So I guess I need to bring the balance here back toward the ‘silly,’ and not so much the ‘old’ or ‘bear’ part. How about a quote? “When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not guilty.’” That would be from Teddy. Teddy Roosevelt. (did […]
I found this at the Consumerist (which is a must read, in my view), and it is an awesome graph of exactly where US income taxes are spent. Update: Oops. Consumerist is still great, but I found this at Boing Boing. My bad. [warning: don’t try this on dialup, or have a snack and tasty […]
Republicans Tie Minimum Wage to Tax Cut – Forbes.com If you’re a fry cook and you want a raise, we gotta let some millionaire’s kid (that probably hasn’t been born yet) have a tax break. That’s democracy in action! Congress would pass an increase in the minimum wage before leaving Washington for vacation, but only […]