I call BS on your story.  Can you give the name of the magazine or did you "forget"?

The honesty of our politicians represent the level of honesty of our nation as a whole.  We will have honest politicians when we have honest people electing them.

It's not just the illegals that are dishonest about their cash income.  I garauntee the majority of people, whether illegal or not, are dishonest regarding payments received in cash.

LOL.  As though the ceiling wont be raised.  If we had any poloticians willing to make tough choices we wouldn't be in this mess.  Our congress is the WWF.  After their TV appearances and speaches both sides go to each others homes for BBQ's and laugh at us.

Why do we think the ceiling wont be raised?  Hasn't it already been raised some 30 other times in the past?  Plus if we had any politicians willing to make painful decisions we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with.  This is a non issue, it is just the current storyline being used by the WWF that is our political syst...more

The second paragraph tells you this is going to be an utter waiste of your time.  Comparing someone's effective tax rate to the highest marginal tax rate.  Never mind the fact that people whose income put them in the 35% marginal tax bracket  don't pay 35% of their income in taxes either.  If you don't like that invest...more

To bl7773 I am glad you were able to buy a home.  Some of your statements are confuding to me.  For example how does being a homeowner put you into a higher tax bracket.  And why in the world is it a good thing to be in a higher tax bracket.  The home is supposed to help you get into a lower bracket.  Also it is an ...more

Rainman,   your comment made me laugh.  That is how I feel about most of the articles writen on this site.  And let me just add that the title was "let Uncle Sam Help You...... "  How is the gov't helping me if I don't send them money I don't owe them?

I have to agree with many of the comments here.  I stopped reading shortly after the comment about most people not reinvesting dividends.  I assume that most people do most of there retirment investing through 401k's, IRA's, 403b's and Roth IRA's.  With this being the case I would say that the vast majority of people D...more