Jim de Bree

Jim de Bree | America’s Taxing Issue: Shrinking IRS

Over the past few months, I have concluded that the IRS is clearly imploding. Since biblical times, tax collectors have been hated, so that built-in predisposition undoubtedly makes many sympathetic to cutting IRS resources.  What they forget is that the IRS is an essential component to a functioning government. A huge part of our deficit and national debt problems are

Jim de Bree

Jim de Bree | Making Sense of Tax Legislation

On May 12, the House Ways and Means Committee released its recommended tax provisions to be included in the budget reconciliation bill that Congress is considering. These provisions are politically

Pilar Schiavo

Pilar Schiavo | Clarity for the Reactionary

Let’s be crystal clear. I just voted yes on Assembly Bill 379, along with 18 Republicans, to create a new felony that protects 16- and 17-year-olds from being bought for