Rigging Elections is a Crime

But it gets worse. The product of a rigged election talks of spreading democracy far and wide.

Issue of Tax Abuse by the Christian Right, Heats Up

My interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling:  The taxpayers do not subsidize one-sided political free speech.

United States of North America -- The plan to merge the U.S., Mexico and Canada

Will Canadians and Mexicans be using electronic voting machines made in the U.S.A.?

Not Your Usual Left Wing Rant

"No Taxes for the working class. That should be the watchword of the Left."

Looking to diversify? It’s as good as gold

The price of gold at a 25-year high. American Eagles. Canadian Maple Leafs. South African Krugerrands. Copy & Click this URL: http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2006/0409/biz/stories/02biz.htm   

SUPPORT THE TROOPS

This is a frequent slogan in the USA. Americans need to stop and think about this slogan. TAXES SUPPORT TROOPS.

Hotel tax hike OK'd to help NASCAR hall

"The NASCAR Hall of Fame deal rounded the last lap Tuesday night. In an 8-1 vote, Mecklenburg commissioners agreed to raise the county's hotel tax by 2 percentage points, from 6 to 8 percent. The money to be raised by the increase was a financial cornerstone of Charlotte's...

Sahadi: You want a piece of me? Pay me. - Mar. 17, 2006

Thanks to proposed changes to the IRS' privacy regulation of tax preparers, everyone from H&R Block to your local tax-prep shop may be allowed to sell their clients' tax return information to any third party, including marketers and data brokers.

Canada's CD Tax Out of Hand?

"CRIA Watcher writes "The Canadian Copyright Board has just announced that it is bringing back the tax on blank CDs, called the private copying levy, in 2007. Michael Geist demonstrates how the tax has created a huge distortion in the retail price of blank media on his...

China Puts 2,600 Year Old Agriculture Tax Away

China announced to abolish a 2,600-year-old agriculture tax in early 2006. The China National People's Council Standing Committee, the legislative body, took the decision.