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A Jewish girl that my youngest daughter goes to school with invited our family for Rosh Hashanah dinner. Should be interesting.

Quite true. The final bill was passed 90-8 in the Senate. See below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%E2%80%93Steagall_Act After passing both the Senate and House the bill was moved to a conference committee to work out the differences between the Senate and House versions. The...

I'm no fan of Obama, but I'm against any kind of impeachment hearings. In this country we have a presidential impeachment process that occurs every four years. It's called an "election." That's good enough for me.

The collapse of the US economy began in 1999 when Congress passed (overwhelmingly by Democrats and Republicans) the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act that had, since 1933, separated legitimate banking activities from risky investment activities. On top of that, both Democrats and Republicans...

My neighbor owns a successful small business with about 60 employees. In the soft economy business has slowed down and he's done his best not to lay off any employees. When the tax increases hit in 2011, he's going to have to lay off two employees so he'll have enough after-tax dollars to make...

The effect of raising taxes will be minimal on reducing the deficit. The 2010 CBO tax report showed that in the 10 years since tax rates were lowered, the tax rate reductions accounted for only 14% of the deficit during that period; and the tax increases starting in 2011 would reduce future...

There were also two major techologies, computers and cell phones, that began to simmer in the 1980s and exploded in the 1990s, creating millions jobs. Unfortunately, there are no such technologies on the horizon today.

If the middle fifth's effective tax rate dropped from 5% to 2.9%, that's a 42% reduction in effective tax rate ((5-2.9)/5= 42%)). The highest group's tax rates dropped from 24.2 to 19.6, that's a 19% effective tax rate reduction ((24.2-19.6)/24.2 = 19%). As a percentage drop, the lower...

It depends upon your point of view. If you believe that peoples' earnings belong to the government that then decides how much of it people get to keep, then you're probably in favor of high taxes. If you believe that one person getting rich causes another person to be poor, then you probably...

I've been trading for a living for 18 years and daytrading for 11. It's not an addiction for me. And I don't obsess about losses. I'm properly capitalized and a bad day for me is a max 1% loss. Losses for daytraders are just operating expenses, like rent and utilities for a manufacturing plant...

I'm trying to have a respectful discussion about protecting both sides in this Constitutional debate. Protecting both sides is the foundation of liberty. If you don't want to talk about it anymore, that's fine; but "burning straw" insults are unnecessary.

Please give the name of one person who has said that Muslims have no constitutional right to build the mosque. I have been unable to find a single person making that argument. What I see is two sides exercising their First Ammendment rights, and I believe that both sides rights should be...

So you're saying that Muslims can exercise their first ammendment right to build their mosque two blocks from ground zero; but those that oppose it must sit silently and have no first ammendment right to say that it's causing great pain to the families of the 9/11 victims.

I don't know of a single person (conservative or otherwise) who's arguing against the mosque on constitutional grounds. I know many people who think it's a bad idea because of the pain it causes. Those are two very different things.

I'm over. I believe the Muslim's have a constitutionally protected right to build their mosque two blocks from ground zero. I think it's a bad idea to build it there because it causes additional suffering to people who have already suffered greatly, but their right to do it is unquestionable to...

If my guns aren't in my home, then I can't protect myself or my family, can I? Even though we live in what most people would call an "upscale" area, gang activity is on the increase and gang-related crimes are now occuring on our streets, especially at night as gangs become more brazen. Less...

Over 13,000 people died falling and over 3,000 died drowning (341 in bathtubs). http://danger.mongabay.com/injury_death.htm Over 500 people a year in the US get hit by lighting, and about 50 get killed. The solution to that problem was given to us by the great professional golfer, Lee...

What you say is true, but the founding fathers also considered gun ownership to be imperative for personal protection. Thomas Jefferson said, “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the...

I live in California (hardly a red state), and I've been a competitive shooter for over 20 years. I've shot with thousands of men and women at more tournaments than I can count, and at least 30% of my fellow competitors are liberal democrats. One of leading gun rights forums (www.calguns.net)...

It's interesting that the article specifically mentions Sweden as being against the tax. A friend of mine lives in Stockholm and works in the banking industry. Everyone there is familiar with the disastrous FTT that Sweden imposed in the 1980s. The net effect was to REDUCE overall tax revenues...