A new Huffington Post column by Alan Schram discussing Obama’s colossal federal expenditures and the taxes they portend are remeniscient of the permanence of ancient Egypt’s tax policy described in Genesis.
Once government is on the advance, it rarely yields its power and authority, and it will be exceedingly difficult to cut back expenses. So either taxes [...]

According to The Economic Times (India), an encyclical calling for closure of such tax havens is scheduled for release on March 18 by Pope Benedict XVI. The paper cites the office of the Archbishop of Mumbai:
“We expect the encyclical to be published on March 18. However, a formal release will happen on May 1, on the [...]

AFP reports on one unexpected twist to the economic downturn: states moving to abolish the death penalty. The reason: its price tag as states face their own fiscal crises.
Death penalty laws remain on the books of 36 of the 50 US states, and capital punishment is supported by some two-thirds of the American public.
But across the nation, [...]

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