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It all started with 9/11. After the twin towers fell in 2001, the US government sprang into action to wage the global war on terrorism. Within days following the attack, Congress pushed through the USA PATRIOT Act, providing unprecedented authority to the US federal government. The legislation also gave several
Another 508 people renounced their US citizenship last quarter according to documents published this morning by the Internal Revenue Service. This brings the total number of US ‘renunciants’ under the Obama administration to 17,359. It’s a pretty sad state of affairs when a government’s tax policy is so oppressive that
According to Jacques Necker, everything was just fine. The year was 1781, and Necker, France’s finance minister, had just published a report called Compte Rendu au Roi, an accounting of French public finances. Necker’s report showed that, despite extraordinary public services and military spending, France had a net credit position
Have you lost that loving feeling? If so, the United States federal government might just be able to help. Before you swipe right on Tinder or update that eHarmony account, consider instead taking a quick trip out of the country. Because on your way back home into the Land of
It was only a few weeks ago that I told you about the government’s annual report on Social Security. It was a veritable death sentence for the program. The Board of Trustees for Social Security (which includes the US Treasury Secretary) wrote that major parts of the program have already
I’ll be brutally honest– I’m so tired right now I can barely write this email. For the past five days I’ve been going on almost no sleep. I’ve been on my feet almost all day, every day, with an absolutely sadistic schedule trying to cram a year’s worth of education
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