It was tough going at first but she was willing to make sacrifices, she says: "I wanted a boat so much that I was okay with living without a shower, I was okay with using a bucket for a toilet for the first few months, I was okay with being cold." The two years of renovations ...
The legalized drugs could be regulated and taxed by the federal government, and instead of pouring billions into fighting drugs, we could stimulate the economy by opening up a whole new market. Much like Colorado has done so effectively. It is the time the United States moves away from its ...
Obviously, any tax regulation would need to close loopholes as much as possible. But all laws have some loopholes or cannot perfectly stop illegal behavior. For example, some persons might build their own lasers out of non-taxed parts -- but most of the general public would not. In this w...
To defend yourself, you would have to have an arsenal of guns and weapons, as well as anti-measures to hide and secure the few supplies you have stockpiled for your survival. Unless you have been properly trained in extreme survival measures, and combat tactics, it is highly unlikely that ...
Five years later, the fifth President, James Monroe, passed away on July 4th. Three of the first five Presidents died on the 4th of July, and still today it is the day when more Presidents have passed away than any other. Today, Independence Day is celebrated much as John Adams predicted...
“The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.”– Ronal Reagan “Liking money as I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is glory.”– Salvador Dali “Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough...
Crafting our sales taxes as tariffs might be an especially good approach because we can imbue them with some nuanced policy considerations. Much as liquor and gasoline get taxed extra-high because we want to discourage their consumption, we could extra-tariff such things as, well, Chinese steel...
As you saw in the previous section, mutations are a random and constant process. As mutations occur, natural selection decides which mutations will live on and which ones will die out. If the mutation is harmful, the mutated organism has a much decreased chance of surviving and reproducing. ...
And I would say productivity in the public sector, serious reforms, and also planning. Not just talking about planning, but delivering planning reforms and sticking to your guns when things get sticky in midterm as the public starts to protest against these reforms, which they surely will. ...
This banking issue is far too much of a coincidence. Someone has clearly forgotten to reset the leap year calendar. Happened to me years ago at work and I got paid on 1/3!! John Aylward A reminder - you can get in touch by typing in the box at the top of the page. Leave us yo...