Clik here to view.
Death and Taxes
Some days I wake up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Then I read the paper. And I get weary. It’s not usually the death and destruction that gets to me. Cold-hearted as that may sound, my eyes blurred and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Have I Got a Deal For You!
Click to view clip Back when my wife and I first got married, we did the garage sale/flea market tour about once a month. As graduate students with little money (and not much pride), we picked up our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I’m Not an Economist but I Will Play One in Court
Click to view Holiday Inn Express Commercial: It’s really funny. If it’s budget time in Texas, the solution to school funding must be vouchers. Or, at least, that seems to be the solution according to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Paying the Taxman, I think
I am relatively convinced that tax law and IRS forms are designed and written by college freshman shortly after toking up. To think otherwise would assume that sober men and women with fully...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2+2=5, Or the Federal Budget
The latest Pew Poll shows that, surprise, most Americans don’t have a clue how the federal budget works. That’s okay, though, because I’m also pretty sure our elected officials don’t understand the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Turning Off and Tuning Out
I’ll admit that I’m a political junkie and a news addict. I read multiple papers each day, listen to NPR, check out CNN, and Fox News. Andrew Sullivan and the Huffington Post are must reads throughout...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cousin Eddy and the Union Blues
Clark Griswald’s Rant–Christmas Vacation (Click to view) Around the beginning of December each year, my family and I nestle on the couch and celebrate the coming holiday season by watching National...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Declare Those Pennies on Your Eyes
Writing about taxes on tax day seems so intellectually lazy. Complaining about our complex, confusing, largely unequal, and definitely incomprehensible tax system simply doubles down on the cliche....
View Article
