The Governor of North Carolina, Pat McCrory, announced another ‘mistake’ in the Medicaid projections made by the Administration of former Governor Bev Perdue last fall before the elections. Wonder if these underestimations were deliberate in the hopes of helping the Democrat candidate in the gubernatorial race? Nah, that never happens. Right? ‘Nothing to see here, ladies and [...]
This could perhaps be the most preposterous presentation of ‘income inequality’ in American ever concocted. If you can’t watch the whole thing, just watch the last minute before reading the rest of this screed. It sets the stage for what you are about to read. Granted, when the charts are put together like this, the [...]
When wading through the healthcare morass, keep in mind: * 1% of the US population, about 3.1 million people, use 35% of all healthcare expenditures each year. The specific people in this number change each year due to death or recovery. * 5% of the US population, about 15.5 million people, use 60% of all [...]
Sometimes, it is just smarter (and easier) to let people who are smarter than you explain complicated things. Such is the case with Chuck Blahous, a long-time friend from Washington DC who is now a trustee on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund. I was about to plow through the CBO update on long-term economic and [...]
Now that we have settled the ‘rich paying their fair share’ issue, it is time to turn attention to the real problem in the federal budget: spending. You don’t think the tax debate is over? President Obama has gotten the last tax hike he will ever see, or any other Democrat, for the rest of [...]
You’ve probably heard about Tourette’s Syndrome. It is a genetic trait that, for some unknown and still unexplained reason, makes some people say really bad things out in public at really inopportune times. I knew a young man who unfortunately had Tourette’s. A fine young man, very kind, very nice. Our son went to see [...]
Something about the inherent ‘unfairness’ and ‘regressive’ nature of the Powerball lottery got me to thinking: ‘How much do poor and lower-and-middle income people pay in taxes anyway each year?’ I fully put lottery payments into the ‘tax revenue’ category since they go to support government functions such as public education at the state level. [...]
There’s a new tax going into effect on January 1, 2013, and there isn’t a thing that can be done about it. It’s called the “New Medicare Tax on Unearned Income.” It is being assessed at a rate of 3.8% ~ not on payroll or earned income, as it has always been in the past, [...]
Hostess, the baker maker of such great American iconic foods as Twinkies, Cupcakes and Ding-Dongs, as well as the relatively more healthy Wonder breads, has decided to close up shop after a prolonged strike by its workers eventually exhausted the company’s remaining resources. Here’s the question of the day: When will the federal government and the [...]
‘Practical Wisdom’ is a book by Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe that seeks to find out what is missing in modern American life when it comes to ethical, responsible leadership. They lean heavily on Aristotle who used the phrases we are sure all of you have heard lately: Phronesis which means ‘practical wisdom’ which helps us [...]
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