Though you will probably not see this until it’s over, I sit here putting these thoughts together on Election Day. Not sure Election Day is the proper terminology anymore because the losing candidates/parties will claim for eternity that the other side rigged/stole/vandalized the voting and the majority/minority should have won.
f all tyrannies, a tyranny “Osincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” – C. S. Lewis
Unless my Election Day expectations are badly mistaken, we’re going to hear a lot less from the U.S. Supreme Court in coming weeks than many anticipate, because the presidential election won’t be close enough to steal. If I’m wrong, the nation is in for a spectacle of legalistic casuistry, pettifoggery and intellectual dishonesty like something out of Kafka’s “The Trial.”
The Internal Revenue Service this week announced a number of changes designed to help struggling taxpayers impacted by COVID-19 more easily settle their tax debts with the IRS.
The IRS assessed its collection activities to see how it could apply relief for taxpayers who owe but are struggling financially because of the pandemic, expanding taxpayer options for making payments and alternatives to resolve balances owed.
While Louisianans have been approved for FEMA grants to help them recover from Hurricane Laura, it is important to remember that the funds are to be used only for certain disaster-related expenses.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church for Chester Charles Dugas, 76, of Jennings on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, at 12:15 p.m., with Father Trey Ange officiating.