Crikey
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New Zealand’s government imposed draconian gun regulations in the wake of
the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre (which, let the record show, would
have bee...
Sunday Firesides: Just Be Cool
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What does it mean to be cool? Philosophers have long pondered this burning
question. There are different types of coolness, with some related to
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Oakwood Cemetery - Anoka (James Peet)
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Minnesota Historial Society information
Excerpt:
James Peet was born in Palermo, New York on November 18, 1828. He came to
St. Paul, Minnesota, as ...
Just a guess
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I can make you do anytheeng I want
If the donks are committed to jettisoning Joe Biden, tonight will be the
night to kick off that effort. I am guessing ...
Good Dirt
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GOD DIDN’T SAVE US TO JUST GO TO CHURCH, sit in a pew, listen, and leave.
Many professing Christians don’t even do that. He expects us to be good
dirt, p...
I Predict 2022
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This is a bit late, but here goes: 1. I will fish at least once every
month, including in some weather conditions that will cause some people to
think I am...
A 2020 Covid19 Fairytale Wedding
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On February 15, 2020, Josiah Murray proposed to Hannah Perry inside a sweet
outbuilding in West Concord, Minnesota. Josiah hoped that Hannah would join
him...
A Circle Unbroken
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by the Night Writer (Originally written, September, 2019.) All my life,
there has been music playing. And growing up, that meant country music, so
I starte...
The Babylonian Trick
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The estimable Hans Fiene, the pastor behind Lutheran Satire, puts a name to
a particular and time-honored technique for violating religious liberty.
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Personal and lectionary
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I have been trying to move this place around, and things have got messy. At
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The Master of the Moment
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The F.B.I.'s reputation lies in tatters.
The press lies, and shrieks, and clatters.
And Trump just rides along and grins,
Revealing all our betters' sins.
No more dreams about dung
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J.I. Packer once asked, ‘What normal person spends his time nostalgically
dreaming of dung?’ One who doesn’t understand Philippians 3.7–10: But
whatever ga...
8 years ago
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Lottery for accountants!
Evidently, the IRS promises to reward those who report tax fraud with a hefty portion of the tax obligation recovered. I dare suggest that it's a good time to be an honest accountant, and that if the IRS had started this program a little bit earlier, we might have been spared Enron and Sarbanes-Oxley.
Could be. On the other hand, I can envision a lot of honest competitors of corrupt companies gladly hiring such people.
That said, if the amount of corporate tax evasion truly is in the hundreds of billions of dollars, while the total corporate income tax collections are about the same, we would have to guess that honest corporations are like hen's teeth. Yikes.
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[accountant's salary prior to whistle-blowing] vs. [accountant's salary following whistle-blowing]
...sadly, I fear little reduction of crime in this method...
Could be. On the other hand, I can envision a lot of honest competitors of corrupt companies gladly hiring such people.
That said, if the amount of corporate tax evasion truly is in the hundreds of billions of dollars, while the total corporate income tax collections are about the same, we would have to guess that honest corporations are like hen's teeth. Yikes.
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