can i claim 2 pairs of work boots in 2007 on my taxes?

i worked construction and bought a new pair of work boots in january of 07 for 140 dollars, i started a new job in april and the company i started working for gave me a 120 bucks to get a new pair of work boots, well the pair i bought cost 143 dollars. [...]

How are illegals paying taxes when paid in cash by a subcontractor on the project?

MARIETTA – An undercover agent for the watchdog group Jobs for Georgians has worked as a bricklayer the past three months on the construction of the new Cobb County Superior Courthouse, and told the Cobb Board of Commissioners on Tuesday he has evidence that illegal immigrants have been employed and paid in cash by a [...]