Tag Archives: taxes

McCain: Here’s my dumb idea for the gas problem

During the summer, McCain proposes that the $0.18 per gallon tax be dropped.  Now, lets just forget how much this will cost and how many government programs will suffer.
Lets also forget
The federal gasoline tax represents a flat fee of 18.4 cents a gallon nationwide. With gasoline currently averaging $3.39 a gallon, the tax represents a [...]

Some days…

Some days, after hearing about McCain not supporting the GI Bill expansion, after watching the MSM rip into Obama because of some poorly chosen (though ultimately accurate) words, after seeing Clinton use that same cheap attack, after watching some of the worst political reporting in history, I almost want to move into the mountains and [...]

H&R Block getting a smack for screwing people in need

This makes me happy. I remember, in Cambridge, noticing the interest rates on this crap and wondering how that could be a refund. Then NPR did a thing on people who were desperate and taking these loans (and thats what they are) because they simply couldn’t get by without the money.
Jerry Brown Takes [...]