I only have disdain for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He raised taxes and has increased regulations. What else is new? He's a bully who wants to micro-manage people's lives by mandate, not persuasion.

It is business that generates the jobs, income and taxes that keep a country going.

In the early 1980s, I burned my Social Security card at the New Orleans Investment Conference in protest of the state pension system.

Banking technology has made it simple and efficient to invest in good causes.

Even though I've reached retirement age, I still plan to work - writing my investment newsletter, speaking at conferences, publishing books, and producing conferences like FreedomFest.

Here in America, government began as a tool to assure freedom. It gradually turned into a hideously expensive political toy designed to redistribute your wealth and control most aspects of your business and private life.

The media simply does not understand Econ 101.