I wrote about this probably going on a year ago, and at the time it seemed like some sort of wild-eyed conspiracy theory, even to many on “our” side.  But look at the facts:  we have an insatiable government spending over a trillion dollars beyond its yearly means, with politicians breaking their no-tax pledges to bleed “the rich” in the name of “economic patriotism.” Do you really think that such

Turns out that, per the government, it’s all about relativity: The federal government now considers a family of four in New York City to be poor if its pre-tax income is below $37,900.Even with full medical coverage. The calculation helps explain why newly revised Census Bureau figures hike the number of poor Americans to 49 million as of last year, further widening an already yawning gap between ordinary perceptions of

It’s an existential truism. And I have a feeling the GOP is preparing to do just that on tax hikes, else why play along with the hysterics of the “fiscal cliff” sham — even to the point of declaring that those of us who are against raising taxes on “the rich” are somehow less patriotic than those who, with the stroke of a pen, can simply pilfer what they want