Democrats warn 200 million Americans that . . . June 28, 2019 …they better vote for Trump no matter how much they hate his tweets: A wretched start for the Democrats Continue Reading
Fan mail from some Flounder August 14, 2013 This was just the front of the envelope. I haven’t opened it yet but I suspect there will be no return address. Well, anonymous… Continue Reading
Chamber of Commerce bites its own butt December 2, 2012 My continuing meditation is still on hold while I soak up some serious Chicago. However, while I’m trying to keep non meditation posts in… Continue Reading
And sometimes Mitt doesn’t even use his head September 18, 2012 Who pays US income taxes? More here Continue Reading
What we spend on things April 9, 2012 Here’s an interesting graphic using Census Data: The grapic on the original site can be hovered over to get more detail. I found it… Continue Reading
Soul searching at night December 18, 2011 Its not quite eleven pm. I was putting the throw rug, now dry, back on the basement floor. While doing that and sweeping up… Continue Reading
Chickens coming home to roost November 3, 2011 Today’s Trib was non-stop coverage of a failing school district. I hardly know where to begin except to say that it all began with… Continue Reading
Jobs perspective October 7, 2011 I’ve been thinking for some time that Republicans who are crying out to keep taxes on the rich low so that the rich can… Continue Reading
Income tax history lesson September 27, 2011 Damn RINO’s: The income tax was dead. But the pressure to tax the incomes of the largely untaxed rich only increased, especially as the… Continue Reading
Good luck… September 23, 2011 …figuring out how this will affect your property taxes. It comes from Minnesota Public Radio. The DNT reported a while back that losing the… Continue Reading
“I didn’t raise taxes. I didn’t raise taxes.” [BIGOT ALERT] September 22, 2011 I love Steve Lindstrom cartoons in the Trib. His is a very stripped down strip. No clutter just simple visual metaphors. Today’s was another… Continue Reading
Andrew Sullivan asks… September 21, 2011 …who owns the debt? Jason Peters relays facts collected by Harper’s Index: — Seventy-one percent of current U.S. debt was accumulated during Republican presidential… Continue Reading
Throw in Social Security and Medicare… September 21, 2011 …and we aren’t quite so unequal here in America. A very smart report from the PBS News Hour from a favorite of mine Paul… Continue Reading
A useful article on how school operating levies are levied September 21, 2011 A friend sent this story to me about the Perham School district’s levy referendum. Its mostly correct and I suspect much of what it… Continue Reading
Saving a million over a lifetime vs. earning a million a year [BIGOT ALERT] September 20, 2011 I can’t find the Trib’s story on American’s giving up hope of becoming millionaires on the DNT website but this seems to be it…. Continue Reading
on taxing millionaires the way the rest of us are taxed [BIGOT ALERT] September 19, 2011 As the GOP rushes to defend lower tax rates on millionaire “job creators” I can’t help but think about a half a dozen job… Continue Reading