It looks like 12 states governments could be taxing our Amazon.com purchases in the near future. (I hate you, Government!) That means some of us will be saying saying “goodbye” to tax […]
According to Greg Mankiw when you take transfer payments into account the one percent effectively pays the highest percentage of their income when compared to any other income group. From […]
Personal responsibility has become quite the buzz word. I think it almost annoys some people. A lot of conservative republicans have kind of hijacked the phrase and “responsibility” has almost […]
I discuss the myth that higher taxes will result in a better healthcare system and compare the United States to Japan and Switzerland (both countries with Universal Healthcare Options) . […]
I was paid today. That’s normally a good day, but when I saw that my paycheck was about $20 less than it was in 2011 I became angry. I decided […]
I do my best to say an intelligent thing or two about economic issues with varying degrees of success, but I ran across Harvard Economics professor Greg Mankiw’s Blog and think […]
No – this isn’t going to be another conservative defense of “trickle down” economics. My opposition to additional taxes has nothing to do with my desire to further sheild the […]
Last night I had dinner with a few of the “most important” people in the region for our company. Basically, I was sitting next to a few of my company’s […]
What is the Federal Reserve? “The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve, and informally as the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States…The task of the Federal Reserve System is […]
My Granny died at age 94. She was born in 1917 and live a full life – she was only sick the last couple of days of her life. Overall, […]
