Every political party and politician are guilty of making populist statements during elections that would be nearly impossible to uphold once in office.  One message that was clearly made by the Obama campaign over and over again was that taxes would not be increased on the middle class.  If there was one thing he made clear [...]

I was talking to a member of the Board of Directors at the law firm I am clerking at this summer and I asked him if he could tell me anything about the health insurance policy at the firm.  His response was basically that it was really expensive and that I should shop around.  He [...]

Today California votes on props 1A - 1F.  You can read about these props here.  Polling suggests props 1A - 1E will fail and 1F will pass.  I would love for this to happen.  Basically, we’ll be telling Sacramento that we are sick of how they run government and how they waste so much money [...]

Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geitner and President Obama unveiled their plan to close tax loopholes which allow US multinational corporations to defer paying US taxes for earnings in foreign countries.  In addition, they outlined their plan to crack down on US citizens who avoid paying taxes by parking money in offshore tax havens. 
I love seeing Secretary [...]

Before this tax furor burns out, I need to say my peace.  
A slightly-progressive flat income tax is the only workable system.  100% of income earning citizens need to pay taxes so everyone shares the burden.  Under the current system in 2009, 43% of citizens will not pay $1 of income taxes.  When Obama’s Make [...]

Happy Tax Day!  Today millions of Americans and accountants are crunching numbers, hoping to make it to the post office before end of business.  At the same time, hundreds of anti-tax events will be taking place all across America.  They are being referred to as “Tea Parties” (Taxed Enough Already) and are meant as peaceful [...]

If you’re like me, you wait until the last minute to do your taxes.  I guess if I was expecting a refund I would have done them long ago.  However, I knew I would be paying this year.  I intentionally make my exemption selections on my W4 so I don’t get a refund.  Ideally I’d [...]

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 [...]

I wrote an earlier post about the list of scientists-that believe climate change is natural-being compiled by Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma.  Well, the list is growing.  In fact, Japanese scientists are on the brink of rejecting all the IPCC findings. 
“Dr Maruyama said yesterday there was widespread scepticism among his colleagues about the IPCC’s fourth [...]

It’s not my day to write today, but Thursday’s writer is a bit tied up for the time being, so in an effort to appease our readers, (all two of you) I thought I’d fill the white space with something that has been on my mind a lot recently.  Despite the dramatic slide in home [...]