to major council reforms. Issues ranging from awarding student groups money for “recycling and minimizing waste” to council support for gender-neutral bathrooms have generated heated opposition at council meetings this semester...