September 2nd, 2008 by Matthew Kowal | 1 Comment
Imron:
the most obvious answer to your question is simple. over the past decade or so, our economy has continued to grow, but that growth has — for the first time in American history — not been felt among the over 90% families with incomes under 225k. this income stagnation is a clear indicator that the [...]
August 25th, 2008 by John Kaduk | 2 Comments
Imron: (referencing NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/magazine/24Obamanomics-t.html) good article explaining “obamanomics”… when you look beyond the speeches and rallies you see that Obama has surrounded himself with top economic minds to help him tackle economic issues. his thoroughly liberal eye for income redistribution remains rooted not in big govt programs but in market-oriented fiscal policy tweaks. his [...]
August 6th, 2008 by John Kaduk | 1 Comment
http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2008/08/06/fool-blog-lets-tax-the-pants-off-of-big-oil.aspx
Above is a link to an excellent article on windfall profit taxes. In short it explains why anyone with a passing understanding of economics and capitalism would recognize this policy as harmful, unfair, and just plain retarded. The last President to invoke a windfall profit tax was Jimmy Carter in 1980. That says enough right [...]
July 6th, 2008 by Matthew Kowal | 1 Comment
I was talking with a friend today and she admits she is politically apathetic, not by choice necessarily but she just doesn’t find the issues relevant to her. The upcoming election will be the first presidential election she votes in so she is doing her best to become educated on the issues. Finally she just [...]
June 26th, 2008 by Matthew Kowal | No Comments
Sadly, it seems more and more people I know are becoming Obama supporters. His plan to heavily tax oil companies seems like a great way to take revenge on the “evil corporations” of the world. As a former accounting major I can tell you that taxes appear as little more than a footnote on the income [...]
