The history of government price-control policies that seek to impose price ceilings on goods and services…
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Ramirez Cartoon: Drug Price Control Poison

The history of government price-control policies that seek to impose price ceilings on goods and services is both long and replete with failure. That’s because price controls discourage innovation and investment, and lead to shortages in the marketplace, among other unintended consequences.

No targeted industry is immune from the predictable negative impacts of prices controls – not even prescription drugs, which seem to be a primary target in the price-control crosshairs of policymakers at all levels of government.

In his latest cartoon, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Ramirez sums up the negative consequences of prescription drug price control policies – whether they take the form of direct price caps, “negotiated” Medicare and other prices, or Most Favored Nation…[more]

May 28, 2025 • 01:05 PM

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Thursday, September 18 2014

An attorney who works for the IRS' professional conduct office – the watchdog charged with ensuring that all tax professionals "adhere to professional standards and follow the law" – may lose her law license as a result of unethical behavior.

Takisha McGee, a section manager in the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility has been accused of professional misconduct stemming from a personal injury case she worked prior to joining the tax agency.  According to news reports, McGee allegedly lied to a court-appointed board and hid money from a settlement that was supposed to go to two medical providers who treated her client.

Ironically, McGee, who may lose her law license over the charge, recently gave a speech to the Florida bar titled, "When your license to practice before the IRS is on the line.”

While records on the recommended disbarment are already public, an IRS spokesman cited privacy rules in saying the agency was unlikely to comment.

McGee called the disbarment recommendation the result of a “one-time mistake,” and noted that her current situation gives her a better understanding of the experiences of professionals facing disbarment or suspension proceedings.

Source: The Washington Times

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