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Finally, Milton Friedman pointed out that tax rates were not the correct measure of the burden of government - the total amount of government spending represents the burden, and it doesn't matter whether the spending is financed by taxes or debt. To keep the ship from sinking, the US has to reduce government spending as a percentage of GDP, period. That means that Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid cannot be taken as givens - we simply cannot afford these blank-check programs anymore.]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:53:36 -0400
Finally, Milton Friedman pointed out that tax rates were not the correct measure of the burden of government - the total amount of government spending represents the burden, and it doesn't matter whether the spending is financed by taxes or debt. To keep the ship from sinking, the US has to reduce government spending as a percentage of GDP, period. That means that Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid cannot be taken as givens - we simply cannot afford these blank-check programs anymore.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/88839-delusions-of-debt?source=feed#comment-222193 222193 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:23:37 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/85397-inflation-tears-in-your-coffee?source=feed#comment-207616 207616 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:29:50 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/84966-gas-lines-coming-this-fall?source=feed#comment-205890 205890 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:45:58 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/83862-low-water-barging-into-american-commercial-lines?source=feed#comment-199859 199859 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:30:11 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/82733-bad-news-on-housing-investors-beware?source=feed#comment-193196 193196 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:37:58 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/82768-foreclosures-increase-homelessness-housing-tracker?source=feed#comment-193193 193193 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:35:27 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/81932-how-much-will-drilling-in-anwr-affect-oil-prices?source=feed#comment-188423 188423 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:37:21 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/81517-energy-mlps-and-royalty-trusts-analysts-love?source=feed#comment-187028 187028 UBTI) which can't be tax-deferred or sheltered. Non-qualified dividends are taxed as ordinary income, but most MLPs (unlike REITs) offer qualified dividends as far as I know - you should check their websites for guidance on that.]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:11:05 -0400 UBTI) which can't be tax-deferred or sheltered. Non-qualified dividends are taxed as ordinary income, but most MLPs (unlike REITs) offer qualified dividends as far as I know - you should check their websites for guidance on that.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/79794-economics-of-nuclear-energy?source=feed#comment-178500 178500 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:26:16 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/78970-the-white-elephant-that-could-destroy-your-portfolio-part-ii?source=feed#comment-175141 175141 Wed, 28 May 2008 09:46:05 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/76982-can-gazprom-realistically-meet-its-natural-gas-projections?source=feed#comment-167005 167005 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:26:25 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/76982-can-gazprom-realistically-meet-its-natural-gas-projections?source=feed#comment-166742 166742 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:52:02 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/76481-the-humble-arithmetic-of-portfolio-management?source=feed#comment-164749 164749 Fri, 09 May 2008 09:36:57 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/75048-green-energy-prospecting-eye-on-ocean-power-technologies?source=feed#comment-160053 160053 Thu, 01 May 2008 10:33:05 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/72838-the-bull-case-for-uranium?source=feed#comment-152890 152890 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:29:45 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/72524-why-bush-doesn-t-like-cap-and-trade?source=feed#comment-152184 152184 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:26:22 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/69659-recession-i-ve-got-a-solution?source=feed#comment-131162 131162 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:39:22 -0400