by Andrew F. Quinlan | Sep 25, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on Inside Sources on September 25, 2015. In politics, there is an often-used phrase called “Bootleggers and Baptists.” The term came to pass when economist and historian Bruce Yandle noticed that illegal alcohol bootleggers would finance efforts...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Sep 8, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on The Blaze on September 8, 2015. In the famous children’s story, Jack and the Beanstalk, a young boy plants “magic” seeds and overnight a beanstalk grows as high as the sky. The obvious fantasy has a surprising real world counterpart through...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Sep 3, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article originally appeared on The Hill’s Congress Blog on September 2, 2015. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has faced intense scrutiny over the past year thanks to the Lois Learner scandal involving the IRS targeting of groups because of their...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Aug 31, 2015 | Blogs, Taxation
They’re not letting Treasury get away with it! It’s been more than two months since Senator Orrin Hatch and Congressman Paul Ryan (two chairmen of important tax writing committees) sent a letter to the Treasury Department questioning their intentions to...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Aug 21, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on The Hill on August 21, 2015. The House and Senate may take up a bill this year called the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act” (RAWA) at the behest of special interests who own Las Vegas casinos. The House version is H.R. 707 sponsored by Rep....