Jason’s post on progessive taxation really got me thinking.  I haven’t worked through this too much in my head, but I am starting to kind of like the idea of combining a consumption tax (all savings and capital gains are tax free) with an elimination of the social security tax.  Here’s some rough reasoning:
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I know that the people who post to this blog and many of the readers are religious.  That being said, I think there are big inequalities in our country when it comes to religion and secular business.  The Internal Revenue Code is full of provisions that benefit religious organizations while leaving normal businesses out.  A [...]

While gathering up all my W-2s for taxes this year, I was sickened by the amount of money I paid into FICA.  I look ahead at my potential annual salary I’ll be making when I graduate and am sickened even more.  My purchasing power is hurt by the amount I am forced to put into [...]

The day has finally arrived and it couldn’t have come soon enough.  While I may prefer another candidates political ideology, the awkward period between the election and inauguration made it difficult for any progress on any topic.  I wish President Obama the best and hope him success.  Here is my wish list in no particular [...]

Ever since our economy started showing recessionary measurements and the stock markets started falling dramatically, many people have compared Barack Obama to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR.  FDR came in to office during the early years of the Great Depression.  People say that Obama is inheriting a miserable economy just as FDR did.  This is true.  What also [...]