President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address Tuesday night and it was like all the rest -- tedious and self-congratulatory. But there was one thing lacking: the almost perennial presidential promise to "go it alone" through executive orders
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No one wants to face an IRS audit. But the chances of you finding yourself answering the taxman's questions rise substantially if the agency considers you to be wealthy. Why? Because auditing those who earn more provides greater return on investment for the IRS:
Tucked into the highway bill congress">Congress recently passed was a provision that, on the surface, looks like a sensible way to prevent tax cheats from skipping the country.
Federal, state, and local law enforcement have crossed into dangerous territory, thanks to asset forfeitutre laws. They now take more from the public than criminals do:
Fifteen years and millions of taxpayer dollars went into Maryland's ballistic "fingerprint" database -- a system the state wanted to use to help it solve crimes involving guns. It never worked, never solved a single crime, and is now being shut down:
Another day, another weird and potentially destructive consequence of obamacare">Obamacare comes to light. This time, the health care law tackles small, craft brewers:
