“Just because a law is impossible to follow is not enough of a reason for a court to throw it out. So California’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.”
Read more: http://reason.com/blog/2018/06/29/californias-top-court-impossible-laws-no
“Every business large and small will be responsible for knowing the sales tax rates in [over 10,000] counties, towns, cities and states in the nation. The ruling is a Pandora’s box for expansive state taxing authority. This court decision is not limited to expanding the targets of the state sales tax. Politicians will use this court decision as a green light to export their income tax to individuals and companies in other states.”
“The stakes are high because China buys roughly 30 percent of all America’s soy. The proposed 25 percent tariff — which is a tax buyers pay the government to purchase the commodity — ensures Chinese buyers will look elsewhere.”
“The NTIA said that its assessment rested ‘in large part on China’s record of intelligence activities and economic espionage targeting the US, along with China Mobile’s size and technical and financial resources.'”
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/03/us-government-asks-fcc-to-deny-china-mobiles-license-request.html
“The policy offers, at most, the illusion of security, purchased at an exorbitant cost to America’s moral reputation.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/opinion/trump-travel-ban-terrorism.html
“ICE came into existence in the early 2000s, when the federal government was reorganized and the Department of Homeland Security was created — so it’s a relatively new branch of the federal government. Its creation led to more deportations, which escalated during the Obama administration, especially during his first term.”
Read more: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/28/17514806/abolish-ice-protest-democrats-immigration
“Under the system, those who have visited any of seven blacklisted countries – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen – on or after 1 March 2011 are barred from receiving the waiver and have to apply for a visa.”
“Republicans are back on their feet, cheering the very Big Government they despised a generation ago.”
Read more: https://bonnerandpartners.com/do-you-live-next-to-one-of-these-spy-hubs/
“New legislation ‘will enhance our ability to protect the United States from new and evolving threats posed by foreign investment.'”
“In a formal address to Congress, the U.S. Secret Service issued a stern warning regarding the illicit use of digital currencies that could have severe implications for possible future legislation.”
Read more: https://bitsonline.com/u-s-secret-service-to-congress-address-criminal-use-of-cryptocurrency-now/