The IRS audits the working poor at about the same rate as the wealthiest 1%. Now, in response to questions from a U.S. senator, the IRS has acknowledged that’s true but professes it can’t change anything unless it is given more money.
IRS: Sorry, but It’s Just Easier and Cheaper to Audit the Poor — ProPublica
This despite the return on investigations into the wealthy being significantly greater.
Revelations that President Donald Trump is personally liable for more than $400 million in debt are casting a shadow over his presidency that ethics experts say raises national security concerns he could be manipulated to sway U.S. policy by organizations or individuals he’s indebted to.
Ethics experts see national security concern in Trump’s reported personal debt | PBS NewsHour
Let’s stop focusing on the tax shenanigans, though they’re certainly important. Even more pressing is that this kind of situation would automatically disqualify most people from an entry-level government job because they’d be seen as susceptible to corruption.
The Louisville Metro government on Tuesday announced a $12 million settlement package with the family of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was shot in her own home by police officers in March. The settlement also includes a series of police reforms.
Louisville to pay $12 million settlement to family of Breonna Taylor – Axios
All these stories framed it as the Louisville government paying this settlement. But what’s actually happening is that the taxpayers are paying for police misconduct – after already paying the salaries of the police who committed the misconduct – and the city is just acting as the escrow account for the money.
PMC will lead daily operations of an expanded entertainment and music brand portfolio under the PMRC banner that will bring two Hollywood trade institutions under the same roof for the first time. Billboard, Vibe and the Reporter will join PMC’s Variety, Rolling Stone and Music Business Worldwide.
PMC to Operate Billboard, Hollywood Reporter and Vibe With MRC – Variety
Seems like a fine turn of events, no one should be concerned at all.
Wall Street’s nightmare scenario on Election Day isn’t really a Donald Trump or a Joe Biden victory. It’s one where there’s no clear winner, or a result one side refuses to accept.
The stock market and the 2020 election: The result Wall Street fears – Vox
The one thing Wall Street, where stocks have been rising while millions of people have been put out of work and countless businesses are failing or have failed, is concerned about uncertainty.
Can Algorithms Violate Fair Housing Laws?
Can Algorithms Violate Fair Housing Laws? – The Markup
When former Billy Joel drummer Liberty DeVitto started work on his new memoir Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness about 15 years ago, he was still angry. Joel had just fired him from his band after 30 years together, and DeVitto saw the book as a chance to vent his rage and settle old scores. “I was the ‘angry old man,’” he tells Rolling Stone. “And the anger was eating me from the inside out.”
Liberty DeVitto Interview: New Memoir, Making Peace With Billy Joel – Rolling Stone
One of the all-time great rock drummers.
Now the White House has launched a new ad campaign with the Ad Council aimed at encouraging the unemployed to just find something new. That’s actually the name of it.
White House campaign to unemployed: just find another job
A campaign that overlooks the fact that many jobs have disappeared – likely for years – and doesn’t take into account the systemic changes that have emerged but treats this like a situation people need to fix on their own is on-brand for the Party of Personal Responsibility.
In fact, the average minimum wage worker in the U.S. would need to work almost 97 hours per week to afford a fair market rate two-bedroom and 79 hours per week to afford a one-bedroom, NLIHC calculates. That’s well over two full-time jobs just to be able to afford a two-bedroom rental.
Minimum wage workers cannot afford rent in any U.S. state
But please, tell me more about how unemployment assistance is “too high.”
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