Highest Taxed Cities

People often don't think about how much their city costs them in taxes, but here are the 10 worst offendors

Marijuana Prohibition

A retired Judge makes a great argument about why we should end the prohibition on Marijuana

The Social Security Trust Fund

lets just say that you have two bank accounts, you have A account for general funds (rent, utlities, food) and you have a B account for retirement. you are able to put $2500 a month away for retirement, but you decide to sell bonds from your General account to your retirement account, you put the $2500 cash into the general fund and spend it on groceries, and bills After 10 years you have $300,000 worth of bonds in your retirement, how much money do you have to retire with?

This is the problem of the Social Security Trust Fund

Malpractice and Lawsuits

A Letter to the Editor of the Madison Wisconsin Paper about how doctors can be sued successfully even if they haven't done anything inappropriately medically

More Energy Saving Tips: From Walmart

This is no way an endorsement of walmart, but they do offer some good information for those of you that are looking to save money on electricity costs

Walmart Saving Water

Walmart Explains how it has saved over one Billion Gallons of water through conservation efforts

'Draconian Spending Cuts'

The Cato institute talks about the 'draconian' spending cuts that could take effect March 1st, cuts of $85 billion dollars, that would still result in over a $1 Trillion deficit

Getting a gun in Japan

What is required to get a gun in Japan, they had 11 gun homicides last year

Philip K. Howard: Litigious America must rethink the roles of judges and juries

Philip K. Howard: Litigious America must rethink the roles of judges and juries

Angela Prattis, Philadelphia Woman Who Gives Free Lunch To Poor Kids, Gets Huge Fine

Angela Prattis, Philadelphia Woman Who Gives Free Lunch To Poor Kids, Gets Huge Fine... are you kidding me?

Extortion in the name of 'Civil Rights'

Claiming to be after her 'civil rights' a woman in a wheel chair extorts businesses by using the ADA

Will Obama crush States rights on Pot?

Colorado voted to legalize marijuana, the Obama justice department has already shut down record numbers of medical marijuana facilities will they crush the 10th amendment along with it?

How to curb 'staggering waste' in health care

Phillip K Howard argues that health courts could cut a staggering amount of waste from the health care system but that they have been blocked so far because trial lawyers have tremendous sway with democrats.

Flouride... are we really having this debate still?

Anti-flouride movement is causing several dentists to be more politically active

Is it time to re-think stop and frisk?

A young Harlem resident caught cops on audio during a stop and frisk, he was roughed up a bit and told he was stopped because he's "a mutt". Clearly this isn't how we want our police force to act. What should we do about it.