
Ex-EY CEO Mark Weinberger Is Keeping His Plate Full
While perusing the interwebs last night, I saw that our favorite Kenny Powers lookalike, former EY Global Chairman and CEO Mark Weinberger, has a new gig. MW was appointed as a senior advisor for Los Angeles-based Stone Canyon Industries Holdings LLC, which owns several rail transportation companies as well as packaged ice maker Reddy Ice. […]
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Pledging Our Way to Fiscal Disaster [Tax Vox]
Three-quarters of Americans believe that entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security “will create major economic problems” over the next 25 years. But two-thirds are opposed to addressing these challenges by reducing benefits, and 56 percent are against raising taxes.
And congressional candidates, who read the polls, are scrambling to pander to the free-lunch beliefs of their respective bases. As a result, they are locking themselves into opposing both reductions in future benefits and tax increases.