On Tax Day: The Tax Debate We Need To Have

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Here's a cold reality that none of the presidential candidates want to tell you: a shrinking number of Americans are bearing an ever bigger share of the nation's income tax burden. In 2005 (the most recent year for which data ...

Wal-Mart Puzzle: Why Is It Thriving?

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

According to Daniel Gross at Slate.com, Wal-Mart's stock is at a 2-year high (see chart above) because:1. Wal-Mart sells necessities, not discretionary items. The overwhelming majority of its sales are not impulse buys. Even in a recession, most people don't ...

Shticko, Opinion Polls and the AMA Cartel

Saturday, May 15th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Results from a 2006 UK poll about its National Health Service: Results from a 2006 ABC poll on Health Care in America: Charts above showing results from polls in the UK and US about health care are cited in this ...