| Jan 9, 2012 | Economy / BusinessI’m a member of the 1 percent. I’ve watched my income tax rates fall over my lifetime, from a top rate of 91 percent under President Dwight Eisenhower to the current low rate of 35 percent. When taxes were higher, this nation built a vibrant middle-class...
| Jan 2, 2012 | Economy / BusinessAs an old country saying puts it, “Money is like manure — it does no good unless you spread it around.” Yet America’s corporate and political leaders have intentionally been shoveling wealth into an ever-bigger pile for those at the top....
| Dec 19, 2011 | Economy / BusinessLike something out of a bad movie, the failed congressional supercommittee plotted to use “chained COLAs” to cut future Social Security benefits for America’s retired workers. No, chained COLA isn’t some kind of carbonated beverage gone bad....
| Dec 5, 2011 | Economy / BusinessDespite popular fascination with the rich and famous, most working people have little understanding of the finances of the wealthy. Take the competing tax proposals of the Republican presidential candidates. Going almost unremarked amid all the discussion of the...
