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None of the businesses I mentioned is a one-employee business. They range from 4-26 employees.

I don't feel poor because someone has more money than me; nor do I feel rich because I'm wealthier than someone else.

Though there are deductions that a small business can take advantage of to reduce their tax liability, your statement that tax bills can be reduced to "almost nothing" is a gross exageration. (In addition to my trading business, I'm an investor in two small businesses and on the board of a small...

Though once there were "published" tax rates of 70-91%, very few ever paid taxes at those rates. Back then, there was something called "leveraged non-recourse tax shelters" that wealthy people used to eliminate as much as two-thirds of their tax burden. In addition, most very wealthy...

"All" the Christian preachers were claiming god wanted Obama defeated...? Really? Wow!!! That's quite a claim. What evidence do you have to prove this statement? Or is it just your belief? Do you expect me to accept such a preposterous statement on faith alone?

4. There is a God, but he doesn't give a rat's behind about our elections

The nurses union has been backing the financial transaction tax (FTT) for over a year. They've spent millions lobbying and promoting it. In a public appearance, when asked why people should support it, the head of the nurses union said, "There's a lot of sophisticated things about this tax...

I've got two daughters ages 11 and 14. I was raised in a fairly religious home and my wife has "moderate" Christian beliefs and occasionally attends Church. Sometimes I go with her because she's a great wife and mother and asks very little in return. If she asks me to go with her, I do. That...

You can't compare across time periods without statistically controlling for economic/historical variation and measuring the impact of "published" vs. "effective" tax rates. 1. The period of 1945-1965 was unique in American history. It established the US as the leading manufacturing country...

She has four sisters. Three are married. One is gay... Sorry.

The only way out is to leave the country, which is what we're considering doing. My wife has maintained her Australian citizenship so the move would be fairly straightforward. The challenge is that we have two kids that are happy here and doing well in school. It would be difficult to move them...

The political situation in the US now bears a strong resemblance to the most volatile parts of the world (e.g., the Middle East) where the conversation is dominated by extremists. Moderates are despised as traitors. Extremists on both the left and the right control US political conversations...

This article better describes California's economic problems...

It's not what they choose, it's what they will be forced to live with. Do you think women "choose" to be treated as the property of men? =========================================== http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/08/iranian-universities-female-students.html Three...

Five years from now Egypt will look a lot like Iran. Islamists will dominate every aspect of Egyptian life.

Cool! My 11 year old daughter showed the video to me this morning.

So they take a poll and the majority say they want to raise other people's taxes. Wow! What a surprise!

Those missiles are for peaceful purposes only.

I wouldn't mind paying if we got something for it. I pay high taxes and then have to pay an additional tax on top it -- I have to send my kids to private schools because the public schools are so lousy. In California we have the 4th highest per-capita tax burden in the country, yet our...

In California I'm paying over 10% in state income taxes, plus property taxes, sales taxes, etc. etc. etc. I'm already at 50% total taxes. What's truly amazing is that California has the 4th highest per-capita tax burden in the country, yet the state is broke with the worst schools and roads...