As Tax Day looms (April 18 this year, thanks to the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation), several recent reports serve as reminders that the wealthiest Americans give up far less of their income in taxes than the rest of the country. Bloomberg Businessweek has published a guide on tax More…
Legally married gay couples this month will be filing joint tax returns to the IRS, pressing the federal government to again acknowledge that, by failing to recognize gay marriage, it routinely asks U.S. citizens to lie on their tax forms. “More people are refusing to lie on those forms even More…
Politico is reporting today that U.S Rep. Ron Paul (R-Clute) raised about $3 million in the first three months of 2011, and also has about $1.7 million in his congressional campaign account. This morning, Paul said on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” that he’ll make a decision on another try at the More…
Last November, medical marijuana advocates launched the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), a lobbying organization dedicated to representing the interests of the medical marijuana industry on the federal level. Today marks NCIA’s first official “congressional lobbying day,” during which representatives of the organization are meeting
As the IRS continues to expand audits demanding millions of dollars in back taxes from medical marijuana dispensaries across California, many dispensaries are turning to one man to aid them in the fight against federal crackdowns.
Henry Wykowski, a San Francisco lawyer and former U.S. Justice Department prosecutor
In a post on Drug War Chronicle, criminal justice journalist Clarence Walker reports that the DEA and FBI are together putting pressure on banks in northern California to report any suspicious activity pertaining to the sale of marijuana. Rather than get involved in messy federal investigations, many banks have More…
On Thursday, The American Independent reported on an IRS action that could send shockwaves through the medical marijuana industry — even destroy it completely.
Federal agencies have stepped up efforts to crack down on medical marijuana, and while high-profile ATF raids may be more immediately shocking, there is a less direct tactic being used that could spell the death of medical marijuana across the country, according to its opponents.
NPR makes a pretty good case for the Commission on Hope, Growth & Opportunity, a major 501(c)(4) player in this year’s elections which not only avoids disclosing its donors to the Federal Election Commission — standard practice among Section 501 nonprofits — but has also thus far declined to More…
Dan Benishek, a Republican favored to win the congressional seat in Michigan’s First District, has loads of ideas for reducing the federal deficit. “The Department of Energy was created in the 1970s to make us energy independent, and look at us now,” he said. “So what is its purpose, then?” More…
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