The progressive income tax is the most devious, unfair means of assessing and collecting taxes ever conceived. The code is written to punish higher incomes, implying people who have higher incomes should pay higher taxes, not based on a single tax rate, but a sliding scale tax rate easily manipulated upwards by politic...more

I've even cut down on using plastic even though when I do the charges are paid off by the end of the grace period. By limiting the use of the card for only purchases requiring a card (airline, car rental) or for very large purchases I reason I'm limiting exposure to electronic theft or hacking. I don't know if this is ...more

...you'll likely be in a higher tax bracket throughout your life because you're single."   No kidding! Wives may be expensive but with your Uncle Sam bleeding your wallet because of the socialist progressive income tax code your not likely to be able to afford anything. Why is the tax code so biased against singles?

Just another ploy to add a cola health tax and gradually raise the tax when the non-profits want more money for their health cause. Remember that state and local governments usually dip into the nanny tax pool for general yearly budget balancing. They've done this for years with tobacco and they need  new, young, deep ...more

Not such a problem since half the tax filing public pays no federal  taxes. The amount of income taxes you pay to the federal treasury should be public anyway.

Olbermann can always sit in on the Big Eddie Schultz show.

This is largely due to the mortgage rate roulette games people fell for pushed by the slimy mortgage refi, realtor and banking industry. Constant media advertisements encouraging people to access that locked up paper equity and move up the scale coupled with the Federal government insisting anyone breathing should own ...more

Now that I think about it there's an opening for a leftist blabber jaw on Democracy Now.

Prima donna is too kind. Yet this guy wants me to ride public transportation where the world of smells is concentrated into one bus.