“A central promise of my campaign for President was to change a tax code that was too skewed toward the wealthy at the expense

This morning’s NY Times editorial, And at the Bottom of the Wage Scale, argues for an increase in the federal minimum wage. The author

The man of systems . . . seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much

“I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they’ve already racked up through

Last weekend I posted an article titled Safe to expect a messy market if no deal. Yet, not an event for the long-term investor. Well,

There is so much malarkey in today’s New York Times editorial, A Tepid Fiscal Agreement, that I just don’t know where to begin. Well,

As I type it appears that a tax deal has been struck (pending the formalities). Yes, there are details, and no, none of them

Just caught a news flash that the Republicans are insisting that any overnight “fiscal cliff” deal include changing the calculation—switching to the “Chained Consumer

From Thomas Sowell‘s 2010 edition of Applied Economics: While politicians can be expected to pay far more attention to political decisions than the average voter

Yesterday, senators Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell made their speeches. Reid “can’t imagine their (the Republican congress) consciences”. McConnell reports telling the President that