Sunday, August 19, 2012

Today's Teamster News 08.19.12

Mitt Romney's tax returns: the 'voter fraud' theory  Guardian   ...did Romney put his son's basement's address on the returns he filed in 2009 and 2010? Or did he truthfully use his real (non-Massachusetts) address, thus implicating himself in voter fraud?...
Detzner says Florida voter purge to resume soon  WFTV.com   ...Florida's top election official expects a purge of non-citizens from voter registration rolls to begin soon and be completed before the Nov. 6 election...
Paul Ryan's major private equity connection  Fortune   ...So we've now got a former private equity executive running for president alongside the brother of a current private equity executive. Perhaps one of these days we'll learn if either one of them supports the industry's favorite tax break, in which partner profits ("carried interest") is treated as capital gains, rather than as ordinary income...
Pre-Trial Slave Sues Jail for $11 Million—in Vermont  Yahoo News   ...McGarry’s charges were ultimately dropped, and he was released. In 2009, he pressed a suit against his former captors in Brattleboro, Vermont, federal court for $11 million—claiming he was made a slave in violation of his 13th Amendment rights...
N.H.L. Commissioner Not Impressed With Union’s Proposal  New York Times   ...Commissioner Gary Bettman on Wednesday effectively dismissed the N.H.L. Players’ Association proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement, saying that union and management remained far apart with one month to go before the current agreement expires...
CEO Pay is a Tax on You  Economic Populist   ...CEO pay at 26 firms is equivalent to a $46 dollar tax on every person in America, or $14.4 billion per year...