There is a candidate or two I’d like to see as President, a couple I could “take or leave”, a few I could tolerate and one that scares the daylights out of me….John Edwards. In the Democratic “debate” of January 21st, Mr. Edwards took every opportunity ...
The concept of a “fair tax” and possible dissolution of the IRS as promoted by certain Presidential candidates has created great excitement. As stimulating, refreshing and sensible as both may be, I’m afraid there is at least one (ignored) reason why ...
A Reuters article stated that the number of Americans facing “food insecurity” (whatever THAT is) was held in check for 2006 at about 35 million or around 12%. The Reuters article goes on to state that: “Overall, 35.52 million people, including 12.63 ...
Using readily accessible data from the Internal Revenue Service (NOT some biased special interest group) for the 10 years ending with 2005, we find irrefutable proof that (1) the “rich” are getting hosed and (2) tax cuts increase revenue. From 1996 to 2 ...
With growing momentum, particularly among political wannabes to tax the rich, we should look at how much they are (or aren’t) paying now. For the tax year 2005, the last year for which the IRS has complete data, we find the Federal government collected ...
President Bush, on September 27th, signed into law, the . There are several important and QUESTIONABLE provisions in this legislation. Student loan forgiveness for public service employees. Without getting into details, it appears that loans will be ...
The Jobs report was released today indicating another month of job gains and a strong economy (maybe). Highlights of the job report: August job situation was revised from -4,000 to plus 89,000 for a net improvement of 93,000. One must wonder! The ...
According to the Associated Press, on September 27, President Bush signed into law the “College Cost Reduction and Access Act” which in effect pumps another $20 billion into higher education Pell grants raising the maximum grant to $5,400 from $4,310 ...
On Feb. 21, 2007, Health Day News reported that according to the Federal government, spending on health care will double from today’s levels to $4 trillion or 20% of GDP by 2016. The complete in-depth article can be found at ...
Do we really want to provide health insurance to the uninsured or is there just the slightest possibility that what we really want is to provide health care to those that need it? Duh? If the latter, then go for it, give it your best shot, but leave ...
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