Tax Time Agony: Calls for Regulation of Tax Preparers
The piece argues tax filing remains overly complex despite efforts by Congress and IRS. It cites IRS error rates, varied returns from preparers, and limited state regulation outside Oregon. It notes licensing may confer status but not guarantee competence, urging stronger standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
Taxpayer Service Division
IRS
U.S
Oregon
Board of Examiners
North Carolina
CPA
Pollution Control and Economy Now Seen as Partners
Washington report argues environmental protection can boost growth and jobs. Studies cited by EPA and CEQ indicate pollution-control spending supports millions of jobs, raises production, and expands markets while reducing health and esthetic costs, though some long term pollution costs remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John R. Quarles Jr
Environmental Protection Agency
Wall Street
Kenneth Leung
Jeffrey Klein
United States
Leung
Klein
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Council On Environmental Quality
Closet Patriots and Bureaucracy in the Bicentennial Year
In a bicentennial Washington Roundup, the piece profiles bureaucrats labeled closet patriots who defend public welfare while critiquing federal growth. It highlights executives, safety regulators, and notable figures like Hyman Rickover, Ben Bailar, and Ernest Fitzgerald, noting their reforms and impacts.
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Washington
George HI
George Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Dave Schwartz
Federal Power Commission
Internal Revenue Service
John Moffat
Detroit
Indian Health Service
Pentagon
Ernest Fitzgerald
Hyman Rickover
Navy
Rickover
Liberal paradox drives voters to conservatism in polls
The piece argues Americans are anti ideological and treat liberalism as an amorphous New Deal heritage. Voters label themselves liberal or conservative based on image projected by media and politicians, while support for public jobs remains high and military spending faces mixed opinions.
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Pat Buchanan
United States
Barry Goldwater
Barry
Goldwater
Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA National
Atlantic City
Henry Jackson
New York Times
The Answer To Crime by Howard Anderson
Washington column lampoons crime reform by proposing teaching inmates white collar crime at prestigious schools. It argues reform fails, cites profits and social standing of white collar criminals, and suggests prisons host courses, tours, and judges’ lectures to deter street crime.
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Washington
Howard Anderson
Cambridge
Mass
Howard
Anderson
United States
Harvard Business School
Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania
Yale Law School
Rand
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U.S. Pollution-Control Investments
Postal Service
Postal Brass
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Ford
White House
Therm
National Highway Safety Administration
Irving Pollack
Stanley Sporkin
Securities and Exchange Commission
Erunta
Milwaukee
George
Richard Nixon
McGovern
Nixon
Pavlov
Grafeut
Art Buchwald
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