Tax rate vs tax paid

Interesting chart from Heritage:

All Cup, No Tea?

Is he a fraud? Sad if true.

IQ test

Congress and the President finally agreed on a $38B spending cut, right? So does that mean that we'll spend $38B less than last year?

Actually, last year we spent $3,456B and this year the CBO projects we'll spend $3,800B with the cuts.

Glad I'm not alone asking this question

Why has no one gone to jail? Who is the Kenneth Lay of this debacle? They should hold a ticker tape parade in Manhattan with nothing but frog-walking bankers.

Forget gold

A flight to bitcoin is so much cooler. I so hope this catches on. I'm a huge fan of a non-national, open source currency.

The truth about American manufacturing

It is not in decline, but growing (pdf). Jobs have not been lost overseas, but to technology. If they were lost overseas, American output would be in decline. It isn't.

Grow up

I wish Kathleen would blog regularly.

Summary from October 2010

5 - Pride and the Priesthood - Uchtdorf

We don’t discover humility by thinking less of ourselves; we discover humility by thinking less about ourselves.

4 - Of Things That Matter Most - Uchtdorf

[I]t is good advice to slow down a little, steady the course, and focus on the essentials when experiencing adverse conditions.

3 - Reflections on a Consecrated Life - Christofferson

True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes.

2 - Receive the Holy Ghost - Bednar

These four words—“Receive the Holy Ghost”—are not a passive pronouncement; rather, they constitute a priesthood injunction—an authoritative admonition to act and not simply to be acted upon.

1 - The Transforming Power of Faith and Character - Scott

We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day.

Google does it again

I always look forward to April 1.