This new law isn't about tax evasion.  If Congress even cared about tax evasion, they would revise our tax code, drop the income tax & set up a national sales tax. The rich make more & spend more, so the government gets more. Done deal.   No, this is about control.  Many credible financial analysts recommend that we...more

The writer is both wrong & right. The problem of underfunded Social Security started with the government's raiding of the funds. If they had been in a real trust account, drawing real interest all these years, we wouldn't be haiving this conversation.  SSI is an insurance policy most everyone pays into, and is very vis...more

How about we get Congress to overhaul our sick tax code and get rid of all deductions? We could benefit as a country more with everyone paying their fair share than having more lobbying going on, even for the pet industry. Sure I'd like to deduct the care for my 5 cats (no children), but a lobbyist is still a lobbyist,...more

The fundamental premise of this article is wrong, and un-American. Everyone should be treated equally, and our tax base should be equal for all.  Equality under the law is what our country stands for, and that is Constitutional, whereas special treatment for arbitrary classes of people is not.  The rich and poor should...more

HA!  The cnesor software is touchy today.  Many m****duction should have been left out and 'continuous assembly line production' inserted.  Gotta love it.

I agree.  Why shouldn't a designer think about how inexpensive & lightweight they can make the car while still maintaining practicality?  Not everyone can afford a Leaf or even a Prius....  Henry Ford revolutionized the automobile industry forever with his low-cost, m****duction thinking.  Murray's on the right track, ...more

There was a big difference in the Great Depression and now: the government then had almost no debt, no huge entitlement liabilities and no huge military to support.  Any credible economist is going to tell you that QE2 didn't work: it was a short upward blip and then its effects quickly disappeared.  It didn't work bec...more

James S - Gamerk is correct. Government spending did help bring the US out of the great depression.  But there's more to the story than that...  At the time, the US Government had little or no debt.  We have over $14 trillion in debt and the feds are currently taking in $1 for every $1.50 they spend. Check out the d...more

Heard a great definition of 'status', but could also be used to define blind consumerism: "Buying things you don't want, with money you don't have, to impress people you don't like."