Tax fairness is an oxymoron
[…] even if they can agree which one is the most fair approach, we will never agree on the implementation. How do we count how much money each of us has? How do we measure consumption? How do we prevent […]
Miscellaneous topics
The idea of insurance – Back to basics
This comes from Michael Plaks, a licensed insurance agent: Insurance as an industry is fundamentally messed up, and I have no idea how it can be fixed. Here are the three biggest problems, as I see them: […]
Critical Thoughts about Critical Times
[…] Whoever’s fault this mess is, we all mostly agree that the near future is bleak. We expect that people will lose jobs, houses, families, and sanity. The trick is to survive. Naturally, we’re trying to be prepared. We’re making changes. […]
Myths about US tax system
Myth: a fictitious or imaginary story; a false belief. [Source: The American Heritage Dictionary.] Myth: Taxes are illegal and/or anti-constitutional. This is a popular topic on the Internet and in high-school debate clubs. Groups of so-called “tax protesters” keep promoting various theories about illegal nature of income taxes. To date, none of them won in …