Finances, Fear & the Future An interesting July NBC poll of 50,404 Americans indicates we are concerned and confused about just how the Covid-19 pandemic is going to affect both ourselves and our nation. This can certainly be expected as it seems almost every day there is more conflicting information that becomes available. Recommendations such […]
Don’t Mess With This Ism. All sorts of isms exist in our vocabulary. We can think of extremism, communism, fatalism, perfectionism, skepticism, and the list goes on and on. The dictionary describes an ism as: “A distinctive doctrine, system, or theory.” Today, the big ism-rage is socialism. To many, this word means a state where […]
The 16th Amendment “What Were We Thinking” It is hard to believe today but it took a constitutional amendment in 1913 to establish the income tax as a fact of life for American citizens. The reason it required an amendment is that the US Supreme Court had previously declared an income tax unconstitutional. As a […]
The Decline of Economic Common Sense “70% Tax Rates and Free Stuff” It seems like every day we hear a national elected official or personality promoting some type of government policy or intervention they say will usher in a new era of fairness and equity. Most of these policies involve a great deal of money, […]