Tag Archives: taxes
The Taxman Cometh
More and more businesses seem to be leaving continental United States for the shores of countries with friendlier commercial tax rates. Both republicans and democrats are seeking a reform in American tax law but the nature of the house is partisan and, with constantly divisive politics, very few important changes have been made. Republicans are […]
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Too Little, Too Late
It seems like the Republican and Democratic candidates have caught the smell of change in the air. Suddenly, everyone from Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to Jeb Bush and Donald Trump are talking about tax reform. They have clued in, maybe too late, that Americans are more than fed up with the state of our […]
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Obama’s Budget
This week, President Obama introduced his budget plan for the next ten years. In this budget, the president created a wish list of government policies that sound too good to be true. The unfortunate fact is that these policies are too good to be true. They are simply another deception in the false Demo-Republican rivalry, […]
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Fiscal Priorities
Charity begins at home! It seems that the attorneys and career politicians in Washington have forgotten this simple truth. America gives away tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid every single year, with most of this money being invested in countries where the citizens hate America and would treasure the opportunity to kill Americans […]
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Crumbling Infrastructure
On November 23, 60 Minutes aired a report called “Falling Apart: America’s Neglected Infrastructure.” This report has brought America’s crumbling infrastructure back into the spotlight. 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft traveled the United States to speak to experts and examine the state of our country’s roads and bridges. The cameramen collected images of crumbling bridges, […]
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Good Cop/Bad Cop
As a two party system, our government naturally falls into an adversarial dynamic. With alternative, outside viewpoints being so rare, the Democrats and Republicans define themselves by their opposition to each other. The parties work together so rarely that the ability to pass legislation seems to depend almost entirely on one party having a majority […]
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