maybe its time to put some taxpayers back onto the roles of 'taxpayers'.  47% paying no federal taxes is not what tax fairness is all about in the modern day of federal largesse.  if you enjoy the benefits of government maybe one should pay in a little.  whatever happened to shared sacrifice?  even token payments by al...more

inflating their way out of debt is the intention of greece, spain and other countries.  the u.s. will do the same.  its just a matter of when.  the excuse will be scarce commodities, an imploding dollar, and runaway government debt.(already here)  read implode rather than explode out of the stock market cieling.

nafta should be amended by the epa and the state dept to require goods coming into this country be manufactured under the same rules we have for the environment and human rights.  we penalize our manufactures but aren't strong enough to stand up for the principles we profess on a global stage.   designating favored n...more

anthony is always sending out panic notes only to wrie a contrary position paper the next week.  there is very little linearity or unifying economic philosophy behind his rambling.  he's always quick to quote himself but since he's all over the board its easy to pick a sentence out of some odd article he wrote months a...more

no the biggest drag on property tax revenue are all the exemptions granted to "nonprofit" institutions.  check out the nonprofits on the states lists and the 'partial nonprofits'  it will gag you.  non profit hospitals making 20-30 million a year and property worth hundreds of millions and not a single dime in taxes pa...more

yes and thst is still the rule.  there is a 10,000 limit on interest free loans after that the interest is considred a gift if it is below the current rates and must be reported under the gift tax rules.

plan B jim sounds like obama's green energy investments!  they did really well!!  and that is going to bail out europe?  energy bonds to be wasted by the government?  i've never seen these  governments use this much gas is about right!!  surely a good mind like yours can come up w/ a better plan b than more government ...more

he was a bully to anyone he didn't like, often wrong and never apologized when proven wrong.  what an egotistical turd.  he was often discredited for his 'ambush' teqhniques and selectively showing only film clips that slanted his reports.  there was a reason 60 minutes became irrelevant and fell from the top ten ranki...more

lets see....marriage penalty for fed and state tax, health insurance higher(many young people don't marry, just have kids together and the state pays for the kids health ins thru medicaid as the household threshold for medicaid doesn't bundle both incomes), higher college costs for the kids(less scholarship and low inc...more