Category: Money

Today's winner is The California Franchise Tax Board. They get the award for the following. Beware: A one-digit typo on a state tax return could cost the average California …

A Pennsylvania State Senator is floating an interesting idea. HARRISBURG -- Allegheny County officials just slapped a 10 percent tax on the sale of alcoholic drinks in the county. …

Here's some Christmas reading for everyone. Hope ya'll have had a happy, safe, and merry Christmas. McCain's New Deal Your Christmas present from John McCain. Big (Government) Economic Fix. …

I know Jayson Javitz has already explained the sub-prime mortgage market and its implications, but some readers complain he uses too many words. So, here is Merle Hazard with …

When a candidate for President "breaks out" from obscurity to viability, he often finds the accompanying spotlight to be double-edged. While he now enjoys media attention which often amounts …

I've been watching the whole subprime mortgage thing with a vaguely bemused eye -- I've never bought a house, so it's all fairly abstract to me. Listening to some …

Finally, a campaign scandal not just Hillary's! Underaged donors giving the maximum to Presidential campaigns is becoming a common way around campaign finance limits for candidates of both parties, …

One hears calls to return to "the gold standard" for currency periodically, but usually they arise during periods of high inflation and economic instability, not in times of strong, …

It is hard to tell which is more incredible... The fact people are making almost a quarter million a year and still living in public housing or the conclusion …

In the midst of the "subprime" mortgage "crisis," it pays to remember the biggest losers are the investors who put up their own money so poor people normally considered …