Monthly Archives: June 2006
An interesting parable about how taxes work.
The following parable was originally penned by a man named Don Dodson of Ft. Worth, Texas. It has been reprinted and shuffled around many times.
He should get the credit
This version was reprinted by the author listed below.
Manly
— CUT HERE —
Understanding Tax Cuts
by: David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D
Sometimes politicians, journalists and the liberal left [...]
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Wow. This guy can climb insanely fast.
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His adrenaline habit eventually caught up with him.
See this LINK for more info on his life.
Manly
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Check out this old video of William Shatner. People actually clapped after this performance. Amazing.
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At first I thought this was a joke. However, after viewing the whole thing I think he was really serious.
Thanks Richard.
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A nice writeup on patent reforms.