March 2012

Play the MegaMillions lottery because you can’t play the MegaBillions lottery

Today, many of you who don’t play the lottery, may decide to plunk down a buck or two on the “MegaMillions” for a chance to win $540 million. In their “how to play” section, it doesn’t take that long to tell you what you have to do to win- “MegaMillions tickets cost $1.00 per play. Read More

Your tax dollars at work as venture capital vs. small businesses at work

If you wonder why Dayton doesn’t have as many police officers as it used to, or firefighters, or recreation centers- it’s because we’ve been so busy doing “economic development” and “job creation” to the effect that fewer people want to live in neighborhoods considered unsafe, and plummeting property values as people move to where they Read More

Trayvon Martin should make us question what kind of society we live in

A short excerpt written by me, September 11, 2011 What does Safety Mean? …To the people of South Park- it means going out on patrol to make sure their homes and garages don’t get busted into. via What does “safety” mean?. I was George Zimmerman. After repeated break-ins, I would don a bright green vest, Read More

The problems with property taxes: taxing investment

Photo Credit: JD Hancock via CompfightThe reason Mitt Romney pays so little income tax is that he makes most of his money from investments. This is supposed to be a way to “incentivize” investment. So he invests in companies that supposedly create jobs and spread the wealth around. Mitt is most definitely part of the Read More

A local unsung hero

Note: On the request of Jeff- I’ve deleted most of the post. The Army-produced video has his rank wrong. Jeff doesn’t like the headline either- he’s not a hero- just a guy doing his job. I’m not changing the link. He’s still a hero in my book- for many reasons, Jeff Lee grew up in Read More

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