Lewis Maltby, Can They Do that? Retaking our Fundamental Rights in the Workplace (New York: Portfolio, Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2009) 248 pages, plus 6 short appendix.Lewis Maltby writes in the preface of his book that “Learning how to run a productive, profitable company without violating employees’ human rights became the focus of my life.” The focus of his life took shape after law school, a period as a criminal defense lawyer, board member of the Pennsylvania ACLU, followed by corporate lawyer for a new company and then Head of the Department...
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
The Estate Tax
Posted on 11:32 by Unknown
Some national politicians continue to support abolishing the estate tax, a tax on the value of assets at death before ownership is transferred to heirs. The Estate tax has been subject to similar pressures and changes as the federal income tax. Up to 1981 estate tax rates up to 70 percent were applied to the entire value of an estate with only a $50,000 exemption.Since the early 1980’s Congress has repeatedly reduced the number of estates subject to the estate tax, mostly by raising the exemption. By 2001 the exemption was $1 million and the top...
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