Tim Geithner Makes a Pair of Scary Statements

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  March 5th at 11:53 AM  | 

US Treasury secretary attacks oil, gas tax breaks In my business, and I’ll wager in your business too, you read contracts. Carefully. Because the contract defines the relationship between the two parties, and signifies a meeting of the minds. If you screw up, and the contract doesn’t mean what you thought it meant, well, shame on you. Back in the ’90s, oil and gas prices | Read More »

NYT: Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) ‘Failed to Report $75,000 in Income’

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  September 7th at 06:39 PM  | 

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) is chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which takes responsibility for writing the nation’s tax code. Seems that Charlie has neglected to claim some $75,000 in rental income from a condo he owns in the Dominican Republic. Ooops. From the Gray Lady herself: Mr. Davis said the congressman did not realize he had to declare the money as income, | Read More »