by Henry Oliner | Nov 30, 2011 | Business, Energy, Politics
It is ironic that the greenest president presides over the demise of the green industries while a new oil boom is making us more energy independent in spite of policies intended to stunt the growth and development of fossil fuels. The jobs boom is not coming from the...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 29, 2011 | Anti Semitism
The Arab Spring may throw off the yoke of dictators, but unless they also dispose of the foolish beliefs that these dictators used to hold on to power for decades their societies will continue to decline. At Bloomberg.com Jeffrey Golberg writes Praise Arab Spring,...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 29, 2011 | Economics, Taxes
Steve Landsberg, author of The Armchair Economist (a worthy read) writes in The Wall Street Journal How the Death Tax Hurts the Poor – It encourages the rich to pick extra fruit, leaving the trees a little barer for the rest of us. 10/29/11 Excerpt: The death...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 28, 2011 | Business
There is much not to like about Obama Care (Patient Protection and Health Care Affordability Act) , but this post will focus on just one. HSAs or Health Savings Accounts are actually a part of a health insurance option that includes a High Deductible Health Plan...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 27, 2011 | Taxes
… the elite have responsibility to use their largess wisely and not turn into the Kardashians. But that a fifth of one percent of the taxpayers are finding ways not to pay at the income tax rate on their large incomes does not hurt the republic as much as 50% of the...
