I’m in favor of lowering and simplifying America’s tax code. There is wide bi-partisan consensus amongst economists and (not-as-wide, but still some) consensus amongst politicians that America’s bloated, convoluted tax code can and should be made significantly simpler and smaller. The US tax code is currently approximately 73,000 pages long. That’s longer than the Bible! … Continue reading The thing about lowering taxes is…
I came across a post by Ann Barnhardt on American Thinker titled We The Stupid, and thought ‘ooh this sounds interesting’. I like thinkers. I then stepped through a portal, into the Twilight Zone. Kansas-born Colorado resident Barnhardt sincerely thinks that: The so-called “right” or “Tea Party” in this republic is being so thoroughly rolled … Continue reading A raw glimpse at the Tea Party psyche
npr:An itemized list of where a typical earner’s taxes go would include $625.51 for Medicare, $229.17 for combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, and $28.09 for NASA. See a receipt of other things that made the list. Continue reading
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