Sunday, July 10, 2005

Few if any family farms are subject to the estate tax, reports NYT's David Cay Johnston. "The estate tax raised an estimated $23.4 billion last year. Repeal would shift part of the burden of taxes off the fortunes left by the richest 1 percent of Americans, some of whose fortunes were never taxed, onto the general population." Johnston's book, Perfectly Legal -- about the tax system that benefits the very wealthy -- is a must-read. This country is flirting with oligarchy. 6:50:29 PM   permalink   comment []

Bad news for Rove on the Plame case? 3:55:52 PM   permalink   comment []

Hoggard and Wharton are unimpressed by the latest downtown parking proposals. 3:46:15 PM   permalink   comment []

Allen Johnson on the sorry state of Guilford County politics: "These commissioners aren't about leadership; they are about power and intimidation." You know what makes it much worse? It's been going on for so damn long. Check out the date on this column. 3:40:04 PM   permalink   comment []