Wednesday, April 15, 2009

TAXES, A TAX CHEAT, AND THE DEATH OF AN 11 YEAR OLD

Three news items from Truthdig.

Obama Talks Taxes
Obama Tax Speech

As “tea parties” tepidly brew in different U.S. cities to protest government spending and budget deficits, Obama is on the offensive to maintain that the tax relief of his administrations’ nascent months is helping resurrect our fallen economy.


Endgame for Gramm? Gramm

One wonders if Phil Gramm has been made just a tad nervous by the news on Tuesday that one of UBS’ super-wealthy private clients has pleaded guilty to tax evasion.

This one is really sad.

Anti-Gay Slurs Drove 11-Year-Old to Suicide

Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover

Sirdeaner Walker of Springfield, Mass., complained to her son’s school about the daily taunts. The bullies who tormented her son Carl with the words gay and fag made her feel worse than the breast cancer she had survived. She was on her way to protest again when she found Carl, 11, hanged with an extension cord.

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