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Paul Roderick Gregory, Contributor
I cover domestic and world economics from a free-market perspective
Warren Buffett's secretary, Debbie Bosanek, served as a stage prop for President Obama's State of the Union speech. She was the president's chief display of the alleged unfairness of our tax system – a little person paying a higher tax rate than her billionaire boss.
Bosanek's prominent role in Obama's "fairness" campaign piqued my curiosity, and I imagine the curiosity of others. How much does her boss pay this downtrodden woman? So far, no one has volunteered this information.
We can get an approximate answer by consulting IRS data on tax rates by adjusted gross income, which would approximate her salary, assuming she does not have significant dividend, interest or capital-gains income (like her boss). I assume Buffett keeps her too busy for her to hold a second job. I also do not know if she is married and filing jointly. If so, it is deceptive for Obama to use her as an example. The higher rate may be due to her husband's income. So I assume the tax rate referred to is from her own earnings.
Insofar as Buffett (like Mitt Romney) earns income primarily from capital gains, which are taxed at 15 percent (and according to Obama need to be raised for reasons of fairness), we need to determine how much income a taxpayer like Bosanek must earn in order to pay her tax rate. This is easy to do within ranges.
Buffet himself declares that he pays a 17.4 percent rate on taxable income. His staff, like Bosanek, pay an average of 34 percent. The IRS publishes detailed tax tables by income level. The 2009 results show that the average taxpayer paying Buffet's 17.4 rate earns an adjusted gross income between $100,000 and $200,000. But an average taxpayer in Bosaneck's rate (after downward adjustment for payroll taxes) earns an adjusted gross income of $200,000 to $500,000. Therefore Buffett must pay Debbie Bosanke a salary well above two hundred thousand.
We must wait for further details to learn how much more than $200,000 she earns. The tax tables tell us about average ranges. For all we know she earns closer to a half million each year, but that is pure speculation.
I have nothing against Debbie Bosanke earning a half million or even more. Buffett is a major player in the world economy. His secretary deserves good compensation. At her income, however, she is scarcely the symbol of injustice that Obama wishes her to project.
I imagine that there are any number of secretaries who would want her job and her place in the Congress gallery for the President's State of the Union address.
I am 100% AGAINST eliminating the social security cap. Why? Because WHY should someone have to pay more into social security than they can get out? You are taking the system way beyond what it was meant to be.
…and her birth certificate and her college transcriptions, and her high school gra… oh wait. Was this really about Debbie B. or was it to illustrate the tax inequality of our current system?
I agree with wbmccl that the Buffett rule tends to gloss over (and obscure) the fact that this is very complicated subject and our tax code is already way too complicated. In fact, the Obama Administration has not been clear on how it would achieve that 30% effective minimum tax rate on millionaires. Does it really want to apply yet another insanely complicated AMT? How would it get to an effective minimum rate of 30% without raising the capital gains rate substantially? The Administration hasn't said, but it hasn't really worked out a plan, just a slogan/goal. (It's fair to say that the Obama Administration has never put a high priority on tax simplification.)
For those who want more detail on what Buffett paid (his AGI, taxable income and tax), and how he is calculating his staff's taxes, read the text of a letter he sent to Rep. Tim Huelskamp, posted by the Congressman here.
If you read Buffett's letter carefully, you can see that in his calculation of the burden of taxes on ordinary wage earners, he includes both the employer-paid and the employee-paid Social Security and Medicare taxes. Misleading? Perhaps. But economists do generally believe that the employer paid side of Social Security taxes is in fact paid by the employee in the form of lower wages.
Returning to the income tax alone, however, let's compare marginal rates—that is the rate imposed on your next dollar of taxable income, NOT the average or effective rate on all your income. For 2012, the marginal rate on the next dollar of capital gains is 15%. But for ordinary income–wages, interest from a CD, interest from a business you run– the 25% marginal rate begins at just $70,700 of taxable income for a couple and $35,350 for a single. A single taxpayer gets a personal exemption of $3,800 and a standard deduction of $5,950. So a single worker with a salary of $50,000 would have taxable income (after subtracting the $3,800 personal exemption and the $5,950 standard deduction) of $40,250 and would therefore be paying federal income tax at a 25% marginal rate, which is higher than Buffett's marginal rate. (The worker's average or effective rate, of course, would be much lower than 25%. Plus, there are other ways he or she could reduce taxable income, such as contributing to a 401k or IRA.)
Even if restrict the discussion to income tax, the 15% rate on capital gains looks very low compared to the tax on average wage earners.
Warren Buffet and his silly complaint. All he need do is fire his army of tax lawyers who keep him from paying a higher rate than his secretary.
He could also stop hiding Hathaway stock (when it is overpriced) in the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and taking the deduction when it is valued at fair market price.
A third option would be for Mr Buffet to simply make a donation to the IRS. A nice big fat check each year for an additional 7 or 8 million dollars should ease his billionaire's guilt about not paying his "fair share".
The simple fact is that you could confiscate all the wealth of the so called 1%, all of it, 100% of their stock holdings, property, cash, jewelry, cars, hell let's take the lint out of their pockets too, and we could not make a dent in the national debt.
My question is simple. It's not what is anyone's fair share to pay in taxes, but what is a fair share of this nation's wealth that the government should be able to control?
Paul Roderick Gregory:
you didn't calculate his secretarie's income. you might consider that it is better not to post anything at all, rather than to post articles with obviouis erroneous information in it.
good point, except Warren Buffet does his own tax returns and does them in a straightforward way, not using any loopholes or that type of thing. so there is no army of tax lawyers keeping his tax rate down, as your overactive imagination fantasizes about.
I am NOT an economist or a major player in the market. However, I am Joe Average Citizen.
Your estimates of taxes may be AVERAGES, but MANY of us don't fall there. I own a modest home, pay property taxes, make donations to charity within my means, and I make just over $100,000 per year.
My tax is NOWHERE NEAR 8+%. Uncle Sugar KEEPS 17.5% of my income after all deductions are taken.
Again, please speak to the average citizen when you make these wild accusations. She makes excellent money and is NOT representative, as Obama thinks, of the average American taxpayer.
Paul and Janet,
The entire discussion here, the topic of the article, and all the numbers you quote are beside the point.
What Americans care about is fair taxation. A comparison of effective tax rates, tax brackets, etc. misses the point.
The point is that a tax on earnings is immoral and inherently unfair. No matter how "progressive" you make the tax rates, it's always going to be immoral and unfair. And a tax on savings and investment (like a capital gains tax) is also immoral and unfair, and will always be inherently regressive.
The only kind of taxes that are not inherently unfair and immoral are the kind that the constitution originally provided for: consumption taxes.
There is only one serious proposal for tax reform in America that addresses this issue, and it is the FairTax. It would be nice to see experts like yourselves acknowledge this proposal and start propounding it — thereby talking about something serious and important — instead of quibbling about numbers that don't matter.
Ms Novack seems to be infiffernt (perhaps intentionally) to the reality that MR Buffet/ Romney has already paid taxes once as earned income. Afler paying at those rates , now the investment income is again taxed. THe people who are not paying their " fair share" are the nearly 50% of Americans paying NO federal taxes. A meritocracy has been replaced by a Parasitocracy.
Hi Paul,
This is a long-ago former colleague of yours writing from upstate New York.
There is no need to ask Warren Buffett's secretary for her income in order to verify the claim that he made that her effective average tax rate was lower than his.
You are overlooking Janet's point that Warren Buffett's original claim was a statement about his income AND payroll tax rate combined.
According to standard CBO incidence assumptions, the entire burden of the payroll tax (both the employer share and employee share) falls on the employee.
The payroll tax is currently 13.2% on the first $110,000 of wage income. (It was 15.2% of the first $106,800 of wage income during 2010, the year for which Warren Buffett made the statement.)
Assuming no dependents and just a standard deduction, even a secretary making a modest $30,000 per year pays more than 15% in combined income and payroll taxes.
In fact, the very first (simplest) case in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) workbook that my students use involves a waitress who made $32,000 in 2011, almost entirely in wages. Her effective average federal tax rate (income and payroll combined) is over 20% of her adjusted gross income.
More details about her income tax situation in my blog post here:
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Crispy Buffalo Chicken Roll-ups Recipe
These winning chicken rolls, with their crunchy cornflake crust, are so easy to fix but look like I fussed. My family and friends absolutely love them! —Lisa Keys, Middlebury, Connecticut
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 ounces each)
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
- 1/4 cup hot pepper sauce
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 cup crushed cornflakes
- Preheat oven to 400°. Flatten chicken breasts to 1/4-in. thickness. Season with salt and pepper; sprinkle with blue cheese. Roll up each from a short side and secure with toothpicks.
- In a shallow bowl, combine pepper sauce and mayonnaise. Place cornflakes in a separate shallow bowl. Dip chicken in pepper sauce mixture, then coat with cornflakes. Place seam side down in a greased 11x7-in. baking dish.
- Bake, uncovered, 30-35 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Discard toothpicks. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Crispy Buffalo Chicken Roll-ups in Taste of Home August/September 2011, p65
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I made this for my husband and mother-in-law. Both HATED the blue cheese and ended up scraping it all off! They said it would probably be a LOT better with a different cheese.
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This was delicious! I cut a pocket in chicken breasts, stuffed with blue cheese instead of making roll-ups. Adjust the hot sauce to your taste.
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New Orleans, LA – Community IMPACT Series: Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools, Dec. 22, 2009
With so many components of New Orleans public schools in flux these days, a group of students is bringing one more issue to the table: their own voices. These young people are part of the nonprofit group Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools, and they're adding the perspectives, concerns and innovative ideas of actual students to the ongoing effort to recast a long-troubled school system. Their message is different, and so are these messengers.
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You can't see lead contamination in urban soils, but its impact on individuals and a community is indelible.
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Dana Solet is a 21-year-old Louisiana State University student, majoring in communications. Her passion, however, is history, particularly the history of her family and the elders of the United Houma Nation, the Indian tribe of which she is part. That's why, as often as she can, she travels from campus life in Baton Rouge back to her hometown, the tiny bayou village of Dulac. She comes back to listen and to learn.
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For many young New Orleanians, growing up means maneuvering an environment of pervasive poverty, violence, illiteracy, drugs and bleak personal economic prospects. These are the kids commonly dubbed "at risk," and often they find very little help or guidance at home.
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New Orleans already had a taste of what life here would be like without music in our performance halls or ringing through our streets.
Pastor John Raphael Jr. of the New Hope Baptist Church has been preparing his New Year's Eve sermon while holding a vigil at South Claiborne Avenue and Felicity Street.
Pastor Raphael had thought his three-day fast and anti-violence vigil would be a solitary experience. But his signs calling for and end to the city's killings have drawn supporters to his encampment on the neutral ground. He chose the spot for its memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King.
New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul opened the first of three basketball courts his foundation is refurbishing in the city.
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A sea of green, blue and gold filled the seats as Dietz & Watson honored more than 300 members of the military Wednesday with a free lunch and a chance to watch the .
"What we do is entertainment," said Eagles Insider Dave Spadaro. "But you allow us to be entertaining with your service to our country. We thank you."
Members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Coast Guard and armed forces were fed hot dogs, hamburgers, pulled pork sandwiches, chips, salads and desserts.
"Dietz & Watson has not forgotten our brave servicemen and women and supports the USO through their sponsorship of the Philadelphia Eagles by taking part in the Eagles Hometown Heroes program," a company statement said.
They also got an opportunity to hear from Spadaro and Eagles broadcasting legend Merrill Reese discuss the upcoming season and listened to a question-and-answer session with former defensive tackle standout Darwin Walker.
"These are fun times for the Eagles," Spadaro said. "Last year was a bad year that blew up in our faces. But we're figuring it out and are coming back stronger."
Reese, the Birds' broadcaster for the past 30 years, got the crowd fired up.
"I can't wait," Reese said in his distinct voice. "I can't wait until next Thursday night's first Eagles preseason game."
Walker recalled playing in the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots.
"It was the best, and worst, experience of my life," he said.
Dietz & Watson honors Eagles fans serving in the military as Hometown Heroes at halftime of every home game.
Rookie Eagles cheerleader Amanda Rose called the experience with the military "amazing."
"I'm glad this is my first experience here at camp," Rose said. "The military -- they're so happy. It's really touching and nice. They're thanking us for today but we really should be thanking them."


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I grew up around campus and attended countless activities, athletic events, and I knew that Liberty University was the place for me. In 2006, I graduated from Liberty with a BS in Sport Management.
Following graduation I began working at Liberty as the Project Manager of the Liberty University Transit system which is extremely successful in transporting students around campus and the city of Lynchburg. Since my time at Liberty I have been involved in a few business endeavors, as well as very active in local clubs and civic groups. Most recently, I was named minority owner of the Lynchburg Hillcats minor league baseball team, as well as being named to their Board of Directors.
I am excited to be the Director of Alumni Relations. Liberty University's mission is something I take personally and am very excited to do my part to further the mission. Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have about Liberty University or want to know more ways to get involved. I take great pride in being part of a family who is known because of a spiritual giant, Dr. Jerry Falwell.
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The Lord brought me to Liberty in the fall of 2003. I was encouraged here by loving parents and siblings but was still hesitant about attending, but I am still here. My freshman year was such an enjoyable experience. The friendship, mentorship and teaching I received persuaded me to stay. Through those years the Lord used Liberty to strengthen my faith. My time as a student was a tremendous blessing! I now get to work in an organization that has been influential to countless number of people.
I majored in Business Management and now apply the knowledge I learned as an Alumni Relations Officer. I am excited about working with and getting to know the thousands of Liberty Alumni. Our office is always open to Alumni so when in town, please stop by for a visit in room 2659 Green Hall!
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I am learning so much and am honored to be part of the Alumni Relations Office.
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Twins Minor League Report (4/29): The Bats are ALIVE!
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The Twins blew a three-run lead thanks to one swing of Prince Fielder's bat and lost another one-run game. (The third time that's happened in the past five days.)
Congratulations to Adam Walker, who was named MWL Player of the Week. The Milwaukee native went 8-for-21 (.381) with five home runs and 16 RBI. His OPS for the week was 1.238.
It was quite an adventurous day on the farm today. You should continue reading, but not before I warn you: The Twins are a few years away from being a monster.
Box Score
After seeing their four-game winning streak snapped yesterday, the Red Wings got a new streak started today.
The bats were alive, as all nine starters contributed hits. Doug Bernier, Ray Olmedo and Chris Herrmann, the 8-9-1 batters, all had two-hit games. Evan Bigley, Nate Hanson and Joe Benson all had two-base knocks. Benson stole his 4th base of the season and extended his hit streak to six games.
After Hanson's 8th-inning double, Eric Farris pinch-ran and scored the game's winning run on a Brandon Boggs single.
Virgil Vasquez had a strong start, pitching seven innings, allowing only seven baserunners (six hits, one walk). He struck out five and allowed three runs.
Luis Perdomo was credited with the win, striking out one in 1.1 innings.
Caleb Thielbar recorded the final two outs for the save. Thielbar now has 23 Ks in 17 IP (12.2 K/9).
The Red Wings have now improved to 10-15. They play tomorrow at 11:35 AM on MLB Network. Andrew Albers (0-0, 4.58) gets the start in the final game of this four-game wraparound Buffalo series.
Box Score
Trevor May got the starting nod and had his most disappointing start of the young season. The knock on May has been his lack of control. That was on full display tonight. May lasted only four innings. He gave up eight runs on nine hits and three walks. Despite being one of the only "strikeout pitchers" in the organization, May only struck out one batter in tonight's contest.
The bullpen trio of Black Martin, Bruce Pugh and Edgar Ibarra pitched five innings of shutout, three-hit baseball.
The bats were the story tonight. (I won't be able to cover it all, so please check out the box score.)
After May had spotted the Senators five runs, the Rock Cats came out assaulting the baseball in the fourth. Fifteen batters came to the plate, ten crossed the plate. The seventh was more of the same. Ten batters batted and six runs scored.
Danny Ortiz went 4-for-5 including a double and three RBI. Both Antoan Richardson and Josmil Pinto had two doubles and two RBI. James Beresford drove in four.
The top pitching prospect in the organization, Alex Meyer (2-0, 1.64) takes the hill tomorrow at 6:35 ET.
Box Score
It took three runs in the top of the ninth for the Miracle to come back and win their 20th game of the season. They are the first team in affiliated baseball to reach that milestone. Kudos to Doug Mientkiewicz and everyone else involved.
After Levi Michael's two-run 6th-inning home run, the Miracle still needed a little bit of luck to pull out the come-from-behind victory.
Down to their last out - and with the tying runner on second - Matt Koch reached on an error. This allowed Stephen Wickens the opportunity to triple in the tying and winning runs.
Miguel Sano went 2-for-4 with two doubles and is now batting .366.
Tom Stuifbergen, whose start was pushed back due to illness, pitched 2.2 innings and struck out one. He allowed a hit. He was removed due to cramping which he attributed to the dehydration he suffered from being sick earlier in the week.
Nelvin Fuentes, did a fantastic job pitching 3.1 innings of no-hit ball and striking out five. Dakota Watts blew a save opportunity by giving up three runs on four hits in an inning.
Zack Jones pitched two innings and gave up a home run, but got the win.
D.J. Baxendale (3-0, 1.54) takes on Clearwater tomorrow night at 7 ET.
Box Score
The Kernels, trying not to be outdone by their big brother in Fort Myers, won their 8th straight game today.
Jose Berrios had another very good game to earn his second win in two starts. He went 6.2 innings and allowed two hits and a run. He struck out eight and walked zero. His fastball sat at 92-94, peaking at 95.
Josh Burris struck out three in his 2.1 inning debut.
Overshadowed as just "another international signee" in 2009 (when Sano signed) and currently in the shadow of Buxton in Cedar Rapids, we've got a breakout candidate in Cedar Rapids' Jorge Polanco. Polanco, who has mainly been playing second base this season, was tonight's designated hitter and went 3-for-4 with a triple and three RBI. He's now batting .353, with an OPS of .890.
Both Buxton and Walker added triples. Travis Harrison hit his 3rd (but really his 4th- see my report on Saturday's game) home run of the season. DJ Hicks added a two-run double, his eighth. Buxton stole his 9th base of the season.
Matt Tomshaw (0-0, 9.00) returns to the mound at 12:05 pm tomorrow.
As always, if you have questions/comments, please let me know. Thanks!


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40 Topics You Can't Discuss at Work
The office isn't a place to let your hair down.
You spend a lot of time at your job. Maybe most of your waking hours. Ideally, your boss and coworkers become your friends, which is nice.
But be careful! Never forget that you can't totally let your hair down with work friends the way you might with family, old schoolmates, your book group, your buddies, or your cat/dog.
[See 15 essentials to getting hired.]
Why? For one thing, the workplace is a public place and public rules of decorum prevail. For another, a lot of subjects--even ones commonly discussed or ones you see referred to on TV--can turn around and reflect badly on you. They can besmirch your reputation or damage your chances of promotion. Sometimes they can get you fired. At the very least they can cause coworkers to avoid or dislike you.
So, check out these 40 topics that shouldn't be discussed on the job. Some of them are no-brainers. Heck, most of them are. However, all of them have actually been brought up in the workplace at one time or another. You've probably heard them yourself. (Note: The last seven are not so very horrible, but the problem is that these are topics that some people tend to go on and on about, and that's why they made the list. You'll understand when you get there.)
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You are also free to make chitchat about hobbies and interests, the movie you went to see last weekend, the great book you're reading, the class you just signed up for, current events (be a little careful with this one), the weather, sports, art, history, music, or, on a limited basis, Nos. 34 through 40 above.
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Here are some of the fun things in store for this year:
- A performance by the YAK Dance Crew from 5:00-5:30. This is a fantastic break dance crew frequently found performing in front of large crowds at Faneuil Hall.
- Glow necklaces and trick or treat bags will be distributed prior to the parade.
- The parade will start at the front of the Monument with The Tony Barrie Band and the Monument Square Wizard leading the way— keep an eye out for a juggling unicycler and a stilt walker along the route!
- The parade will continue with an extended parade to the Training Field. This is a great area for younger kids. Mr. Ron the Balloon Man will return, and this year there will be a "Haunted, but not Scary House," created by The Cooperative Bank.
- And of course, trick or treating around the Monument, Training Field and Monument Ave and adjacent streets will continue!
If you live along the parade route, please help by decorating your home and handing out treats in costume.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. - If skateboarding had a golden age, Andre Drescher believes it was in the 1970s.
"It was the best time anyone could have," said Drescher as he sat surrounded by the boards he hopes will help restore the individuality and joy of skateboarding.
When he looks at an old door, or a cabinet, or a forgotten table leaf, or whatever, he sees a skateboard.
Drescher has converted the basement and garage of his Olympia home into a factory that uses fond memories, used wood and skill to make a new generation of customized skateboards.
"I made my own boards when I was a kid," said Drescher, who grew up with the Southern California skateboard boom of the mid-70s.
He showed off one he made for a close friend who recently lost his father in a traffic accident. The friend's father was a union carpenter so he found the union logo, reduced to fit a board he rescued from an old church pew. The result is an artistic tribute that uses old school pride and modern skating principles.
"He likes it so much, he's afraid to ride it," said Drescher.
He understands, but Drescher's true goal is to get people back in love with an activity that evolved into a high tech extreme sport dominated by a elite group of athletes. Drescher wants people to remember it started out as a homemade hobby that featured boards as individual as their riders. He won't rule out any object as a possible skateboard source but insists they all come from reclaimed or salvaged materials.
"You know I see stuff going to the dump and I'm just like, are you kidding?" he said.
Drescher said everything he makes can be ridden hard in Northwest weather conditions.


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The other day, I was ironing out holiday plans with my sister and parents. It was determined that the only time we could all get together for Christmas was in the morning, so we decided on a brunch. At the time, the only thing I knew I'd be serving would be a nice ham, and some sort of baked egg dish (I've since determined we'll enjoy a variation on this frittata). When I called my mom to discuss plans and mentioned ham, she suggested scalloped potatoes.
It sounded delicious – ham with scalloped potatoes. But I felt a twinge of heartache as I envisioned the creamy, cheesy scalloped potatoes I was accustomed to; after all, I wouldn't be able to indulge. (Yes, that might be a touch self-centered, but I'm being honest here.) And those dairy-free cheeses (such as Daiya), while I enjoy them, don't fool the rest of the cheese-eating members of my family. I started to go down the path to decide whether to make it and just not eat (after all, there would be plenty of other safe things for me to eat), or to make something else. Then, I thought, what if I could find another way to make dairy-free scalloped potatoes?
And just like that, I was researching.
I browsed what seemed to be a hearty handful of recipes, no two of which were alike. (Except for, you know, the potato part.) I considered the flavor combinations that were used, and started to formulate a recipe that was unique to my own tastes. I wanted creamy and decadent, but didn't want it to taste like "fake" dairy. I wanted it to be so flavorful that no one would wonder where the cheese was.
I think I've accomplished that goal. These scalloped potatoes are decadent. Creamy. Golden brown on top. Rich and full of flavor. You might even think that they're better than the traditional version, finding ways to sneak just one more bite. I hope so. I hope these potatoes steal the show at your next meal, as I'm
afraid hoping they might just do that for me.
Scalloped Potatoes (Gluten-Free, Vegan)
About 3 lbs gold potatoes (Yukon Gold works well) peeled and sliced thin ( I used a mandoline)
1 c coconut milk
1 c vegetable broth (chicken broth can be used)
2 T vegan butter (I used Earth Balance)
2 T arrowroot starch
2 T sweet white rice flour
2 T nutritional yeast flakes
½ t onion powder
¼ t garlic powder
½ t dry mustard powder
¼ t white pepper
¼ t nutmeg
3 T mayonnaise (vegan mayonnaise to keep it vegan; regular can be substituted)
¼ c white wine
1 T lemon juice
Salt to taste
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a baking dish and set aside. (I used a dish that was 7X11 inches.)
Combine potatoes, coconut milk and broth in a saucepan. Simmer until potatoes are tender, about 5 minutes. Drain, reserving milk mixture. (Use a sieve and a bowl underneath to catch the milk.)
Clean out saucepan and add vegan butter. Melt over medium heat and add in arrowroot starch and sweet white rice flour, whisking for 30 seconds or so, to cook the flour. Add back the milk mixture, the nutritional yeast flakes, onion powder, garlic powder, mustard powder, pepper, nutmeg, mayonnaise, and white wine. Continue to whisk until smooth. Continue heating
and whisking until thickened. Remove from heat.
Layer about half of the potatoes in the bottom of your prepared baking dish. Pour half of the sauce over this layer. Press down the
potatoes to make sure the sauce covers them all around. Add the remaining potatoes and pour the rest of the sauce over the top. Press again to ensure the sauce covers the potatoes.
Bake for an hour or until potatoes are browned on top and tender throughout. Serves 8.
This post is linked to Gluten-Free Wednesdays at Gluten-Free Homemaker and Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays at Simply Sugar and Gluten-Free.
Looking for other gluten-free holiday dish ideas? Check out this discussion over at the Udi's Gluten-Free Community!
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These look absolutely perfect for my holiday meal! The only part I can't do is the wine, so I'll have to create a sub. But my hubby is going to LOVE this dish–he is a total fan of scalloped potatoes. Thanks for making his (and my) day, Alta!
Have a great holiday!
I have a very similar recipe on my blog that gets RAVE reviews from everyone I have ever served them to….and all of them eat whatever they like (lucky ducks!). I am making mine for the ham too…a perfect marriage! I like you idea of the white wine….I will try that!
Oh, this sounds fantastic! What would you suggest as a replacement for the sweet rice flour? I'm annoyingly allergic to it but I miss scalloped potatoes something dreadful.
Alta, you had me at Scalloped Potatoes. And then I read VEGAN! I love you. Can't wait to try this recipe. My Nana used to make the best scalloped potatoes ever. It's been ages since I've had them. Yay for you! And you're so right about the cheese subs. We've taken our 5YO off all dairy – he was having goats but it was causing problems too. I'm hoping after a few more weeks he might forget real cheese and fall in love with Daiya. Maybe? Have a fabulous Christmas!
I love scalloped potatoes! You sliced your potatoes so perfectly, Alta, that they almost look like lasagna noodles. Great recipe!
Very creative! I love it when we find ways to indulge those memories of foods we can't eat anymore.
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this looks just like the scalloped potatoes my mom used to make! and your photo is gorgeous.
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- BY Tim Chandler/Special to The Gazette
Racing fans looking for fun, excitement and great racing action can find it at the FindItHere.com NASCAR Late Model 200 Tuesday, July 3, at South Boston Speedway.
South Boston Speedway will return to racing action July 3 for the running of some of the best NASCAR Whelen All American Series racing action of the season. The night of racing will get the green flag at 7 p.m. and will be preceded by a Fan Appreciation Session trackside at 5:30 p.m.
Three big money races are planned as part of the FindItHere.com NASCAR Late Model 200. The featured attraction of the night will be a 200-lap shootout for the competitors in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model Stock Car Division. The winner of the 200-lap event will receive $5,000.
Also scheduled as part of the FindItHere.com NASCAR Late Model 200 is a 100-lap race for the Limited Sportsman Division and a 50-lap event for the Budweiser Pure Stock Division.
At the close of the evening, the annual South Boston Speedway Fireworks Extravaganza will be held and will once again light up the skies over the four-tenths mile asphalt oval with the best fireworks display in the area.
One-time winner Matt Bowling of Ridgeway will head into the July 3 event sitting atop the standings in the NASCAR Whelen All American Late Model Stock Car Division.
Bowling is 17 points ahead of second-place Peyton Sellers, a two-time winner this season. Sellers is a former South Boston Speedway and NASCAR Whelen All American Series national champion.
Lee Pulliam of Semora, N.C., a four-time winner in 2012 at South Boston Speedway, is third in the NASCAR Whelen All American Late Model Stock Car Division standings and is followed in the fourth position by Dennis Holdren. Austin Thaxton rounds out the top five competitors in the championship chase.
After sweeping a pair of victories last weekend at America's Hometown Track, Bobby McCarty has surged back to the top of the standings in the Limited Sportsman Division.
McCarty is only four points ahead of Danny Willis, Jr. in the chase for the division crown. Mike Jones is third in the standings and is followed in the top five by Blake Stallings in fourth and Mike Maresca in the fifth position.
In the Budweiser Pure Stock Division ranks, Trey Crews is the leader in the chase for the title by a mere four points over Joe Allred, III, while Randy Hupp is third and is only 14 points ahead of fourth-place Stuart Crews.
Advance tickets for the FindItHere.com NASCAR Late Model 200 are on sale and priced at $15 for adults and can be purchased until 5 p.m. Monday, July 2. Tickets on the day of the race will be priced at $20.
Pit registration will begin at 11 a.m. on July 3. Practice for all divisions will be held from 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m. and qualifying time trials will get underway at 4 p.m. Grandstand gates will open at 3:30 p.m.


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The students of the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School want to make sure Santa Claus is coming to all children of Haverhill.
The Whittier Tech Key Club donated about 75 gifts for the Greater Haverhill Salvation Army's Christmas Castle, in addition to raising $1,000 for food vouchers.
Key Club members dressed up as elves in Santa's workshop on Dec. 20 at Christmas Castle in the Pentucket Bank community room, located at 1 Merrimack St., to hand out the gifts to Haverhill families who would have otherwise gone without.
Key Club members said the spirit of the season crept into their hearts.
Club President Regan Milmore, 17, originally planned to pick up just one book from Barnes and Noble to give away as a donation, but ended up purchasing four books instead to give away as a gift pack.
"I kind of went a little overboard," she said. "If there was ever a time to splurge, it's now."
Even as the fun activities associated with the holiday season begin to wind down, Milmore said she's looking forward to keeping the club's outreach strong through other programs in the coming months.
"Every little thing you do makes a difference," she said.
"Going out and seeing those people really makes their day,'' she said of students meeting less fortunate people. "It's a life-changing experience."
Club advisor Katie Dye said this is the 15th year the Whittier Tech Key Club has given more than $1,000 in donations to local charities during the holiday season.
She noted community outreach programs such as the Christmas Castle help make the club's mission of community service mean far more than impersonal charity drives or donations do.
"The more trips we make out to the community, the more real we can make their service," she said. "This is a very special project for the kids to connect with the community."
More than 35 students take part in the Key Club program at Whittier Tech.


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I study stocks, markets and the political economy.
"Everyone pays their fair share. Everyone does their part," said President Obama after Congress extended most of the Bush tax cuts at the last minute.
Let's look at the effect of the fiscal cliff deal on two hypothetical taxpayers representing large groups of real people.
Amy is a freelance graphic designer making $50,000 annually. Her Social Security tax has just risen by two percentage points, from 10.4% to 12.4%.
Ben is a business executive making $200,000 annually. His Social Security tax has just gone up by 1.1% of total income, maxing out at 6.2% of wages up to $113,700.
Anything above that cap is not subject to the Social Security tax. And Ben's employer pays an equal share, while Amy is responsible for both the employee and employer portions.
The increase in the payroll tax will be the fiscal cliff's sole effect on Ben's and Amy's tax burden. Amy will pay $5,726 in Social Security taxes this year. Ben, who will gross four times what Amy does, will pay $7,049, just like Warren Buffett.
Does that sound fair?
Not to Milton Friedman, who called the contribution scheme needlessly regressive as part of his attack on Social Security. That was in 1962. Since then, payroll taxes have only become much less equitable. As the rate kicking in with the first dollar of earned income has shot up, payroll levies have become a much bigger part of the total tax burden.
Ostensibly, the contribution is capped because so are the benefits, under a formula designed to make Social Security resemble a contribution pension scheme, even though it's nothing of the sort.
Amy and Ben aren't contributing toward their own Social Security benefits. Instead, they are funding the benefits already going out the door. And it's not clear why this burden must be shouldered based on a benefits formula that may or may not apply down the line rather than their present means.
As a presidential candidate in 2007, Barack Obama initially supported doing away with a payroll tax cap. "Only 6% of Americans make more than $97,000—so 6% is not the middle class—it's the upper class," he said at a debate in Las Vegas. But Hillary Clinton accused him of advocating a trillion-dollar tax increase on "middle-class families" like those of firefighters and school supervisors, and so Obama eventually said additional payroll taxes only ought to be imposed on income above $250,000, the total he'd already promised to shield from higher taxes.
Of course, a position that proved controversial in the Democratic primary never had a chance in Congress. Nevertheless Obama revisited the cap hike in September while addressing a forum sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons, minus pesky details. And then he went out and secured a regressive payroll tax hike for everyone.
The next time Obama returns to the subject will be, I imagine, in his memoirs. He's a centrist and a pragmatist, after all, and plenty of Democrats from affluent blue states can't stomach a 6.2% tax increase, be it on incomes above $113,700 or $250,000.
But the Congressional Research Service found in 2010 that doing away with the payroll tax cap would keep Social Security solvent for at least the next 75 years. Remember that the next time someone claims the only way to put things right is to curb benefits.
Correction: The Medicare tax is not subject to the income cap. All numbers in this post have been updated accordingly.
I am amazed that Forbes published this article with so much ignorance and misinformation. Author correctly states that "the contribution is capped because so are the benefits". But at the conclusion he recommends the option 3 at CBO link he provides. This option is stated as "Cover All Earnings and Pay No Additional Benefits". This means that people over the current cap pay into social security but do not get any benefit. Even though I do not belong to this category of high earners, this is totally inequitable and against the philosophy of "Pay as you go" of social security. Social Security is not a welfare scheme, where you take money from rich and support the poor. For a truthful analysis, see:
This clearly explains that high incomes are so volatile, it will destabilize social security. Unless of course, you follow the option 3 above of taking money from high earners but not paying them back at retirement.
No kidding. Obama continues to take the money for all his vast expansionist social programs out of the hides of the middle class, because they are the easy targets and because the wealthy simply do not have enough money to do the job. The big cash cow is always in taxing the working middle class, and that number of people is shrinking daily. Fewer people are employed and paying taxes, and Mr. Obama happily keeps piling it on.
People accuse the Republicans of favoring the rich. They give tax breaks to the wealthy that are unwarranted, true. And they bloat up the deficit. Obama nails the middle class and bloats the deficit. Both philosophies are a disaster, but it is a myth to think Obama is somehow more "benevolent."
Don't forget, that 2% "tax holiday" he granted on the SS tax has to be repaid out of the money from the General Fund, and that means, you guessed it, increased taxes on the middle class to pay back their "holiday".
YahooIsTOO INVASIVE, your comments are wrong! 1) Obama and Democrats forced top 1% to pay higher income tax of 39.6%.
Marginal income and capital gains tax rates would increase relative to their 2012 levels for those with annual income over $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples, but the rates below these levels would remain at their 2012 levels. The income rate would increase from 35% to 39.6%, and capital gains rate would increase from 15% to 20%. 2) Estate tax will increase to 40% from 35% for estates over $5 million. 3) A phase-out of tax deductions and credits for incomes over $250,000 for individuals and $300,000 for couples would be reinstated. 5) Bush tax cuts are permanent for income less than $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples.
Obama had to compromise at payroll tax cut, Republicans wouldn't give that to him. But all in all I think it was a pretty good deal for middle class. This is messy democracy, you win some, you lose some.
Igor, let me offer some contrary opinions.
To the extent that a tax can be "fair" these are the fairest of all.
The people who expect to receive benefits are the ones actually _paying_ for them.
What could be fairer than that?
(Yes, I know the govt mishandles the money but that is a different problem.)
Contrast this with the so-called "progressive" approach where a modest minority of citizens pay taxes and the overwhelming majority receive benefits.
That is the direction we are heading, the direction you want to head, and it is "unsustainable" — another leftist buzz word.
Aside from that minor detail isn't it objectionable for a capable adult to live at the expense of another?
This whole business of expecting someone else to pay our way is – or ought to be – an affront to any self respecting person.
I guess I fall into "Amy's" group but as a small business owner, I actually pay myself less than 50K per year. Where does that leave me? Am I paying 6.2% or 12.4%. You're right, its unfair.
Igor, among other things, you should have mentioned that half of Amy's social security tax is deductible, so the overall increase is less. I have been a freelancer for more than 30 years and so have considerable experience in this. Interesting choices are made when you have a mix of clients who pay 1099 and W-2. It does allow for some flexibility. This year I maxed my contribution and so allowed much of my W-2 pay to go on the last week's time sheet so that some of my income above 110K would go to next year. This is to maximize my Social Security contribution for tax year 2012. As for Amy, like most freelancers these days, she probably has multiple clients and has a mix of payment types as I do. A couple of other things, if she does art for TV and other media, a portion of her cable bill is now a business expense. So is her internet connection as my guess is she does art electronically. So is her cell phone and many other expenses like a computer, software, more memory, camera, etc. She probably has to pay for her own health insurance. That is also deductible. So do not weep for Amy, or me for that matter. 1099/Schedule C work offers a lot of ways to cut your tax bill. Freelancing has some financial perks that make the tax bite a lot less painful. I can send you a sample if you wish. I've been audited twice, because we freelancers are audited frequently with both times passing and in fact I think I got a buck or two out of the last audit.
Ulitmately though, your Amy example is no longer what you present it to be because you give the simplistic case without the real nuances. This makes your article, to politely put it. more than a bit misleading.
Great perspective, megagorgo. I also started working as S-corp from last year and I like the tax benefits we get. In fact the current trend is to hire people as contractors in IT industry, that way hiring company does not have to show contractors on its 10k.
Megagorgo, thanks for a very informative post. I find many posts to be irrelevant or worse. Yours brought some information that helps us better understand the issue. I wish that many other people posting comments could add to the debate with such insight! Thanks.
I found this article to be an incredibly misleading instigator of tension between classes that panders to an emotional characterization of the relative roles of middle-income workers ("Amy") and executives ("Ben") on the basis of "equity" while ignoring critical facts and the bigger picture of the nature of benefits and who truly shoulders the tax burden.
1) First: Medicare and social security are benefit plans where benefits out come from contributions. The contributions may be capped, but so are the benefits and the benefits not only come in exact proportion to the contributions (the strictest definition of equity) but higher-income individuals actually receive FEWER benefits in retirement for equivalent contributions due to programs like medicare means-testing.
To have a conversation about Tax (rather than benefit payouts from a contribution program) is an entirely different matter:
1) The top 1% of income earners have consistently paid 35-40% of the TOTAL tax burden (according to readily available tax data)
2) Even for lower income earners (Ben is not in the top 1%!) the share of tax Burden is skewed heavily against Ben's favor. Assuming they are both single with only their salary income and living in California:
Amy will have an estimated federal and state tax liability of $7,395; whereas Ben will pay $62,259. (Based on federal tax calculator and CA Brackets.)
In short, Ben earns 4x's as much as Amy but pays **8.4x's** as much in income tax.
To focus only payments for limited benefits such as social security and medicare and then claim that Amy is paying more is incredibly misleading.
We can argue about whether or not Ben should shoulder more of the overall tax burden (perhaps he should) but it is not a matter of EQUITY. There is no doubt that the "upper class" pays SIGNIFICANTLY more.
Fantastic post. Too bad sheeple hate facts and logic.


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More than two weeks after a sent shockwaves through the local community, Marin County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested a 17-year-old San Rafael teen on suspicion of attempted murder and a number of other charges, law enforcement officials said Sunday.
Sheriff's detectives and officers from the Marin County Major Crimes Task Force arrested the teen for the shooting at around 7:05 p.m. Saturday in Point Richmond, according to Sheriff's Sgt. Mark Hale.
In the April 13 incident at around 11:30 a.m., a man on a black motorcycle reportedly fired multiple shots at a white pickup truck parked on Evergreen Avenue between Ethel and Miller avenues, blasting out the truck's windows and causing minor injuries to the two people inside.
When Marin County Sheriff's Office investigators and Mill Valley Police arrived in the area of 34 Evergreen Ave. that morning on reports of multiple gunshots, they found the pickup truck on Miller Avenue in front of the and . Neither victim had been hit, but both were shaken up and sustained minor cuts due to the shattered glass.
Hale said at the time that it was unclear if the victims and the suspect knew each other.
At the time of Saturday's arrest, the teen was found to be in possession of a loaded handgun, Hale said. Detectives served a search warrant in Point Richmond on a storage container belonging to the teen and found the motorcycle and other items believed to be used in the shooting, he added.
Officers also found a stolen 2008 Lamborghini Spyder Gallardo convertible reported to be stolen from a San Francisco dealership in March of 2011, Hale said, and detectives are investigating other crimes to which the teen might be connected. .
The teen was booked into Marin County Juvenile Hall and booked for two counts of attempted murder, possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of stolen property, possession of a loaded firearm and resisting arrest. No bail was set "due to the seriousness of the offense," Hale said.


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Arts Program at Reagan National and Dulles International Airports
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, through its Arts Program, welcomes visitors to the National Capital Region from across the country and around the world. Here at the Airports you can experience diverse regional, national and international rotating exhibits, dynamic live performances and new and innovative public art displays that celebrate the stately beauty, spirit and great creativity of the National Capital Region.
Live Performances
As part of our performing arts program, the Airports Authority brings musicians, singers, dancers and other artists to Washington's airports to provide entertainment for our passengers to enjoy throughout the year.
The Gallery Walk (Rotating Exhibits)
The Gallery Walk is located in Historic Terminal A between the Historic Lobby and the present-day ticketing lobby. The gallery includes case displays and wall display areas for two and three-dimensional works by artists from all over the local area.
Current Exhibit: "Color of Joy: An International Perspective" provided by Nia Tavlarides Stratos and Central Asian Art will be on display until July 16, 2014. The exhibit showcases vibrant, abstract, collages, mixed-media and other artistic expressions. The colorful paintings of flowers, landscapes and geometric patterns is designed to draw travelers to the various color palates. Nearly 30 works of art will boarder the pedestrian walkway along Gallery Walk as passengers travel through this visually inviting area to their destinations.
Pictured above is "American Hollyhock" painting by artist Beata Murawska. One of several works of art on display in "Color of Joy: An International Perspective".
Rotating Art
Reagan National Airport frequently hosts rotating art exhibits on the baggage claim level. Stay tuned for next exhibit that will be featured.
Public Art
When Terminal B/C was constructed, an Architectural Enhancement Program integrated commissioned artworks into the architecture of the Terminal. Each piece is integral to the building. Renowned Architect Cesar Pelli, who designed the Terminal, called it "a rich sequence of visual experiences." Thirty individual works are permanent features in the building—including 10 floor medallions on the Concourse; 11 balustrades that overlook the Concourse; 5 murals; 1 bridge sculpture; 1 sunscreen panel on the south wall of the ticket level lobby; and 2 stained glass friezes on the concourse-airside curtain wall. The pieces include a great variety of materials: stained glass, marble and glass mosaics, terrazzo, cast bronze, hammered aluminum and copper, painted steel, porcelain enamel and traditional paint on board and canvas. Numerous local and national organizations were contacted to reach out to the widest possible variety of artists for the program.
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Crab is one of the tastiest types of seafood there is - use the claws in this easy, spicy-sweet stir fry.
1 tbsp vegetable oil
5cm/2in piece ginger, finely shredded
3 cloves garlic, chopped
3 red bird's-eye chillies, seeds removed finely chopped
125ml/4fl oz tomato sauce
75ml/3fl oz sweet chilli sauce
75ml/3fl oz hoisin sauce
3 tbsp fish sauce (nam pla)
1 tbsp caster sugar
500g/1lb king crab claws, cooked
2 tbsp groundnut oil
200g/7oz basmati rice, cooked and cooled
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 tsp sesame oil
4 spring onions, finely sliced
3 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
For the chilli crab, heat a wok until hot and add the vegetable oil, ginger, garlic and chillies and stir fry for two minutes.
Whisk the tomato, sweet chilli, hoisin and fish sauces together then whisk in 75ml/3floz water and the sugar.
Add to the wok and bring to the boil.
Add the crab claws then reduce the heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly and the crab is hot through.
For the egg fried rice, heat a wok until hot, add the oil and cooked rice and stir fry for 2-3 minutes until hot through.
Place the eggs and sesame oil into a bowl and mix with a fork.
Add the eggs to the rice and continue to stir-fry for 2-3 minutes or until the eggs have set and the mixture is dry.
Season with salt and pepper and stir-fry for two minutes more then stir in the spring onions and coriander.
To serve, spoon the rice onto the plate and pile the crab claws alongside.
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The Nature Conservancy has worked with Idaho's communities and landowners since 1976, when we purchased our first preserve, Silver Creek. Since then, we've helped to conserve more than 400,000 acres of iconic landscapes and habitat. Our work focuses on building lasting relationships and tangible results.
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Celebrating 20 years in the Greater Yellowstone
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Matt Stroud, Contributor
I track U.S. prison spending and anything else that fascinates me.
When the State of Ohio sold a medium-security prison to Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America last year, CCA assured state officials that the facility's 1,543 prisoners would be treated no differently than they were under the state's control. In time, CCA insisted, the state would save millions by outsourcing incarceration to a private firm.
But late last month those assurances began to sound hollow.
In the year since CCA took over, the Dayton Daily News recently reported that state auditors found "inmate complaints about prison gangs, assaults and other problems have doubled…, staff turnover has been more than 20 percent and violent incidents increased 21 percent inside the medium-security prison…."
Ohio's Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is now on the hook for managing the prison's new deficiencies — and that's a cost no one in the state bargained for.
While these circumstances are particular to Ohio, they're part of a much larger story playing out every day, all over the country: County, state, and federal authorities, stuck with an incarcerated population that's increased as much as eightfold in the last 40 years, are being forced to rethink how they manage prisons, how state budgets allocate spending toward corrections, and whether the criminal justice system should retool certain laws to lock up only the most violent criminals instead of those with minor violations or drug charges.
Private corporations are a big part of this. CCA, the largest private prison contractor in the United States, is worth $3.7 billion and houses more than 80,000 prisoners in 16 states as well as the Federal Bureau of Prisons, more than a dozen local municipalities, and Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It's just one player in a big business that affects the lives of millions and involves billions in annual expenditures nationwide.
And that's why I'm here. Over years of reporting for media outlets large and small about prisons and prisoners, I've developed a prison complex — an infatuation not only with the stories of crimes that land people behind bars, but the economic realities that've emerged from the "prison-industrial complex," the ever expanding enterprise surrounding incarceration in the U.S.
While recent years have seen prison populations decline in some jurisdictions, the trend in recent decades has been indisputable: A larger and larger percentage of the U.S. population is being locked up, and government agencies nationwide are in the position of paying for it. With this blog, I plan to track how that happens — and to hopefully share some peripheral knowledge along the way.
I welcome tips, recommendations, questions, anonymous leaks, and/or concerns. I can be reached perpetually via email at matt DOT stroud AT yahoo DOT com. You can also reach me or follow me on Twitter @ssttrroouudd, be my Friend on Facebook, or connect with me on LinkedIn.
CCA lies about everything. I can't believe that their annual turnover has been only 20%, even given that they hired many professionals, former DOC corrections officers who had worked at the Ohio prison, most of whom only likely stayed until they found another job. In other states their turnover rate has ranged between 60% and 90% annually.
Time Magazine's Adam Zagorin did an excellent piece five years ago about how the corporation fiddles the books on quality control, keeping two sets, and disclosing as little as possible to those agencies with whom they contract, and keeping the public virtually entirely in the dark, despite the fact that every penny they earn comes from taxpayers.
The only reason this prison was privatized is because John Kasich is a paid-for stooge of the Koch brothers and privatization of prisons is high on their agenda. It is so, not because they save any money on taxes, but because public prisons have unionized workforces and have to be responsive to public information requests.
You can track contributions to his campaign directly from Charles de Ganahl and Elizabeth Buzzi Koch, while finance limits remained in place, before those invitations to sellouts had been removed by other Koch stooges such as Justices Charles Thomas and Antonin Scalia who have met with the brothers secretly.
CCA has stiffed their own employees and have lost million-dollar suits when their guards were deprived of legitimate NLRB wages and brought class actions. They have even lost suits brought because they were maintaining pervasive atmospheres of sexual harassment of their female staff. The most recent one of which I'm aware resulted in 21 women receiving $1.3 million dollars in a class action they filed.
They have overbilled states such as New Mexico and Florida for tens of millions of dollars, not because of some clerical error, but because of a corporate policy of what is hard to believe is anything but outright larceny.
Their millionaire executives are swimming in stock awards and options, with the perks of pashas, while many of their employees are making barely more than minimum wage. When their "r@pe factory" at Otter Creek closed last year, the AP reported they were paying guards only $8.25 an hour.
There are only two reasons that Kasich and his ilk have been bailing out CCA: Ideology and/or corruption.
All this is a matter of well-known public record. CCA has yet to be called to account, however.


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Dr. Laurie Babin is the holder of the Abell Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship.
Babin earned a bachelor of science in engineering from Michigan State University in 1982, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Central Florida in 1987 and a doctorate in business administration from Louisiana State University in 1992.
In addition, Babin is a Commander in the United States Navy.
Babin is an associate professor of marketing in the College of Business and Social Sciences. She joined the University of Louisiana at Monroe's faculty in 2007 and teaches numerous courses in marketing at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Before coming to ULM, she was a tenured professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her research interests include marketing, advertising and consumer behavior.
Babin's research has been published in numerous scholarly journals, including the "Journal of Advertising," "Journal of Business Research," and the "Journal of Consumer Marketing."
She is also a member of several professional organizations, including the Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship, the Academy of Marketing Science and the American Academy of Advertising.
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By Guinn Sweet
"There is a holy mistaken zeal in politics … by persuading others, we convince ourselves." – Junius, letter 35, 19 December 1769.
Zeal (noun) – enthusiastic, diligent devotion in pursuit of a cause, ideal, or goal: FERVOR.
What more needs to be said? All the television commentary regarding the just-past presidential election (to say nothing of all the local, state and congressional "runs") has been just that … devotion in the pursuit of a cause … without definition of just what the real cause might be. When a powerful, gigantic and history-making event, such as this past election should have been, is conducted with such intolerance, malice and downright insults on both sides of the aisle, it is no wonder we have a nation viciously divided – politically and socially.
I can remember when national Election Day was approached with somber and sober thoughts regarding our nation's benefit, not the promotion of political strategies and struggle for "majority" leadership. The emphases were placed, not upon what one candidate could produce for the good of the country, but what the various elements of democracy could do to improve the governmental decisions and social functions of our blessed nation.
Frankly, I cannot fathom how many issues can possibly be a national question. As an example of my thoughts; in spite of the fact that I have known many same-sex couples, and have found individual and positive traits in them along educational, artistic and other lines, I cannot see any reason to legalize, or de-legalize, their relationships. I can have no approval in their behavior, but I cannot take away their privacy and legal choices about lifestyles.
On the other hand, I cannot ignore Biblical use of words such as "abomination to God" when I develop my personal opinions regarding their choices. But our government has no right, in my view, to get involved when there is no real constitutional crime committed.
This remains, in my mind, a strictly spiritual question (and I am on the Lord's side, as a Christian and a happily married – for 67 years – woman to a man. That works for us and I can't figure out any other "partnering" act that would improve on that relationship). But that's politics, ploys used to garner votes, not for benefiting our nation.
At this point, I must confess that I didn't vote in the general election. I did not support the notions, statements nor aims of either presidential candidate. But I prayed that the Lord would have His way with the outcome. I am sure that He controls even our political actions, and this was the message that I felt He gave me: "Just sit back and enjoy, Guinn; I will take care of everything and you must not worry."
I can handle that sort of assignment. I believe that He shepherded the creation of the original 13 states, He has overseen our activities, wars, social weirdness and everything that has happened since, and I am sure that He is still in control of our eventual destiny. Knowing those facts, I agreed to be the best citizen I can be, with the least opposition for our nation's future. To tell the truth, after I overcame the first self-accusative feelings at my refusal to be pro-active, it is with a large degree of comfort that I face the coming years.
It has been said that history is past politics and politics is present history. It is also quoted, by Artemus Ward, "my pollerticks, like my religion, bein of a exceedin accommodatin character …"
I have never been convinced that there is any intelligence in this statement, but maybe simplicity doesn't need intelligence. Now that I think of it, maybe humor is the best armor for the world's situation, including our country. I have used humor to get out of a lot of troubles, and have never felt that humor was taking things lightly; rather it is dealing with heavy matters by seeking out man's fallibility in his actions, and taking joy in the final outcome in God's hands. My zeal in this matter seems not to be mistaken; if only I can convince others.
Sweet Talk
Simplicity without intelligence is sometimes best
By Guinn Sweet
- Sweet Talk
Word from the Sweet Talker
I understand that my most avid followers have been contacting the Index regarding my present whereabouts, my reason for dropping out of literary presence, temporarily, and when I might reappear.
Reminiscing on columns
The older I get, the more reminiscent I become … and I think that is the normal process of memory when we pile it up behind us. This is the nineteenth year of my writing a series of weekly columns, articles and travelogues for the Mineral Wells Index. I have observed the changing complex of reporting, beginning with my old original typewriter and continuing through the electric typewriter, the word processor and, now, I have worn out three or four computers. Since the latest one is nearly eight years old, I can see ahead to being forced to advance to a new one, an iPod or even becoming a "texter" on a little bitty hand-held thingy.
Longing to Quench a Spiritual Thirst
"Blessed is the (wo)man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are thy ways, who going through the vale of misery use it for a well … they will go from strength to strength"
Sweet Talk: Guinn's Guns
"A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed," states the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court has ruled that this right is not limited to a connection with an organized state militia.
Between 'prissy clean' and 'post-tornado'
"It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house," Proverbs:21:9, KJV
Sweet Talk
When I was a great deal younger, the only things that talked back to you were your children. Nowadays, every toy, stranger, automobile and kitchen utensil has something to convey to anyone who listens and others who would rather have quiet. The world is seething with idle conversation, insults and instructions, be it desired or not. Some of these things I invite into my life; some are intrusive and unwanted. Some are complete surprises, yet are talking to me as if I were an idiot cousin, come for an extended visit.
SWEET TALK: What would you title this?
A long time ago, English poet, Thomas Moore wrote, "Oft in the stilly night, ere slumber's chain has bound me, fond memory brings the light of other days around me."
Of Payback and Coast Fishin'
"Break forth into joy, sing together…for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem" (Isaiah 52:8, kjv)
Colon fell this morning.
The Lord provides words, strength when needed most
"Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." Joshua 1:9, Holy Bible, KJV.
Stan Musial was truly a hit with my father
"But he 'his musical finesse was such, so good his{eye} ear, so delicate his {swing}touch made poetry a mere mechanic art; and every warbler has his tune by heart." – William Cowper.
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