The law re-introducing a 16% value-added tax on most foods further inflamed discontent at a time when teachers are in their second week of a nationwide strike demanding higher allowances, while other civil servants are clamoring for higher pay.
A typical middle-income family making $40,000 to $64,000 a year could see its taxes go up by $2,000 next year if lawmakers fail to renew a lengthy roster of tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year, according to a new report Monday
Last week the Jerusalem Post reported that former Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Commander-in-Chief Gabi Ashkenazi told a conference that U.S. taxpayers have contributed more to the Israeli defense budget than Israeli taxpayers in the past three years.
During 2009, prisoners managed to collect a whopping $39.1 million in undeserved refunds from the IRS. $19 million went to prisoners in just three states: Florida, Georgia, and California. USA Today reported that as outrageously high as those amounts
The federal government now includes Social Security in its debt portfolio, not because the program is insolvent or ever was, and not because the Federal government has to fund it in any sense (SS is funded by your investments) but because the Federal
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