Taxes

In 1994, in an interview, Milton Friedman said that in the 1990s there is “much less optimism and all the problems have been...

Here is the real danger for 2016. We are at a tipping point. It is very likely that few Americans understand the calamitous potential...

Here's the problem and I'm going right at it because we don't have much time. Congress is about to change the rules on health care....

It is time to pay attention to the Peterson Commission. And you had better pay attention and tell your friends and have them tell...

What a bunch of losers we saw in the first Republican debate. It was shallow, obfuscating and ignored reality. We’ll start off by saying...

We need exports and imports. We need jobs. And we need more jobs than can be provided by exports. In other words,at a very...

by Joseph O'Shaughnessy Let’s establish one thing right away. The new tax bill proposed by President Trump and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is a tax cut...

"It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood...a beautiful day for a neighbor..would you be mine...could you be mine...." Oh, yeah. Mister Rogers had nothing...

Now that the Neocon Republicans have shown us their colors in the bright light of day….no tax cuts for the lower 98% of Americans...

In 1946, in the shadow of the carillon tower on the campus of the University of Chicago, an economist by the name of Milton...

Has Kansas, under Governor Sam Brownback, become  second-rate, with a semi-Fascist government? The answer is in the history of the state since Brownback took...

If you are a Populist, you should not think that the elections on November 6, 2012 solved anything. We elected a President and Senators...

Newt Gingrich is actually a pretty smart guy. He has a little bit of Reagan in him. He likes to entrance you with a...

by Joseph O’Shaughnessy We spend a lot of time in this country identifying people and things, like fads and trends. It is not difficult to...

"The time has come" the walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing wax-- Of cabbages--and kings-- And why the sea is...