Exit Taxes Won't Save Failing States

Qatar Tried Secret Deal-Making With Iran To Protect World's Largest Gas Complex By the middle of March during Trump's Operation Epic Fury, Iran was flexing its retaliatory might, and the Gulf region was shocked to see the largest natural-gas production facility in the world, Qatar's North Field, badly damaged - with a key section forced offline and severely damaged. The Washington Post has just provided some new information which has come to light, writing that "There was an additional, hidden consequence. The strike also dashed secret efforts by Qatar to keep...

Mamdani Proposes Massive Estate Tax Exemption Cut From $7M To $750K, Among Other Tax Increases New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is urging Albany to consider a sweeping overhaul of New York’s estate tax, proposing to sharply lower the exemption threshold and dramatically increase the top rate on large inheritances. His plan would cut the exemption from more than $7 million to $750,000 while boosting the highest tax rate from 16 percent to 50 percent, Bloomberg reported.  The idea was included in a policy memo his administration recently shared with state...

The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a $35 billion contract to dramatically ramp up the production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors as the firm and other US arms makers cash in on the Iran war. Lockheed Martin said in a press release about the contract that it will quadruple […]