Investment Tax Cuts Pushed as Bush Eyes Tax Reform
GOP Constituencies Split on Tax Change - It's the same old divide and conquer strategy against tax reform that I've mentioned several times.
Privacy Concerns in Spending Bill - I'm glad to see that this issue has been receiving so much press. Hopefully, it will prevent further attempts of this kind.
Istook Denies Inserting Taxpayer Privacy Measure in Omnibus Funding Bill - Lots of finger pointing over who was the culprit responsible for trying to slip the invasion of privacy power into the legislation. Maybe it was Santa's elves, so they can check and see who is naughty and nice.
Borrowers Find System Open to Conflicts, Manipulation - Another illustration of how much the deck is stacked against the small investor in the big stock and bond markets. People rely on the allegedly independent credit rating firms to assess the potential risk; yet they don't seem to be as accurate as is needed for a safe and well reasoned investment decision.