Washington, DC — December 22, 2010 — President Barack Obama today excised the tenets of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" from the conduct of America’s armed forces will for the first time permit gays and lesbians to serve openly. Rescinding “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" has not assuaged all critics who charge implementation of the new standard may hamper combat readiness. To …
Current Commentary: Going After ‘Idle Iron’ BY Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
If you can’t keep people employed digging holes, pay them to fill the holes they have already dug. That seems to be at least part of the logic behind a new mandate from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. The mandate, which the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement issued last week, requires oil and gas companies to permanently plug …