Entitlements: The Politician’s Poisoned Chalice and Taxation Woes
Entitlements, those coveted treasures that politicians dare not touch, are like clingy exes – once they’re in your life, they never really leave.
Taxes
Obama: Frontman for Fundamental Change to America
Sitting here on Tupelo Brake, I am prone to wonder about things, and this is my latest wonder: am I the only person in the United States of America who remembers what Obama was really like when he was in office? Every day, I read about how Obama did so much to destroy the USA …
The IRS and Income Tax
The IRS and Income Tax: Examining Unintended Consequences and Constitutional Concerns of that increasingly-bloated and powerful agency.
Bidenomics – Controlling Inflation by Making Us Poorer
President Trump controlled inflation by increasing supply — raising our standard of living. Joe Biden is controlling inflation by depressing demand — lowering our standard of living.
Parillo Examines Federalist 11 and 12
With Federalist 11, the emphasis switches from Madison’s discussion on the preservation of liberty from a democracy back to economics. Hamilton believed that a new united republic would be in a better position to trade with Europe than would the individual states. He anticipates the creation of a navy whose role would be to protect that trade. …
The U.S. Decline has a single source; It’s not the one you think. Part 1.
The 16th and 17th Amendments: Laid taxes directly onto every working man, stealing his time and wages and removed state representation in the Senate.
Manchin Gets a Rude Awakening; Democrats Betray Him After He Caved on Inflation Reduction Act
Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin’s agreement last month to back the “Inflation Reduction Ac,” came as a shock to Republicans and to members of his own party as well.
Defeat the 2023 NDAA! by Republican South Dakota State Representative Taffy Howard
The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has passed out of both the US Senate Armed Services Committee as well as the US House Armed Services Committee, and unless major changes are made, every Republican needs to vote against this bill.
Philadelphia Councilwoman Jamie Gauthier doesn’t want her “Black and brown” constituents paying more in property taxes
One great thing about moving back to our home state of Kentucky from Pennsylvania: property taxes are much lower in the Bluegrass State! Property taxes on what was our home in Jim Thorpe are currently listed as $3,228 according to Zillow, while we paid slightly under $400 in property taxes on our current abode last …
Public Servants or Just Parasites
I have a question. When did politicians and federal employees start calling themselves public servants? Even more importantly, why are we letting them? It’s almost as if they’re trying to claim the mantle of nobility for making a sacrifice in the public interest. But aside from members of the military (and I’m beginning to question …