I have decided to let past Presidents speak on my behalf today in regards to taxes:
“[April 15] is the last day for filing income tax returns — a day that reminds us that taxpayers pay too much of their earnings to the Federal Government. … While April 15 serves as a reminder, the people of [...]

What do you really know about our constitution, government, and politics? Intercollegiate Studies Institute has published the results of a Civic Literacy test given to Americans. The results are pretty alarming though not all that surprising.

Less than half can name all three branches of the government.
Only 21% know from where the phrase “government [...]

Ever stop and try to put financial figures from the current economic crisis into perspective? Does $700 Billion really mean anything to you? How about $4.6 Trillion, which is what our government has already pledged toward the credit crisis?
Well, Barry Ritholtz has taken time to bring these large figures into perspective. Below you’ll find a [...]

With all the talk of government bailouts, universal healthcare, and wealth redistribution, along side accusations of socialism and marxism, I thought I’d do a little research into socialism and communism. The following is what I found, and thought I’d share with you.
The Principles of Communism
by Frederick Engels 1847
- Section 18 -
(i) Limitation of private property [...]

Contrary to popular belief, an election is not the end, it’s the beginning. Most people act as if the election is simply the end of campaign season. After hearing the results, they tune politics out, as if their job is done. They come back 2-4 years later and try to assess what their representatives have [...]

The second of three presidential debates was last night.  If you didn’t see it, you didn’t miss anything. So incredibly boring.  The candidates gave their same ‘ol spill on the same ‘ol issues. We’ve heard it before. It’s not really the candidates fault tho, it was the format.  The selected questions weren’t very interesting, and [...]

The current presidential races continually bring up the issue of taxes.  McCain and Obama have very, very different views on taxes and I strongly recommend you research both.  I also recommend you look into economists’ proposed theories on how taxes affect various aspects of our economy.
Personally, I’m not sure how much sense it makes to [...]