That afternoon. Welcome to the urban institutes first tuesday where we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the incometax. My name is howard gleckman, the editor of the urban institute blog. A hundred years ago, delaware became the 36 state to ratify the amendment creating a modern incometax. This one was memorialized in the constitution and we have had an income tax ever since. It is the tax we love to hate. In the 100 years, it has gone from a simple richmans tax to todays tax with a top rate north of 40 . Williston churchill said we seem to think it is the worst possible tax Winston Churchill said we seem to think it is the worst possible tax. To my far right, joseph thorndike, director of the tax history project. His latest book is thei r fair share, out today, published by the urban institute press. Eugene steuerle has written about tax policy. He has also lived it. Nearly three decades ago, he was on the godfathers of what became the Tax Reform Act of 1986. He holds the fisher chai
Before 1978, surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes was conducted by the president without Court Approval, and the courts have consistently said that the president has authority to undertake such surveillance without Court Approval, where the target is a foreign intelligence threats. , but fisao abuses was created as a compromise between branches to enable that surveillance, but to involve article three courts in the review and approval, and congress, the oversight, creating the intelligence oversight i am going to have to be very tough. You have covered and a normas amount. Im very sure you can pick up any individual questions. Thank you thoma. Jameel . Limits start by addressing a degree of frustration by wainsteinthat mr. Said. When we were before the Supreme Court for clapper last year, the government really did repeatedly said that the assertion that the nsa was engaged in largescale surveillance of Americans International to medications under section 702 was speculative a
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The region and policy. While i have decided to take this opportunity to also appreciate the outgoing secretary of state, the inimitable mrs. Clinton has been an ally and partner uncertainly viewed very well in pakistan as the most important and powerful diplomat representing the United States views abroad. We welcome john kerry because pakistan has john kerry as the architect one of the architects of the Kerry Lugar Berman legislation, which has been instrumental in broad basing this relationship and anchoring it and we hope they longer and more sustainable multifaceted relationship. We also know its not a relation as well as political parties. We work and we hope to work with every senior policymaker in the United States as well as congress and of course senator kerry has emerged from those ranks. So we look forward to working with them and i dont think we need to speak to anyone. He has pretty much spelled his policy agenda and im sure he has a great deal to address as he takes this