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"Malbone" is a reference to the Malbone Street Wreck. In 1918, during a strike by transport workers, an elevated train in Brooklyn crashed and killed 93 persons. The train was operated by a...
View ArticleIt's a tax holiday -- where's the champagne?
In another age, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society." If that is so, the systematic dismantling of a government's ability to tax is a calculated recipe for...
View ArticleFind Your Effective Tax Rate in Seconds
Want to see just how much you envy Mitt Romney and his 15% effective tax rate? Get out your tax return and calculate your Effective Tax Rate in seconds!Effective Tax Rate Calculator 1. Taxable...
View ArticleWhat can we do to control guns?
Pundits and politicians -- who seem to live in a bubble without contact with ordinary people -- are at a loss for ways to stem the epidemic of gun violence in the US. It's time for ordinary people --...
View ArticlePoll: How do you feel about repeal?
Nearly every mainstream politician -- even those who support weak gun controls -- says, "I support the Second Amendment." Even after the Supreme Court construed it to allow private citizens to assert...
View ArticleFLASH: Mitt knows nothing about business taxation
Mitt Romney -- with an MBA/JD from Harvard -- apparently has no idea how he makes his money or how it is taxed. His appearance on "60 Minutes" included the following exchange with Scott Pelley...
View ArticleAnyone remember the filibuster?
This fiscal cliff stuff has gotten all the pundits talking. It's bad/OK/good to go over the cliff. A deal is a win/lose/draw for Obama/Boehner/Norquist. Obama bent over backwards/forwards/into a...
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