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.

I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine.

I've known attractive airheads, and I've known ugly idiots.

I don't know if many people know this about me, but I have multiple sclerosis. So I don't have time for a lot of shades of gray. I don't have time for BS.

We forget the little things, so it's no wonder some of us screw up the big things.

The tobacco companies knew quite early on the addictive nature of their product.

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