Debt ceiling votes in the United States Congress are an absurd ritual that should be relegated to the trash heap of history. If you charge…
Posts tagged as “spending”
The emergency aid was $2 trillion dollars. “We had to pass it.” It was named the CARES Act, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.…
The United States has $20 trillion in debt as of February 12, 2018. The current fiscal year deficit is $715 billion and we’re only at…
Nobody should be pleased when the United States’ federal government shuts down over congressional squabbling. A shutdown does not expose how little we need government.…
The marginal and effective U.S. income tax rates mentioned in my 2011 post The 90 Percent Tax Myth have been supported by research conducted by Thomas Piketty…
One of the more popular (or infamous) posts here on Almost Classical is “The 90% Tax Rate Myth.” It explores the differences between marginal and…
What makes a “conservative” or a “liberal?” I haven’t a clue. What I do know is that each one trusts government to solve problems —…