Word: payments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sometimes silence. Thanks to Linda Johnson, an IRS examiner in Memphis, that will soon change. She complained to her Senator, Democrat Albert Gore, that when taxpayers in certain categories failed to subtract already withheld sums in calculating what they owe the Treasury, the IRS simply pocketed their surplus payment without telling them. Urging superiors to change the rules so these people will get refunds, she argued, "It was stealing from the taxpayers...
...shotguns and $800 in special donations before running out of money last week. Some of the gun traders could not be paid, but they did not seem to mind. Yet not all of them had the purest motives. One man vowed to use his cash bounty as a down payment on an assault rifle. Another threatened to kill the priest. Still others bought cheap $30 guns and sold them to Gourley for a $70 profit...
Gardner says he arranged for the purchase at an inflated price of a vacation condominium that Paisley owned in Sun Valley, Idaho. Prosecutors say the payment -- about $149,000 for a condo later sold for $100,000 -- constituted a bribe. The money came from a secret $5 million fund that Gardner set up with Unisys money and devoted to bribery and illegal campaign contributions, as well as his personal use. He allegedly replenished the fund by charging the military for consulting work that was never performed -- which would mean that the Pentagon unknowingly supplied the money to corrupt...
...Brady proposal hopes to reverse that tide by giving lenders an incentive to ease the pressure on debt-ridden countries. A banker, for example, might be willing to accept lower interest payment on an existing loan -- 6% a year, say, as opposed to 10% -- if assured that all interest payments would be made on time. In recent years, many strapped Latin debtors have repeatedly made late interest payments. This has an immediate and painful effect on the creditor bank, since it lowers its quarterly earnings. Under the new plan, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank would insure that...
...looked into yet another Tower problem. This time it was an allegation, surfacing in the Ill Wind scandal, that some officials affiliated with Unisys Corp., a defense contractor under investigation, gave money in the early 1980s to a Tower associate, apparently to arrange meetings with the Senator. The payment was allegedly made as a campaign contribution...