World Stalls on the Road to Democracy
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 24th, 2010 5:31 am by HL
World Stalls on the Road to Democracy
Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Taxes Made Simple
George Will, Washington Post
Many parents have heard FICA Screams. Indignant children, holding in trembling hands their first paychecks, demand to know what FICA is and why it is feasting on their pay.FICA (the Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax) is government compassion, expressed numerically: It is the welfare state; it funds Social Security and Medicare. Sometimes it makes young people into conservatives.Dave Camp was 14, working for his father's garage in central Michigan, when he made the acquaintance of FICA. Now 57 and about to begin his 11th term in Congress, he will chair the House Ways and Means…