Tax percentage on independent worker greater than her food budget

Owning your own business or being an independent free lance worker is a nice way to make money. You can decide your own schedule, do whatever you want, and charge whatever rate for your labor. A lot of people wish to have this luxury, but it takes a certain fearlessness to dive into being responsible for keeping yourself employed. Another deterrent to employing yourself is taxes.

Before you take your income and use it to feed yourself, or pay for gas, or anything, you have to turn 30 percent of it over to the government. This means, it doesn’t matter if …

Iran: what are we just stupid?

Sunrise PhotographyImagine the day has come for the big announcement. Troops are on the border. The planes are in the air. The ships are just off the coast. It is today those of us from a county comprised of peace-loving citizens attacks another county on frivolous grounds. No it’s not the Iraqi’s we are after, it’s the Iranians. What could we hope to accomplish besides more death and turmoil?

Let’s dive into the minds of the great policy makers of this country. Not the president or the congress or even the senate, no no …