Yesterday I received a letter from the United States Department of Commerce:
“About one week from now, you will receive a 2010 Census form in the mail.”
Are you kidding? I mean, thanks for the heads up, but why not just send the form?
Assuming every one of America’s 114 million households received this letter, and the Commerce [...]
Should online retailers be responsible for collecting sales tax like brick-and-mortar stores? Is it “taxation without representation” or something that’s overdue in our ecommerce world? Should Amazon.com, based in Washington, have to collect sales tax on sales to California customers, even though they have no offices, warehouses, or employees there?
Taxes are basically the price we [...]
Evaluating the potential outcomes of passing the “Amazon tax” to force out-of-state retailers to collect California sales tax, the legislature will be forced to make a business design – something government entities are notoriously bad at. They need to look at revenues and expenses, and the impact on California citizens. We’ll save the debate about [...]
Has America been “hypnotized” and “brainwashed” by Barack Obama? That’s what some crazies think.
NLP stands for neurolinguistic programming and attempts to influence opinions and actions through thoughts, language, and behavior. The principal “weapons” of NLP are repetitive words and phrases, deliberate pacing, suggestive/agreeable language, and emotional speech.
In other words, what makes for a good NLP [...]
Focus on the Family, the same ultra-conservative Christian group that brought you the best website ever, has now decided to blow approximately $3 million on a 30-second pro-life Super Bowl ad.
I haven’t yet seen the ad, which apparently features Heisman-winner Tim Tebow, but I would be surprised if it changes anyone’s opinion on the polarizing [...]
While we were home over the holidays, some friends — who have a “real” wedding planned for next summer — rushed to the courthouse to get their “legal” wedding on the books before the new year. The reasoning was that they could save money on taxes. If you get married on December 31st, you can [...]
Surprise surprise, not all country singers are “red state” die-hards (although there are plenty who are). I’ll do my my best to re-create a political spectrum based on select song lyrics.
What’s even more interesting is that Toby Keith is a pretty well known democrat, but you’d never know it from his songs. I guess [...]
Here’s a collection of the best health care reform bumper stickers I could find online, both for and against.
Well that’s my plan anyway.
Yes, cost is one concern. Freedom to choose your own providers and quality of care would be others.
The world would be a better place.
Hey now, profit isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Competition, innovation, [...]
As someone who is self-employed and buys my own health insurance, I’m interested in the ongoing health care reform debate. Specifically, if the polls are true and 3 out of 4 Americans support Obama’s plan for public health care, why is there even a debate? With that level of support — and since the Dems [...]
Everyone gets a vote, including this woman.
I’m all for free speech, but when your speech includes, “On the east coast they have slaves,” it might be better to keep quiet. Wow.
