$1 billion dot-bomb payout by firms. Internet companies to pony up for alleged inflation of IPOs – This is an unusually lucky break for those people foolish enough to invest in dot-com IPOs.

Nevada Turns to Brothels as a Budget Fix – The Holy Grail of taxation has always been to find one that is painless or that people enjoy paying. This idea might just be pretty close. There’s just an interesting balance to the concept of having the tax collectors screw you at the same time as… Since the Nevada Constitution forbids a State income tax, this is an interesting revenue raiser and should be a bit more pleasurable than paying IRS. They plan to call this a 10% live entertainment tax on brothel services. Since many of the customers are most likely from outside Nevada, it’s really no different than the various other tourist taxes already charged around the country, such as hotel and rental car taxes.

All of the DemonRat candidates seem to be in agreement on this issue.

Governor’s car tax hike faces court test – Not everyone is willingly accepting the unilateral tripling of the tax by Gray-Out Doofus

Democrats Urge Bush to Press Hard on Tax Credit – Unfortunately, in his zeal to co-opt as many of the DemonRats’ issues as possible, Bush is very likely to once again abandon conservative principles and go along with this increase in welfare payments to people who already pay no income taxes.

MAN BITES DOG! UNBIASED TAX STORY IN THE TIMES!

This would be an obvious tip-off that you may be asked to be more creative with accounting than is legally acceptable.

Bill Clinton Likes Paying Taxes – In case there is anyone with any doubts that the Clintons are dyed in the wool Marxists. They are literally chomping at the bit for their third term in the White House, when they can undo all of the Bush tax cuts and raise rates even further than before.

The only hope the DemonRats have of capturing the White House in 2004 is to continue their sabotage of the economy by keeping unemployment high, taxes, high, and the stock market as low as possible.