Taxes

BenB on July 13th, 2010

Calling someone a racist is losing its seriousness, now it’s becoming another political tool. In May, 1773 the British government devised a plan that gave East India a monopoly over the tea exported to the American Colonies. But the tea that came from East India had a British tax on it, if that tax was [...]

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BenB on July 11th, 2010

The economic trends at the beginning of the year could be called “promising” and current trends could be looked upon as “not-so-great.”  Some still find hope that the economy will soon recover, but when recent trends are compared with ones during the Great Depression it gets a little too close for comfort. Last Friday stocks [...]

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BenB on June 22nd, 2010

“The economy is back!” They proclaimed in May. “Not so,” was the resounding reply. Many in Washington (D.C.) boasted about jobs growth saying that in May 431,000 jobs were created. The problem is that 411,000 of those jobs were temporary government jobs (Census workers.) And that left only 41,000 jobs made in the private sector [...]

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