
Originally published on Feburary 23, 2013. Between 2008 and 1011 26 major corporations paid NO FEDERAL CORPORATE INCOME TAX. Last year, Facebook made $1

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Originally published on Feburary 23, 2013. Between 2008 and 1011 26 major corporations paid NO FEDERAL CORPORATE INCOME TAX. Last year, Facebook made $1
I think the worst pop culture nightmare of our age is Oprah. I don’t say this lightly and it has nothing to do with
One of the things that bothers me the most about the hysteria over Donald Trump’s leaked tax returns (allegedly) is the ignorance of the
Once again the left and the right and the center is fighting about money. Liberals want more taxes. Conservatives want fewer. I agree with
Full disclosure: When I was involved, actively, with GOP politics, I was on a very active forum with Liz Mair. Then things changed. It
Last night I was watching a rerun of I Love Lucy. They had just moved into the house in the country. Lucy wondered if
People should be allowed to build wealth. Families should be allowed to accumulate wealth and hand it down from one generation to another. They
I’ve been forced to learn quite a few things since my father died in October. The easiest part has been dealing with the social
You might want to just skip this rant. I’ve been working on taxes. I don’t think it’s much of a secret that my sister
Jack Hanna, one of the great zoo-keepers in the world, is pissed. The Kochs have decided to go hunting, for tax dollars, and, in
Is Walmart terrorizing Kalpona Akter? Who is she and why is she important to them, and why is she such a threat to them?
The fourth of five parts of my expose on Walmart has no real theme. Like the others, it is more an information dump. The
This is the third of five parts of my one size fits all information dump about Walmart. There is no particular order in which
This is the second of five parts of my catch-all information dump about Walmart. Nothing is presented in order. There is no real daily
The headlines said it all. A Walmart in Ohio was holding a food drive, for their customers to donate canned goods to help their
As Christians, we are told that what we do to the least among us, we do for Christ. The problem with this, today, is
Read More(With Apologies to John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney) Day after day, Alone on a hill, The man with the foolish grin is keeping
Read MoreThey are bullies. Their numbers are fake, but that really doesn’t matter. The average Republican office holder is so out of contact with reality,
Read MoreThe Pink Flamingo has never been truly ashamed of my country and people in the country until the past few months. I never thought
Read MoreThe Pink Flamingo recently saw a comment by libertarian economist Peter Schiff about taxes during the lead up to the Revolutionary War. Since it
Read MoreI think now we know why the far right minions of the GOP are so totally and completely out of touch. They don’t quite
Read MoreThe most recent excuse for not raising taxes on the poor one tenth of one percent who have figured out a way to scam
Read MoreThe Pink Flamingo loves Ferragamos. Two years ago, Christmas, I bought a pair for my mother to give me. They were lavender flats, that
Read MoreWe’ve all heard the old saying, fish and cut bait. If it isn’t working, then cut your losses and move on, to repair the
Read MoreDid you know the US Deficit is shrinking at the fastest pace since World War II? “…Believe it or not, the federal deficit has
Read MoreGore Vidal, hated by the right, had no use for Rand. He joined the ranks of Ronald Reagan and William F. Buckley in that
Read More“…Innovation doesn’t come from the upper class. A recent study found that less than 1 percent of all entrepreneurs came from very rich or
Read MoreKarl Rove thinks that Barack Obama has a good chance of winning in South Carolina. If this is the case, it is all over.
Read MoreIn the seemingly never ending bout between Grover Norquist (welfare advocate for the wealthy) v. Tom Coburn, it appears that Coburn has now flipped
Read MoreUPDATED: “…By two-to-one (44% to 22%), the public says that raising taxes on incomes above $250,00o would help the economy rather than hurt it,
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