Social Security trust fund on path to insolvency

Story by Eric Revell, Fox Business, 9/27/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/social-security-trust-fund-on-path-to-insolvency/ar-AA1hmQuV?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=22743a652f8b4964948390fbe34f475f&ei=42#image=1 The trust funds that help finance Social Security’s benefit payments to retirees are on track to be tapped…

The rewriting of history has taken a sinister turn

Story by Robert Tombs, The Telegraph, 9/25/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-rewriting-of-history-has-taken-a-sinister-turn/ar-AA1hcRxF?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=055eb22cc14a4afe994b4af505561560&ei=49 Something strange has been happening in the English speaking world for several years. We might call…

It’s Democrats who don’t believe in the Constitution

Opinion by Hugo Gurdon, Washington Examiner, 9/20/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/it-s-democrats-who-don-t-believe-in-the-constitution/ar-AA1gZJRJ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=71a643a8c1a443e4924688f3b9bc27b7&ei=51 In what amounts to his congressional exit interview, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) told the Atlantic magazine, “A very large portion…

IRS is using $60B funding boost to ramp up use of technology to collect taxes − not just hiring more enforcement agents

Story by Erica Neuman, Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton, The Conversation, 9/9/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/irs-is-using-60b-funding-boost-to-ramp-up-use-of-technology-to-collect-taxes-not-just-hiring-more-enforcement-agents/ar-AA1gnJLo?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=32e11b30c09845cd8897a080db097ece&ei=26 EDITORIAL: Matrix. I’ve read that vowels are considered “the…

IRS outlines intended targets for enhanced audits

Story by Justin Boggs, Scripps News, 9/9/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/irs-outlines-intended-targets-for-enhanced-audits/ar-AA1grwDs?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=98115bd891e94bbb86ba31a73e4adf7b&ei=27 The Internal Revenue Service released new framework on who it intends to target with audits, claiming to…

‘The financial equivalent of the Death Star’: This Republican lawmaker blasted the Fed for looking into building what he calls an ‘Orwellian-style payment system’ — here’s why he’s so afraid

Story by Bethan Moorcraft, Moneywise,9/4/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-financial-equivalent-of-the-death-star-this-republican-lawmaker-blasted-the-fed-for-looking-into-building-what-he-calls-an-orwellian-style-payment-system-here-s-why-he-s-so-afraid/ar-AA1gdijB?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=a8fe2cfeeb43469fb336360fc5e35726&ei=20 A U.S. lawmaker has accused the Federal Reserve of quietly working on a central bank digital currency (CBDC)…