Today is “Tax Freedom Day.”  It’s the conservative day to remind all Americans exactly how much they pay in taxes.  They say if you work from January 1st until today all of that money goes to the government in taxes and from this day forward for the rest of the year you can keep your [...]

People often talk about how our country is attempting to redistribute wealth, but people seem to ignore that the wealthiest individuals are being taxed substantially less now than during most of this country’s recent history.  From 1917 until now we have had tax rates for the highest incomes groups up to 92% of their income.  That rate [...]