Taxing Income or Assets

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Brian

In a prior post, I talked about taxing in a “fair” way, and this drew my attention toward another question. Should we tax income or assets? Continue reading →

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Democratic Tax Fairness

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Brian

I read about national tax arguments. Everybody throws around the word “fair”, but that really means nothing. We need to define what is fair! Continue reading →

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Visual Display of Quantitative Financial Information

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Brian

I stumbled across a financial display at morningstar.com that shows overall mutual fund behavior. It struck me as particularly pleasant and intuitive.  If you visit their page, you can hover your mouse over different squares to get more information.

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Anwar Al-Awlaki Citizenship

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Brian

As much as I’d rather not do so, it’s important to take a position on this issue. Have American drone attacks gained such impunity, that we’ve crossed the line killing our own citizens before any due process? Continue reading →

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