Is the recession really over?

It was a question that was asked at least twice on the Sunday talk shows this past weekend. Depending on who you were talking to, you could have received a couple of different answers. Larry Summers, who is the top economic adviser to the White House was asked that question on ABC’s This Week and [...]

House passes health care reform 220-215

Throughout the day Saturday, one could never tell what was about to happen. First, there was news that President Obama would be traveling to Capital Hill to woo Democrats who were thinking about voting against the health care legislation Nancy Pelosi was trying to pass. Then came word from Speaker Pelosi that the vote on [...]

Is it time for The Fair Tax?

Even as I begin this article, I hesitate to do so because I am no expert of taxation and the economy. One thing I do know is that the current tax system we have is bloated and very much unfair to the average American citizen. In almost every political campaign, there is at least one candidate who campaigns on lowering taxes or making them more fair to his or her constituents. While all of that sounds good, in reality it is mostly rhetoric.