Paying Your Fair Share :: By: Larry Walker II :: In Tax Simplification, Part II, I expounded on a 2010 Annual Report to Congress, in which National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson focused on the need for tax reform as the No. 1 priority in tax administration. In particular, she focused on the problem of … Continue reading Affordable Care Excise Tax, Part III
Effing the Middle Class :: By: Larry Walker II :: In Part 1, we voiced concern that in constitutional law sense, an excise tax is usually an event tax as opposed to a “state of being” tax, the recent exception to this principle being the “minimum essential coverage” tax under Internal Revenue Code section 5000A … Continue reading Affordable Care Excise Tax, Part II
What the Individual Mandate means for you and your family :: By: Larry Walker II :: Under the Affordable Care Act, beginning in 2014, State governments, insurers, employers, and selected individuals are supposed to share in the responsibility of providing health insurance coverage. The Act’s shared responsibility provision, also known as the individual mandate, requires … Continue reading Affordable Care Excise Tax, Part I
Eradicating Identity Politics :: By: Larry Walker II :: Those who say that Republican’s don’t like President Obama’s policies, solely because of the color of his skin, tend to forget that he’s also a member of the Democratic Party. In the United States, we basically have a two-party system comprised of Republicans (25%) and Democrats … Continue reading Political Racism
Savannah City Hall A Yes-No Proposition – By: Larry Walker II – There are two Proposed Constitutional Amendments on Georgia’s ballot this November 4th. They are as follows: A. To prohibit an increase in the state income tax rate in effect January 1, 2015 (Senate Resolution 415). “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to … Continue reading Georgia’s Proposed Constitutional Amendments – November 2014
Compiled by: Larry Walker II :: In a February 2014 House Oversight Hearing, J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, stated that, “IRS employees are entrusted with the sensitive personal and financial information of taxpayers. Using this information to perpetrate a criminal scheme for personal gain negatively impacts our Nation’s voluntary tax system … Continue reading Sources of Income Tax Identity Theft
Lies, Tax Fraud and Deceit (Originally Published 11/03/2009) My theory is that Alan Grayson is a liar, a fraud, and a tax-cheat. Who is this guy? How did he really obtain his wealth? It’s certainly worth further investigation in light of the following. Summary: Roll Call lists Alan Grayson’s largest asset is a claim against … Continue reading Alan Grayson: Lies, Tax Fraud and Deceit
U.S. Government Shutdown: Negotiation 101 – By: Larry Walker II – “Treasury Secy. Jack Lew warns the country will run out of money later this month. Actually, that’s another lie. The country ran out of money $17 trillion ago. It’s all borrowed since then, much of it by this administration.” ~ Andrew Malcolm * The … Continue reading Give Up 300,000 Federal Workers… and then we’ll talk.
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” ~ Abraham Lincoln ~ Phony Government Statistics, Detroit and Black Americans – By: Larry Walker II – One way the federal government could … Continue reading Black Unemployment Rate Closer to 37.9%
“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?” ~ Luke 14:28 (NIV) – By: Larry Walker, II – During his 2011 State of the Union address, Potus announced a new U.S. energy target: Produce 80 … Continue reading Replacing Coal with Solar Energy — Let Me Count the Costs
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