Monthly Archives: September 2012

According to Forbs they got together the  “world’s greatest philanthropists”. Inspired by the 30th anniversary of the Forbes 400 issue,       Forbes aimed to actually bring the 400 people together in person to help       try to solve the world’s most intractable … Continue reading →

Mitt’s Taxpolicy: http://www.mittromney.com/sites/default/files/shared/TaxPolicy.pdf  INDIVIDUAL TAXES • Maintain marginal rates at current levels • Further reduce taxes on savings and investment • Eliminate the death tax • Long-term goal: pursue a flatter, fairer, simpler structure CORPORATE TAXES • Lower the corporate … Continue reading →

What percentage of the population is gay?  The more rigorous studies have shown different results within a range of 0.6 to  5.4 percent. These studies include Bell-Weinberg, 1970 (~2 percent);  Billy-Battelle, 1993 (1.1 percent); Cameron-Ross, 1975-78 (~3 percent);  Catania-NABS, 1992 … Continue reading →

Questions to ask the candidates.  The correct answers are given. Q: How do you lower the debt? A: More revenue and less government expense. Q: How do you generate more revenue? A: Slightly higher taxes on the rich. Q: How … Continue reading →

It took me a year to find out how to sell an inherited timeshare. I must have made a hundred calls. I called the Florida Attorney General’s office several times. They couldn’t help me except to say “Don’t pay for … Continue reading →

Like the presidential election of 2000, this election could depend on the outcome of the Ohio and Florida elections. Obama has the slim electoral lead of 221 to 191.  Obama is a mere 30 electoral votes ahead.  Ohio and Florida combined have 47 … Continue reading →

OK, perhaps the question should be why this democracy and similar democracies will never work. Democracy is a government where non-experts vote for non-experts to hire incompetent help. The fact that this type of government works at all is amazing. … Continue reading →

In nature there is a efficiency in size.  As things get bigger, they get more efficient.  The metabolism of animals is high when the animal is small and less when the animal is large.   The same is true of income.  A … Continue reading →

The presidential election is a dead heat.  See the poll results at real clear politics.com. I see unhealthy distributions in wealth and trade.  I see unhealthy justice.  I see too many government jobs and too few private sector jobs.  I … Continue reading →