Although creating jobs isn’t by any means a responsibility that is specifically delegated to the President of the United States, Barack Obama has shown an uncanny ability to create good jobs for Americans.  For example, as part of the stimulus every worker received a $400 tax credit on their income taxes.  Sounds simple, right? Wrong. [...]

I own and run a small internet business.  I also work for a consulting company, where I help people with their online marketing.  So far these have both been great jobs because of the relative lack of government intervention.  I used to be a part owner of some restaurants, and even as an owner of [...]

In a previous post, You’re a Corker, America, I discussed the significant problems that exist because the federal government owns so much western land. It is nice to see the State of Utah fighting back to get control of the land that could be used for the benefit of the state. In the image below, [...]

Last year about this time I wrote a post about Social Security being bankrupt entitled Weapon of Mass Wealth Destruction as a response to the Trustees report that I receive last year from the Social Security Administration. In the post, I said the following: In other words, every dollar that I sink into social security [...]

I recently received a comment on my blog from Trenton Powers.   Naturally, when people comment on my blog and leave a backlink, I will go check out their blog.  Two posts on his blog are certainly worth discussing. In one post he says this: As a runner-up to the Milford Regional Chamber of Commerce Businessperson [...]

In the movie, Far and Away, there is a scene where Tom Cruise (Joseph Donnelly) tells Nicole Kidman (Shannon Something) in a perfectly articulated Irish accent, “America has got so much land they’re givin’ it away for free.”  Her response is to express incredulity.  To which Joseph replies with something like, “You’re a corker, Shannon.” [...]

In Barack Obama’s brave new caste system, profiteers have quickly become the untouchables.  Much of the debate over healthcare can be reductively boiled down to the fact that those who are more liberal think that it is immoral for a company to profit off of the health of another person.  Most conservatives don’t care about [...]

  Congress is currently creating a bill that would threaten the independence of the Federal Reserve.  Basically they want the Government Accountability Office to be able to audit federal reserve policies. This is one of those things that most Americans probably don’t care about.  The fed was set up to be an independent institution, so [...]

feudalism [(fyoohd-l-iz-uhm)] A system of obligations that bound lords and their subjects in Europe during much of the Middle Ages. In theory, the king owned all or most of the land and gave it to his leading nobles in return for their loyalty and military service. The nobles in turn held land that peasants, including serfs, were allowed to farm in [...]

The LA Times came up with a great interactive chart where you can balance the California budget by cutting state programs and raising taxes.  I assume they developed this to show the average Californian how hard it is to balance the budget.  If this assumption is correct, then their plan has backfired.  This was way [...]