Football Bounties And Gamblers
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Do High Taxes Cause Wealthy People To Leave A State Or A Country?
James B. Stewart, a reporter and author wrote on Op-Ed piece in the Saturday, February 16, 2013, issue of The New York Times, entitled “The Myth of the Rich Who Flee From Taxes.
Celebrating Innovative Everyday Heroes
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Labor Date Is The One Day A Year When We Should Make Sure We Honor Our Best Workers
On Labor Day, we pause to honor those who perform the jobs that need to be done, but that we may not fully appreciate the other 364 days. We increasingly fear that many
Why Life’s Small Moments Often Have Big Consequences
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