Category Archives: TAXES

Most of us remember when “tax freedom day,” the day when an average American wage earner made enough to pay their taxes for the year, came early in May, usually between the third and the eighth. But this year things … Continue reading →

Most of the American economy consists of making stuff, transporting it to where it can be sold, and selling it. To a person called a “consumer.” A consumers “purchases” depend on that individual’s “disposable income.” The money they get for … Continue reading →

As the song says, the government taxes a man: Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table, At which he’s fed. Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes Are the rule. Tax his work, Tax his pay, … Continue reading →

Few realize the amount of hidden taxes we pay on everything we buy. Seventy two years ago, Life magazine carried this item: “On April 2, scores of students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute swooped down on banks and stores in Troy, … Continue reading →

Taxpayers are fleeing New York in droves, taking not only their income – but their businesses and the jobs those businesses provide with them. The New York Post headline says most of it; Tax refugees staging escape from New York. … Continue reading →