Archive for the ‘taxes’ Category
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Making the Baby-Boomers Pay a Little
Posted on May 9, 2011
There is a reason that the baby-boomers have baby in their nickname. Generationally, they have acted collectively as a bunch of spoiled brats. They were the “me” generation, the disco...
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Medicare Commission
Posted on April 20, 2011
I love that commercial where a bunch of small business executives are sitting around the table trying to find budget cuts, when the CEO says, “we aren’t leaving until we...
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The President’s Bold Speech
Posted on April 13, 2011
The President boldly put forward a brave plan to deal with our national debt problems. First, he wants to increase taxes, especially on rich people, notwithstanding that he had an...
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Shutdown Politics
Posted on April 8, 2011
I first got a chance to meet John Boehner when he came to the Congress in 1991. He entered the Congress with a bang, teaming up with the so-called “Gang...
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Dems Punt on Taxes
Posted on April 7, 2011
Balancing the federal budget (or at least making the unbalanced budget look more respectable) usually requires two kinds of actions from policy makers: cutting spending and raising revenue. Republicans like...
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