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What are the tax implications of the zombie apocalypse? The only certainties in life are death and taxes, but how do you handle the taxes when death doesn't go quite as planned? Law professor Adam Chodorow takes a stab at estate planning for the undead in perhaps the only legal paper to cite both the Internal Revenue Code and Weekend at Bernie's II. Chodorow, a professor at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, authored the paper "Death and Taxes...and Zombies," which will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Iowa Law Review. Chodorow notes that, while the...

When you've turned nothing into something once already, you tend to feel like you can do it again. There's faith your luck will turn. Perhaps it's delusion. But for a professional poker player, self-confidence is essential. So it is for Walter Wright, who now finds himself in Costa Rica. He left his wife and two children behind to redeem their failing finances and faltering marriage by doing something that's now illegal in the United States—playing poker online. Wright's life began to change in 2005, when he followed his then-girlfriend from New Orleans to Virginia, where she was beginning law school...

Behavioral Experiment Transparency vs Burden Solicitation Number: TIRNO-11-Q-00349 Agency: Department of the Treasury Office: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Location: National Office Procurement (OS:A:P) Solicitation Number: TIRNO-11-Q-00349 Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Synopsis: Added: Sep 16, 2011 11:03 am The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to issue a sole sourced purchase order to the University of Minnesota's Social Behavior Science Division Research Professors: Marsha Blumenthal and Laura Kalambolidis, for research experiments, data to explore the impacts of Behavioral experiments of alternative reporting regimes: transparency vs. burden. BACKGROUND: The project involves a three-stage laboratory experiment to explore taxpayers' willingness to accept increased reporting...

These are links I have posted to a Twitter account as I followed the Tax Day Tea Party on the Internet. I will be deleting these links from the Twitter account and adding them here on FreeRepublic.com. Please feel free to add your own Tax Day Tea Party articles, links, summaries and I will add some more here as I find them. Thank you. Cindy

I only uploaded those pictures here which from what I have seen are unique. I am so glad I made the trip to the capital to attend this event. I will only put a handful of pictures on display here because they are so large, but feel free to use any of these. Browse my profile on take back usa for the rest of the photos. After seeing this sign, I quietly hummed the teapot song to myself, I couldn't help it. This was incredibly creative. Captain America's flag was so big he had to anchor it to his waist....

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Can't find a live thread yet--so I'm posting this one! Checked out the DC traffic cams first thing this morning, and the crowds are building up. I hope this rally passes the 912 Rally in attendance! :-) 10:52 am EST

Obama is the Taxman

Thousands of taxpayers from across the nation are planning to descend on the White House Thursday, and a million more are expected to take their fight against excessive spending, growth of big government and soaring deficits to more than 700 rallies in U.S. cities this week. Tea Party Patriots estimates that there are currently 737 Tax Day tea party events scheduled by local organizations across the nation. The group offers a list of many of the events for those interested in attending and a zip code search feature to find local rallies. Also, FreedomWorks, leading organizer of the Washington rally,...

Two days remain until Tax Day, when the post office will weather a windfall of last-minute tax forms and cities across the nation will witness the ill wind that is the Tea Party Pretenders. And it blows no good. Local Tea Partiers will rally in Hamilton on April 15, doing their best to put the bitter in the Bitterroot. They will raise the flag and tout the Constitution, calling themselves “patriots.” In protesting taxes, they are anything but. Vice President Joe Biden called it right: Paying taxes is patriotic. Yes, shelling out a few more bucks can feel painful, but...

Efforts are being made to have a number of tea party rallies disrupted by people who are opposed to the legit goals of the tea party movement.

I'm putting together a list of as many local Tea Party events that I can find information on. If you know of any, please let me know, and I'll add it to the list. Thanks!

Friends! Compatriots! Fellow Tea Partiers! Come join us, your Loyal Temecula Valley Tea Party Patriots on that most Odious Day of Reckoning... Tax Day, April 15, 2010 At ye Temecula Duck Pond from 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. DIRECTIONS: Rancho California Road & Ynez Road in Temecla, California. Via Interstate 15 to Rancho California exit in Temecula; head due east approximately 1/2 mile. PLANNING: Please bring along your own appropriate signs, banners and flags. Plan ahead for seasonal springtme weather. Parking available at the Temecula Duck Pond and at adjacent shopping center lots.

Really, it was only a matter of time before the anarchists realized that their number was up in the Left’s quiet draft to raise an army to intimidate and oppose tea party activists. A web site called Infoshop News – described on its banner as offering “anarchist news, opinion and much more” – is issuing a rallying cry to its readers to begin organizing aggressive counterdemonstrations to pushback against a tea party movement that growing across the country. Specifically, Infoshop News is signaling that April 15 protests will be a major focus of their efforts, a day when tea parties...

How are the people to react to the erosion of liberty that is the Obama health care regime? To be sure, lawyers will challenge it in the courts, and November is right around the corner, giving opportunity to punish those traitorous politicians who acquiesced to the debasement of our Constitution. This is all to the good. But we cannot count on lawyers and politicians. God help us if we do. We the people in our righteous anger must take matters into our own hands: It is time for a strike. The only peaceable protest that could possibly have any effect...

I am wondering who is going to the April 15th Tea Party in Washington DC. I have not seen much info on it yet, but did hear a hint on Fox News last night. I have a fairly good number of people willing to go, but do not want to go if there isn't going to be thousands there. Not with the first timers coming along. Interesting thing...most of the new protesters are college kids! And, I know that at least half of them were/are democrats who are outraged at the health care bill passed! If anyone has info on...

On-Line Tax Revolt March on Washington Set! A Call to ActionOur campaign has put into motion a powerful On-line Tax Revolt March on Washington, D.C. culminating April 15th in the largest American tax protest event since the Boston Tea Party. It can't come a moment to soon. Over last year there has been a re-awakening of the American tradition of the citizen’s voice in politics and public policy. From coast to coast and in every state people have come together to demand a better government—and a real voice in our government's policies and practices. There is real and legitimate anger...

Had enough yet? Rick Reiss Friday, May 22nd, 2009. Big government proponents frequently remind us that taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. This line is actually attributed to the former Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. While true in some respects, our current tax system is anything but civilized. America now has a government riding roughshod over people and businesses with even higher taxes and more rules and regulations. It is only fitting to remember a quotation by another famous American jurist. “That the power to tax…” wrote US Supreme Court Justice John Marshall “involves the...

WASHINGTON -- Last month's nationwide "Tea Party" demonstrations -- protesting massive government spending increases and rising taxes -- were minimalized by the national news media. Liberal big-government groups dismissed them as the work of right-wing advocacy organizations in Washington and claimed that the events were so dispersed, most of them in small cities and towns, no one could be sure how many had actually turned out to attend them. More than 600,000 people in nearly 600 localities -- from Bakersfield, Calif., to Atlanta, Ga. -- turned out to vent their anger over the Democrats' massive-spending levels. And a rally-by-rally account...

Tax protest in Temecula Murrieta-Temecula Republican Assembly member Rick Reiss, dressed as a President Barack Obama tax zombie, waves to motorists in Temecula during an anti-tax rally Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Hundreds of protestors joined the assembly on the corner of Ynez and Rancho California Roads to express their disapproval of state and federal tax bills.

Could the humble tea bag slingshot the Republican Party into the 21st century? The week's biggest news frenzy, beating out Somali pirates and Bo, the first family's new hypoallergenic ball of fur, came courtesy of the modern-day tea party tax protest. It's probably the most exciting thing to happen on April 15 since the Titanic sank back in 1912. And we here at the Insider were grateful for something to distract us from the prospect of last-minute tax filing. In San Mateo, a tea party to protest rising federal spending was held on a thin strip of sidewalk in front...

We've been monitoring how the networks are covering the tea parties today (via TV Eyes). As of 6pmET, here's how many times the tea parties have been mentioned by each network: • FBN — 78 • FNC — 55 • CNN — 36 • MSNBC — 32 • HLN — 24 • CNBC — 17 During his report on The Situation Room, CNN media critic Howard Kurtz characterized the coverage this way: "Fox News sees today's tea party tax day protests as a big story, CNN as a modest story and MSNBC as a great story...to make fun of." And...

Please post what is happening at your tea party here, your location and attendance...and as always, lots of pictures:)

If Democrats write them off, the new sons and daughters of liberty may be instant-messaging their way into power.

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2009 Taxpayer Tea Party proudly brought to you by the FreedomWorks Foundation... Taxed to death and living in Southwest Riverside County, CA? Join us on Wednseday, April 15, 2009 at 11:00 am at the Temecula Duck Pond on the corner of Rancho California and Ynez Road in Temecula. We will be ridding ourselves of some crates of Obama Messianic Tea and fighting off the evil ravenous Zombama, the tax eating zombie. This Temecula Tea Party is valiantly supported by the local Republican clubs TMVRWF and MTRA. See you all there patriots!

On April 15, American patriots will make their voice heard in more than 1,500 cities across the nation through Taxed Enough Already (TEA) party rallies that protest the runaway spending by President Obama and Congress. But will the drive-by media cover this historic event as headline news? Or will it get buried on page 15?

Taxed to death? Join us on Wednseday, April 15, 2009 at 11:00 am at the Temecula Duck Pond on the corner of Rancho California and Ynez Road. We will be shredding 1040 forms, ridding ourselves of some crates of Obama Messianic Tea, and fighting off the evil ravenous Zombama, the tax eating zombie. See you all there patriots!

The democrats demanded, and Bush (foolishly) accepted their "demands" for a stimulus to fight the Democrat-created "fuel crisis" of February, March, April, and May of last year. For most IRS filers - but for no illegal aliens and tax cheats, this was 600.00 per individual, 1200.00 for married - no kids, etc. A substantial amount if used properly. Easily forgettable if it was wasted on trivial junk or fast food and lottery tickets and "stuff". As most would be in many cases. But .... The IRS claims it was taxable, it woul dchange your "taxes" for 2008. This is true....

<p>OCALA, Fla. -- Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison on tax charges Thursday, a victory for prosecutors who sought to make an example of the action star by aggressively pursuing the maximum penalty.</p>

Red Planet Cartoons commemorated the annual feeding of the federal Leviathan: April 15th, Tax Day. The above cartoon kicks off an informative post about The Fair Tax. “[P]assing the FairTax would constitute the biggest transfer of power from government to the people in the history of this republic.” -–from the book FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics by congressman John Linder and Neal Boortz, p.60. For those who need information on the Fair Tax idea, RPC presents the following, easy-to-digest table.

Edward Hudgins ---- H.L. Mencken once wrote that, “Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.” April 15 is the date on which the goods are stolen and on a Tuesday in early November—Election Day—the loot is distributed. The thieves, for the most part, are our politicians. Harsh words? Not nearly as harsh as the moral monstrosity that is the current tax system. Let’s consider. First, the tax system is premised on the principle of punishing the productive. The so-called “progressive” nature of the system means that the more one produces and the more correspondingly prosperous...

Taxes: Resting easier now that filing day is over? That would be premature. Today — Tuesday, May 1 — is when we're really free of taxes. But not for another year, just another eight months. According to the Tax Foundation, a Washington-based research group, it was not until Monday, April 30, that Americans had "earned enough money to pay this year's tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels." For those keeping score, that's 120 working days, even with the tax cuts pushed through by the Bush administration. The federal government's tax bill alone requires 79 days, making it...

I noted with interest the letter to the editor from Mr. Ed Outlaw with his concerns for the Fair Tax plan. I have promoted the Fair Tax for several years now, and I have rarely come across anyone that was such a proponent of the present tax system. The Income Tax is out of control, inefficient, and penalizes U.S. business and manufacturing competing within an escalating global economy. The Fair Tax is a simple alternative method to fund the Federal Government that is fair, simple, and visible. As a by-product, it just happens to solve some very serious economic problems...

On Tax Day, $125 billion in waste By Matt Schumsky April 14, 2006 Another dreaded April 15th – Tax Day – is nearly upon us. Our annual tax ritual requires over 26 hours from the average person filing a standard 1040, and over 60 percent of Americans seek professional help. The reason: The U.S. tax code now exceeds 60,000 pages, and those pages often give conflicting advice. No wonder that in 1976, presidental candidate Jimmy Carter declared, “Our income tax system is a disgrace to the human race.” In many ways, things are worse today than they were then. Our...

  For Immediate ReleaseApril 15, 2006 President's Radio Address       Audio      In Focus: Jobs and Economy      THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Monday is Tax Day, and that means many of you are busy finishing up your tax returns. The good news is that this year Americans will once again keep more of their hard-earned dollars because of the tax cuts we passed in 2001 and 2003. An important debate is taking place in Washington over whether to keep these tax cuts in place or to raise your taxes. For the sake of American workers and their families, and for our...

The mere mention of today's date on the calendar gives the shakes to millions of tax procrastinators. So we're sorry to report that this filing year the complexities of the tax code got a whole lot worse -- especially for the record number of Americans who will be ensnared by the dreaded alternative minimum tax, or AMT. You know the tax code is headed toward a train wreck when Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill -- who don't agree on much of anything these days -- have both concluded that this shadow tax system must be scrapped. The AMT was...

bureau's take on: The Fair Tax Bill, Newt in 2008? More....

Dear Editor, I've just read a new best-seller, which I highly recommend to you and your readers: "The Fair Tax Book, Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS." The co-authors are "reformed lawyer" and syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz, and Congressman John Linder, R-Ga. Linder is also the principal author/sponsor of The Fair Tax Bill (H.R. 25), currently before Congress. In the interest of brevity (the book is only 180 pages, by the way), I'll quote from the back of the dust jacket. "What the Fair Tax will do for America: eliminate the income tax and the...

IT'S YOUR PAYCHECK - KEEP IT ALL FAIRTAX CALCULATOR HR25/S25 Now that April 15 is past, it's time to tally up the tax score. Go to the FairTax calculator, http://www.pafairtax.org/calc.php and using 2004 figures, figure out (anonymously) what you would have spent in 2004 in taxes if we had the FairTax, the simple, honest, and progressive national retail sales tax, instead of our current complex income tax/FICA tax system. TOTAL INCOME TAX + TOTAL FICA = TOTAL FAIRTAX : For your household, please remember to make an honest and accurate comparison. FairTax will fund social security and medicare with 1/3...

April 15: Dependence Day Edward Hudgins is the executive director of the Objectivist Center As we rush to meet the April 15 deadline to file our tax returns, many of us fail to realize that those 1040 forms are doing more than just making all of us personally poorer. The tax code is a principal instrument that creates and sustains the politicized, partisan, uncivil, contentious conflict society that so many Americans bemoan. Why can't we all just get along? Here's why. Taxes are meant to pay for the legitimate functions of government, and America's Founders were clear that those functions...

It is a rare thing when the American people can get excited about a piece of federal legislation that involves taxes. Normally, our elected officials are trying very hard to figure out how to sugarcoat yet another tax increase so they can supplement their habit of funding things like museums for ground hogs and rodeos and tropical biospheres in the farm belt. But a bill sponsored by US Representative John Linder offers a “once in a lifetime” opportunity for our lawmakers to not only do what is right by the American people, but do something that makes them look good...

"Congress shall create a Tax Code weighing more than the combined poundage of the largest member of the House and the largest member of the Senate, plus a standard musk ox." Article I, Section VI of the Constitution of the United States (according to "Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway") It's that time of year again. Dig out the receipts showing every possible legal deduction. Find all those canceled checks proving that you paid all those doctor bills last year. Add up the mileage for all those business-related trips you took. Put it all into a shoebox, take it down...

Columbia) April 5, 2005 - The main post office on Assembly Street will not have extended hours on tax day, April 15th. The post office will also not have a midnight drive-thru service. It will be open regular hours, 7:30am to 6:00pm. The last pick-up from the boxes at the main office will be at 6:45pm. If people miss that deadline the last drop-off in the Midlands will be at the airport location, 2001 Dixiana Road, at 8:00pm. The IRS says more than 50 percent of taxpayers are e-filing. In turn the post office says there’s no need to stay...

Imagine you want to buy a new car. You find the make and model you like. You're pretty certain about the color and the options. You take your choice for a test drive. Then you get down to haggling over the price. "Now what about the price?" you ask the salesman. "Depends," he says. "How much money do you earn?" "Why is that any of your business?" you respond. "Because," he says, "the price of the car depends on your salary." "Why?" you ask incredulously. "Oh, yeah," he explains. "If you make $100,000 or more, you pay 50 percent more...

Rally to Support the Property Tax Freeze Thursday, April 15th, at 6:30 PM (Senator (for now) Bob Wirch, who cast the deciding vote to not override Doyle's veto of the freeze last year, will be leading an anti-freeze, pro-higher-taxes counter-demonstration at 5:30) The Brat Stop, Grand Hall Room 12304 - 75th Street Kenosha (Just west of I-94 on Hwy 50) Featured Speakers Senator Cathy Stepp, Chair of the Wisconsin State Senate Committee on Housing Representative Mark Honadel, Wisconsin State Assembly TUFF welcomes the voters and taxpayers of SE Wisconsin Join like minded people to see how we can get a...

Here is an interesting article from LAST YEAR: It's tax day -- where's the party?! Strolling musicians? Guys in gorilla suits? Last-minute crunch turns April 15 into a carnival day.April 15, 2003: 3:31 PM EDT Leslie Haggin Geary, CNN/Money Staff Writer New York (CNN/Money) - Why let something like taxes get in the way of a good time? As last-minute filers flood into post offices nationwide, they're finding a diverse collection of groups marking Tax Day in grand style. Picketers will be protesting taxation. Marketers will be giving away free samples. And of course, there will be millions of actual...