Category Archives: Taxes

We Ran the Treasury Department. This Is How to Fix Tax Evasion.

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Jim deMaine

By Timothy F. Geithner, Jacob J. Lew, Henry M. Paulson Jr., Robert E. Rubin and Lawrence H. Summers in the NYT The authors are former U.S. Treasury secretaries. Mr. Geithner and Mr. Lew served under President Barack Obama, Mr. Paulson under President George W. Bush, and … Continue reading →

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Please tax my capital-gains profits: Washington’s crises demand it

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Jim deMaine

By Nick Hanauer – Special to The Seattle Times If you’re expecting yet another dire warning characterizing the wealth tax on capital gains making its way through Washington’s Legislature as a job killing, big government assault on freedom, you’re reading the … Continue reading →

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Why are more people cheating on their taxes?

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Jim deMaine
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