AM 1450 KMMS - Bozeman's News Talk Leader » Clinton http://kmmsam.com Wed, 22 May 2013 01:28:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The I.R.S.: Who Are These Guys? http://kmmsam.com/the-i-r-s-who-are-these-guys/ http://kmmsam.com/the-i-r-s-who-are-these-guys/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:13 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=140118 You might think the IRS started in 1913 with the ratification of the 16th Amendment. But there were income taxes imposed over 50 years earlier during the Civil War.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/the-i-r-s-who-are-these-guys/feed/ 0 Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Do We Really Need An Internet Tax? http://kmmsam.com/do-we-really-need-an-internet-tax/ http://kmmsam.com/do-we-really-need-an-internet-tax/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:48 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=135814 Assuming online retailers could realize a nice 3% profit after expenses there would be a taxable income of $6.75 billion — hardly a national debt busting amount in a trillion dollar plus economy.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/do-we-really-need-an-internet-tax/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: (L-R) Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), Peter Sides of the Robert M. Sides Family Music Center, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) participate in a news conference about the Marketplace Fairness Act in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. According to the bill's authors, the proposed legislation would provide states with the authority to require out-of-state retailers to collect and remit tax on purchases shipped into the state, allowing brick-and-mortar retailers to compete with online retailers. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Happy President's Day – Now Get to Work! http://kmmsam.com/happy-presidents-day-now-get-to-work/ http://kmmsam.com/happy-presidents-day-now-get-to-work/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:00:54 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=121812 In 1971 it was decided to move President’s Day to the third Monday in February to honor all president’s past and present. Why the change? Why did we decide to dis Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays?

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/happy-presidents-day-now-get-to-work/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Benefits of Negative Political Campaigns http://kmmsam.com/the-benefits-of-negative-political-campaigns/ http://kmmsam.com/the-benefits-of-negative-political-campaigns/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:00:57 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=76581 What would we do without elections? Every couple of years, two sides square off, and try to convince voters that the other guy is so much worse. By doing that they don’t have to spend any time telling voters what they will do if elected

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