Category: Politics

  • Talking Taxes

    There’s a lot of tea going around today … people with their mini “tea party” protests. It’s good that people are getting tired of the way government continues to grow, slowly weaving its way into parts of their lives that it probably shouldn’t be in. I just hope today’s public demonstrations actually get people thinking…

  • How AIG Will Fail By Not Paying Bonuses

    When you sweep aside the stupid policies and bad politics of the AIG bonuses, what’s left is a company unwilling to honor its agreement with employees. Would you want to work for a company like that in any economy? One AIG executive doesn’t, and he explains it very well.

  • Change you can’t file correctly

    I don’t know if this is the kind of change Obama had in mind when he nominated Tim “taxes are hard” Geithner as Treasury Secretary. Last week, a flurry of news reports noted Geithner’s comments about TurboTax. As background, he was grilled about failing to pay more than $34,000 in payroll taxes earlier this decade.

  • Detroit: Fail City

    On the 75th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition, I think I have the solution to make American car manufacturing profitable again … have Congress make US car companies illegal. Yes, prohibition of US car companies might actually make them successful. Yes, I have the logic to back that statement up.

  • Change you can’t text me about

    As an American citizen, you may wonder what you can have that the President cannot. Some think it’s the freedom to move in society without the attention of every world reporter, others think it’s being free of the pressure to properly manage our republic … unless you’re a Bilderberger. No one expected that the President…

  • Election: Coroner Politics?

    Yes, I voted this morning. I’m debating writing my pre-results discussion of what I think of each major party … or, in reality, why I disagree with all of them on serious levels and feel unhappy about the outcome no matter who wins. Until I make that post, I’d like to talk about an elected…