tax: Very good and true.... - 01/07/10 07:29 AM
545  PEOPLEBy Charlie ReesePoliticians are the only people in the world  who create problems and then campaign against them.Have you ever  wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?Have you ever wondered, if  all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have  inflation and high taxes?You and I don't propose a federal budget.  The president does.You and I don't have the  Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of  Representatives does.You and I don't write the tax code, Congress  does.You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.You  … (5 comments)

tax: Low Tax states grow... Well duh! - 11/08/09 06:06 AM

The biggest contrast between the two states shows up in "net internal migration," the demographer's term for the difference between the number of Americans who move into a state from another and the number who move out of it to another. Between April 1, 2000, and June 30, 2007, an average of 3,247 more Americans moved out of California than into it every week, according to the Census Bureau. Over the same period, Texas saw a net gain, in an average week, of 1,544 people. Aside from Louisiana and Mississippi, which lost population to other states because of Hurricane Katrina, … (11 comments)