Well, we had a good time while it lasted, but it seems the tax-free internet sales will be coming to an end.

My prediction about the New York thing: Internet retailers will not want to go through all the trouble of registering as a tax collector for New York and they'll just refuse to ship there.  My timing for moving to NYC is just perfect.

So apparently there was a plan for the Census Bureau to actually get off of the current paper system and move to handheld computers.  These would be used by those who have to go searching for the people who didn't respond to the census by mail.

Well, the plan didn't work and now it is going to cost an extra $2.2 - $3 billion and that's "in addition to other costs not associated with the handhelds."

Wow.

- Moderate, middle of the road state-despiser Dave Barry wrings out the old year and is reasonably gentle on Mike Vick. Meanwhile, Radley Balko looks at what we can look forward to in 2008.  read more »

How fun is this?

According to the government complaint, Sohail and other defendants “created and fostered a business environment” at the Jackson Hewitt franchises “in which fraudulent tax return preparation is encouraged and flourishes.”

I guess it was noticeably cutting into the 2 trillion.