Tag Archives: taxes

Playing with Fire

Posted on November 19, 2013 by MN Gordon

The great default is rapidly approaching.  Time is running out.  Like a runaway freight train…there’s no stopping it. To start, the U.S. government is broke.  The only thing keeping the lights on in Washington is $1 trillion per year of … Continue reading →

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Stunting the Lives of Millions

Posted on November 5, 2013 by MN Gordon

An extraordinary occurrence took place last Friday.  Congress let a temporary $5 billion food stamp stimulus from the 2009 Recovery Act expire.  We can’t recall ever hearing of a federal program becoming smaller.  Can you? As a result, one in … Continue reading →

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Property Confiscation Is Coming

Posted on October 29, 2013 by MN Gordon

Outright property confiscation by governments is something that’s ardently disparaged here at the Economic Prism.  There’s no justification we can rationalize for state sponsored theft.  This includes penalizing those who are young and healthy with a disproportionate burden of a … Continue reading →

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Ten Things to Expect from Obamacare in 2014

Posted on October 18, 2013 by MN Gordon

Ten Things to Expect from Obamacare in 2014 By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. It’s been clear to anyone paying attention that the October “rollout” of Obamacare has been a turbulent, confusing disaster.  Sloppy IT systems and technological failures combined to … Continue reading →

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