Month: June 2011

  • A short work story

    Today my coworkers invited me to lunch,

    but I had a meeting scheduled. So I watched them leave.

    Then my meeting got cancelled.

    So I went to the pool and sat in the sauna. Better than a meeting.

  • Tax Revenue and Tax Rates

    How do tax rates affect government revenue? A worthy question, and a difficult one, since it involves many factors. It seems natural that raising taxes would also raise revenue, and sometimes it does. Interestingly, as you can see from the chart, sometimes it doesn’t:

     

     

    Knowing when to raise taxes and when to lower them is not easy business.


  • The most hilarious propaganda poster of all time

    Here it is, gents and ladies:

     

    Remember to work hard!!