European Union officials announced on Tuesday plans to curb corporate tax avoidance strategies among large companies operating within European borders. Up to $80 billion in taxes went unpaid last year, according to the European Commission, and leadership has decided it is time for corporations like MacDonald’s and Amazon to start paying …

The IRS has learned to live lean since 2010, and no one seems to be complaining. At least, no one who makes less than $1 million dollars. Budget slashes, enacted throughout the last five years¹, have reduced the IRS to a shell of its former self, and the powers-that-be must …