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...playing killer robots and musclehead commandos without once being asked to provide the timeline on his steroid use, fill in the picture on his sex life or clarify his position on offshore oil drilling. On the Today show last week, Arnold was asked twice whether he would make his tax returns public. He claimed he couldn't hear the question...
...still wet on president Bush's stock-dividend tax-rate cut in early June when Corus Bankshares in Chicago voted to triple its annual payout. CEO Robert Glickman said the move was "solely in reaction" to the new tax treatment and that he was "very pleased" to provide shareholders with a beefy new payment. Little wonder. The Glickman family owns half the company, and his 25% stake in the bank will generate $5.8 million in annual after-tax income, up from $1.3 million...
Glickman isn't the only executive who will reap a windfall thanks to the Bush cut, which lowered the tax rate on dividends to 15% from a top marginal rate of 38.6%. Since May more than 200 firms have raised their payouts to shareholders, and--in a time of scrutiny over pay packages--the increases are minting riches for bosses who own a lot of company stock...
...quite simple: Place a tax on all foods with high fat concentrations. Advertise on TV and through other forms of media the dangers of unhealthy foods. Promote fitness as well. Since good eating habits start at a young age, require that the curriculum in schools cover nutrition and have kids be tested on it. Market healthy foods to kids instead of junk foods. Finally, give tax benefits to companies that have gyms or that give gym memberships to employees. Ben Hoult Hyattsville...
...This is only one aspect, but important: As a nation, we're fattening the children by starving the schools. People buy into the pro-tax-cut mentality, and then schools - and children - pay the price. Many schools have cut physical education classes and after-school sports, and some have even eliminated recess. Cash-strapped school districts make deals to let soda and candy machines and fast food into the schools in return for money that we weren't willing to pay in taxes. Peggy Datz California...