Archive for February, 2008Q&AThursday, February 28th, 2008Chris, If you could let me know, I’d greatly appreaciate it! Thanks! Christopher Loyal Fan – Christopher, Nice name. This is a question I get a lot. The name of the song is This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race by Fall Out Boy. Thanks, Chris The Fair Tax and LibertyWednesday, February 27th, 2008
Gooch the CartoonistWednesday, February 27th, 2008Many of you know Gooch the caller, who consistently gives me grief. You may not know that he is a talented cartoonist. I will feature some of his cartoons here. If you want to hire him to sketch for you, or run his material in your publication, give me a call. The Repeal Point of ViewWednesday, February 27th, 2008I’ve asked Dave Bond of STOP IN to explain their effort to repeal property taxes, as well as bond debt: Repeal: The real dealProperty taxes are a feudal holdover from old Europe (barons, serfs, Bayou Tapestry, Battle of Hastiness, imperial crap), in diametric conflict with free market economics, due to the absence of any transactional standard. There is no market value system other than the market itself. Buyers and sellers are the only legitimate arbiters of value, which is a transactional reality (an actual sale) and not the guess work of any illegitimately imposed, non-risk bearing, disinterested party (government). Municipal bonds are a debt instrument or funding mechanism, frequently used to collateralize public development or expansion projects, like sewers, libraries, schools, etc. Indiana law has established caps on the amount of bond indebtedness, to protect tax payers from an undue burden. However, niche law, banking and development, routinely work around these protections; by creating essentially fictional but related entities (school building corporations, etc.), engaged in funky lease arrangements to elude the spirit and purpose of these caps (law). In Marion County for example, an estimated 10% of the bond debt is leveraged directly against the cap, while 90% is lease related. Ain’t that some shift !?! It’s bull shift if you ask me. It’s also useful to do a search of: Indiana bond debt limit, case law and you’ll find several articles that illuminate the problem. The following is a link worth checking out: Question and Answer TimeTuesday, February 26th, 2008Dear Chris One question I think we all would like the answer to is this. Why the hell don’t the politicians understand they need to CUT SPENDING AND CUT TAXES. They all say we will have to cut police and fire, well BS. Cut the waste quit giving us the standard knee jerk Police and Fire BLAH. Please ask that question when you get a chance. Keith, The answer is whether or not the politician views the government as a tool to provide services, or whether the government is to be financially fit, and follow genrally accepted accounting principles. Is it about service or money? Is it about using to government to force people to behave a certain way? Or is it about protecting citizens from those who would use to government to behave a certain way? It isn’t really about GOP vs. Democrats anymore… It’s about Authortarians vs. Libertarians. Welcome!Sunday, February 17th, 2008Welcome back to this blog. We finally have a slick look, and easy to use interface for these blogs. I look forward to posting some interesting stuff. Let’s get started. In the comments section, please ask me a question. It can either be about WXNT, Abdul, the show, or myself. Anything you’ve ever been curious about when it comes to the show. Thanks! |
