https://www.propublica.org/article/senate-probe-casts-doubt-harlan-crow-yacht-tax-deductions

Crow like #TFG doesn’t like paying taxes: “Any effort to mischaracterize a yacht used as a pleasure craft as a business is a run of the mill tax scam, plain and simple,” Wyden wrote.
Meanwhile, not only has Crow represented to the IRS that the boat is used commercially, but, in a bid to obtain a trademark for the Michaela Rose name and icon, his company argued the same to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In his letter, Wyden noted that it is a crime to deliberately mislead either agency.

#CorruptRobertsCourt #SingerCrowLeoJustice #CitizensUnitedKleptocracyLieUsIntoForeverWars #WhitePriveledgeWhitePhosphorousWhiteProject #VultureCapitalism #AlitoLeoSinger

Senate Investigation “Casts Fresh Doubt” About the Validity of Harlan Crow’s Yacht Tax Deductions

In their extensive probe, Senate investigators found evidence to suggest Crow has made repeated misrepresentations to the U.S. government. ProPublica revealed the tax maneuvers in a previous story.

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https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/12/05/we-can-have-either-billionaires-or-democracy-not-both/

#TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence: more than 1,000 billionaires pass an estimated [$5.2 trillion] to their children.
more than the economies of Canada and Mexico combined.
the obscenity of wealth being hoarded in dynasties.
wealth transfer from the majority of the public to an elite minority.

#SingerCrowLeoJustice #DarkMoneyOwnsCongress

We Can Have Either Billionaires or Democracy. Not Both.

The wealthy are so secure in the protections they have from democratic curbs on their financial power that their biggest worries, as per the UBS report, include “geopolitical tensions,” inflation, recession, and higher interest rates. Fears around a “tight jobs market” and “stricter sustainability rules,” fall low on their list. In other words, they feel secure against threats of wage rebellions and government regulations.

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Professor Suk's latest book, "After #Misogyny: How the #Law Fails #Women and What to Do About It," explores the ways in which #systems of #patriarchy and #oppression against #women and #peopleofcolor are not #explicitly #established by the #Constitution, but the #document allows those in #power to #perpetuate their #authority.
#corruptscotus #PlannedParenthoodVCasey #SingerCrowLeoJustice #GOPWarOnWomen
https://scheerpost.com/2023/08/03/the-constitution-still-betrays-women/
The Constitution Still Betrays Women

Fordham law professor and constitutional law expert Julie C. Suk argues that amending the U.S. Constitution is a precondition for the full emancipation of American women.

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Thoughts on Niger’s Coup at the Domestic Level: Proximate Triggers, Structural Causes, and Some Ramifications

On July 26, Niger suffered a coup, or perhaps a show of force that escalated into a coup. Initially, the Presidential Guard surrounded the palace of President Mohamed Bazoum. Soon, a group of milit…

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