Tankosphere Today: July 22, 2008

Todd Thurman / July 22, 2008

• Who Pays Income Taxes – Government Bytes

  Have you been wondering whether the richest taxpayers in America paid their fair share of income taxes in 2006? Well, you’re in luck. The IRS has released data showing that the percentage of income taxes paid by the top 1% of filers increased slightly for

  (tags: Taxes)

• Public Interest’ Reports: Energy Development is Bad – Shopfloor.org

  Reading through the alumni bulletin the other day, we spotted an item about Columbia J-School grads going to work for ProPublica:..

  (tags: Energy)

• July 22 – U.S. Chamber Study Refutes Value of Union Pension Activism – U.S. Chamber of Commerce

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today unveiled a study by Navigant Consulting showing that shareholder activism by union pension funds provides no benefit for pension plan participants, and may actually reduce shareholder value…

  (tags: Unions)

• Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, a Stealth Assault on the State-Action Doctrine, Should Be Dismissed As Improvidently Granted – OpenMarket.org

  The Supreme Court has long made clear in cases like Moose Lodge v. Irvis, 407 U.S. 163 (1972) and United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 298 (2000) that the government isn’t liable for private discrimination by one person against another, even if…

  (tags: Title IX)