The rich pay more in total taxes now than ever before - ever. It's true. Just like it's true that when the rich are convinced they're going to be taxed more, they spend less. And when the top few percenters don't spend, there goes all your spending, because they account for half of all retail spending.

Here's a brave old reality, taxes don't go away; raising them never generates revenue, never ever ever.

Sexy ain't guys like Churchill and Lincoln.

And turns out, it's not Republicans throwing granny off a cliff... It's the Fed!?

Why the hell do we make such a big deal out of things that shouldn't be a big deal?

Is it me, or is the government more concerned about its own tax headaches, than your tax headaches?

My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well.