Here it is in simple terms.... Tax Revenue   2,100,000,000,000 Government Spending 3,800,000,000,000 Deficit  1,700,000,000,000 Debt 16,000,000,000,000 Now lets assume this is a household income by dropping some zeros (8 zeros) Family income  21,000 Your Family spending habits 38,000 Your shortfall 17,000 Your...more

The IRS now mandates that all preparers be registered and subject to continuing education (except for attorneys and CPAs, who have their own continuing-ed requirements). This statement alone should tell you that the Tax code is to complicated.  If you simplify the tax code then you don't have to spend all that money...more

Who really cares.  WIth all the problems around the world we hype this wedding up 24x7.  I wish them all the best but lets move already.

While you would have done better in the market with your 30K over the last 30 years her numbers are a little overstated.  You would have only ended up with about $270K if invested in the DOW.