AARP Publishes a Study to Show Only What It Wants to Show
AARP’s new study purports to show the economic benefits of Social Security, but completely ignores the downside of the taxes the program imposes on the economy—and people.
Transforming Everything--Even How We Watch Football Games
The communications revolution is changing everything—including how guys watch football games. Even monitoring their blood pressure if their team lets them down.
Reporting on Corporate Taxes: Two Half Truths Equal a Misrepresentation
Corporations pay a range of local, state and international taxes regardless of their federal tax liability which is not found in corporate reports. So, what is with these headlines about companies not paying much tax? Only half-truths.
Maine Decides to Open Its Citizens and Itself to Huge New Risks
Maine is allowing the purchase of prescription drugs from foreign Internet pharmacies, putting both patients and the state at risk.
IP: The New Kitchen Table Issue?
Voters understand the age in which we live and are keenly aware of the value of IP to their household economy. Perhaps IP is well on its way to being a voting issue.
Back to the Future: The First Income Tax Form Should Be a Guide to Tax Reform
A simple, easy-to-understand income tax with a flat rate isn’t just a dream of the future, it’s what we had in the past.
Fracking Isn't the Threat to Green Energy Innovation
The greatest threat to green energy innovation is not new energy resources, but rather disregard (such as India’s) of the rights of innovators through the international IP system.
Laffer's Curve-ball
Passing a law that radically expands the scope of government and then hoping, assuming, that all states will do the right thing is a set up to be thrown a real economic curve ball.
How John Boehner Blew His Best Chance to Defund ObamaCare
Speaker Boehner said he would return to “regular order”: if he had, the government-shutdown battle over ObamaCare would have had a much smaller impact.
Let's Finally Slay the "Trolls"
What needs to be done to finally slay the “troll” is to identify those who are truly bad actors and not impugn legitimate business models, allowing everyone to focus more clearly on the underlying problem.