4LoveofMoney, Under the market's historical 'old' guard standards you would be correct, however this is an entirely different animal. One where the central planners and bankers manipulate the outcomes with sheer key strokes by virtue of Ben's printing presses and his artificial stimuluses based on absolutely nothing...more

someone(heebster) & Tabasco Ed, I couldn't agree with you more. blah, blah yakkity yakkity thinks it's the government's job to give you clean water and provide paved roads for you. That's actually a local community function. You don't need the department of transportation to build you a road, sir. Private enterprise...more

blah blah yakkity yakkity, Cut and paste? And your point is what exactly? That list of taxes are still the truth. What's your point 'doublespeak'? Total fallacy, comrade. Most of the taxes you currently pay serves two grand purposes: #1-To service the debt and pay the government's interest on the Fed's moneta...more

Tabasco Ed, I forgot the new internet sales tax. In Georgia the State recently announced it will start to tax private sales of used vehicles at the time of registration. In other words they are taxing an item twice. Remember the vehicle was already taxed once during the initial sale of the vehicle when it was new an...more

wins5 & Someone (a dad in FL), Much the same way the Demorats talk the talk and don't walk the walk......raising taxes to oblivion on everyone, frivolous spending on social welfare programs that remove productive means from society and reward them to unproductive sectors costing the tax payers billions, and now burd...more

Blah Blah Yakkity Yakkity, How about this for proof..... Accounts Receivable Tax Building Permit Tax Capital Gains Tax CDL license Tax Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax Court Fines (indirect taxes) Dog License Tax Federal Income Tax Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) Fishing License Tax Food...more

Someone(TFear) Who's fault is it when you have massive amounts of people who dropped out of school, made bad choices in their lives, decided to work in bars, retail stores, and gas stations having no trade skills or a technical education. It's my fault, right? Let me guess, it's the government's job to provide and h...more

How ironic that most of his parliament members were exempt from those taxes, it was discovered not too long ago that most of his party members and parliament had secret bank accounts, and millions in assets hidden away. The hypocrisy of the Socialist left like much of our own Demorat party is Kleptocratic, Obama's tax ...more

What everyone here fails to realize is that the whole system is rigged. Gold is being driven down by the illusion of a shallow & hollow recovering economy and an artificially induced stock market. The economy is being propped by the Fed's QE cheap money and credit. The CPI is also a fallacy. How anyone could not includ...more