Who's To Blame For Earmarks?; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; Overseas Tax Shelters; A Year On The Mound With A Minor League Misfit
Who's To Blame For Earmarks?
For all the talk about eliminating earmarks in Congress, they just don't seem to go away. Yesterday, the Senate voted to leave earmarks in the $410 billion spending bill that will fund federal agencies through September. Who's to blame for earmarks? Larry Mantle takes listener calls.
Orange County Journalists Roundtable
Larry Mantle talks with Gustavo Arellano, OC Weekly staff writer, William Lobdell, Orange County journalist, and Orange County Register senior editorial writer and columnist, Steven Greenhut, about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
Overseas Tax Shelters
The IRS and the Obama administration are trying to obtain the names of as many as 52,000 Americans from the Swiss bank, UBS, to investigate them for tax evasion. UBS says that its account information is protected by Swiss secrecy laws, and that giving up names would land its executives in jail. The federal government is undeterred, however, and legislation is underway to close loopholes in tax laws that encourage the use of these tax shelters. Is this the end of the tax haven? Larry talks with Carrick Mollenkamp of the Wall Street Journal, and Jim Hines of U.C. Berkeley.
A Year On The Mound With A Minor League Misfit
In "Odd Man Out," author Matt McCarthy tells the captivating story of his year with the Provo Angels, Anaheim's Class A minor league affiliate in the heart of Mormon country. With a keen eye for baseball's character, McCarthy takes readers through the ups and downs of a grueling season, filled with cross-country road trips, bizarre rivalries, and players competing with cutthroat intensity for the ultimate prize-a call up to the majors. Matt McCarthy joins Larry Mantle.