June 23, 2017

The Dirty Secret of How Income Taxes Really Work

For the sake of this argument, let's divide the population into three groups.  The first group consists of children, dependents, retirees, and those who manage to live off government handouts like disability, food stamps, etc.  This gro...

February 16, 2017

Time to get rid of the Logan Act (or at least change it)

The Logan Act was enacted in 1799 by a legislature piqued at the success of a private citizen, George Logan, to help defuse tensions between the U.S. and France.  The text literally states that any citizen who directly or indirectly has unauthor...

January 14, 2017

A federal health insurance wish list

The main three problems with health care and health insurance are uncontrollable costs, lack of coverage, and fragmentation of the market.  The two key solutions are tax deductibility and federal regulation of commerce among the various states. ...