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The Soft Side of Biden’s Infrastructure Bill

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After successfully navigating his multi-trillion dollar COVID relief bill, the American Rescue Plan, through the treacherous waters of the U.S. Congress, President Biden returns to Capitol Hill with an equally ambitious two trillion dollar infrastructure bill, dubbed the American Jobs Plan.  As with any infrastructure legislation, the bill includes a hefty dollop of road building, […]

The border-Industrial complex – what will biden do?

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You’ve no doubt heard of the military-industrial complex, but have you heard of the boarder-industrial complex? Between 2008 and 2020, over $55 billion in your tax dollars (including $25B in Trump’s last year in office) have gone to large and small contractors transferring military technology (Lockheed-Martin and others), prison companies, and others for border fortification, […]

Zoom: $660 million in pandemic profits and $0 in federal taxes

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom’s annual profits have increased by 4000%, a whopping $660 million in pre-tax profits, reports Matt Gardner, Senior Fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. And yet, Zoom pays $0 in federal income taxes, according to his report “Zoom pays $0 in Federal Income Taxes on Pandemic Profits“, by […]

Our digital data and our personal privacy

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The 4th Amendment, protecting citizens from unreasonable search and seizures and providing a level of expectation of personal privacy, came about as a result of British control over the colonies. Today, with a myriad of technology in use and the desire of government to access this information, the “Carpenter Ruling” of 2018 put limits on […]

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