I think a minimum IRS is needed for business and they could also be responsible for info gathering on investment interests and such.  If there are really stiff penalties for failure to report private transactions then the first time someone gets caught will deter others from trying to cheat.  Stock sales are already re...more

If you want to increase taxes (fairly) then go to the 'flat tax' and 'user tax' system only.  Get rid of the deductions and the IRS ( or reduce it to a minimum anyway ) and everyone pays the same percent on their income and the same percent on their buying and acquisitions and sales.   This way you eliminate the ex...more

I think Obama should sue the sheriff for slander and stuff like that.  If the state of Hawaii says it is valid, and that is where he was born or says he was born, then that state is the legal authority and the case is closed.   Arizona and Florida, there is something wrong with both states, in different ways of cours...more

This happened in Florida ... Didn't I read somewhere recently that several Florida Police Dept's were under federal investigation for questionable conduct or someting?  Failure to identify your self as a police office is surly misconduct.  And, if that misconduct resulted in a death, then it should be murder.  It seems...more

OK, so if I understand this right, the city of Phoenix, AZ says that in your private home it is ok to have weekly poker parties, or regular social activities, but, if it is organized and regular such as the bible studies or something, then that is against the law.   Right.  Only in Phoenix AZ where the governor is a ...more

or a rolled up magazine, which they supply.

I do not mind the security for protecting our country and its residents.  BUT, what bothers me is the potential for the ' big brother effect ', and take over.  Big money runs the government, and they, big money, would love to just control the hell out of what they consider the ' peons ' of the world.  This sounds like ...more

OK, , you have good points, BUT, for the gun to go off, it had to have the hammer fully back and not down in the safety position (depending on make and model of course).  If the gun did not have a 'hammer safety position' it should not have been chambered.  Especially if he was off duty.  On duty, I can at least see wh...more

I was in NY in 1961 for New Years Eve. I have seen no reason to return there since. It is dirty, streets have garbage, people are rude ( like they think New Yorkers are above the rest ).   The only thing that ever happened in NY that has bothered me was '911', and that was a national tragedy for all of us.   ...more