In recent weeks, news reports on the Federal Government's efforts to revamp the Federal Tax Code have captured the media's attention, and ours. They call for our attention not just be-cause of the importance the tax code has on our livelihoods. But these stories have had a flair for the dramatic...

This study examined the legal income ex-inmates earned in 1986. The mean income was $5496.70. The median Income was $2900.00. Income had a positive skew of 1.62172. Our research hypothesis was that four quarters of employment in 1986 was the biggest factor affecting income (r=.71, p.05). Recent...