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More serious relief from a repeal of the estate tax, an expansion of IRAs and 401(k)s and the removal of the marriage penalty (the extra tax some couples owe simply because they are married) would come much later. And the Alternative Minimum Tax, or AMT, which would go away initially for many taxpayers, would resurface...
...high-fives to underclassmen that will be in the process of realizing their true potential for the first time, just as I was three years prior. I need to reinvigorate those same feelings in myself and achieve at an even greater level. I need to make it happen. I owe it to my parents, my brother and sister, and family and friends, who unconditionally believe in me. I owe it to myself...
...They owe their lives to a Peace Parks Foundation set up in 1997 by retired South African industrialist Anton Rupert, head of the Rothman's tobacco empire, to raise funds and promote interregional partnerships in game conservation. Rupert pushed the idea not just to improve game management and create more tourism jobs but also, in a continent known more for conflict than cooperation, to promote peace. Endorsed by Nelson Mandela and funded by eminent local and foreign sponsors, the foundation drew up a list of eight potential cross-border sites, covering up to 200,000 sq km in 10 southern...
...demonstrators have right on their side, in two ways. First, there is a powerful moral argument in favor of Harvard’s adopting a living wage policy. And second, even if Harvard’s leaders disagree with this argument or with the demonstrators’ tactics, they owe us all a reply to the argument and not merely criticism of the tactics to which the demonstrators resorted after years of being denied that reply. Harvard’s leaders should at least provide credible evidence of readiness to reply and willingness to change their policies if they cannot...
...easy one: Extend the current moratorium that bars taxes on Internet access and prohibits taxes that single out the Internet. The knottier issue, though, is of sales tax. Say you live in New York and order a book online from Amazon.com (based in Washington state). Technically, you owe New York sales taxes. And states like New York - not to mention the brick-and-mortar stores in them, who complain that Internet outfits are being granted unfairly tax-free status - are looking for permission to start collecting...