As painful as it may be for state workers to contemplate, lawmakers are right to consider salary cuts this year. ...more

March 26, 2009

President Obama's carefully worded speech and press conference Tuesday night left a very important thing unsaid. ...more

March 26, 2009

Five months from now, residents will be getting their proposed tax notices in the mail, letting them know the assessed value of their property. ...more

March 25, 2009

Five months from now, residents will be getting their proposed tax notices in the mail. ...more

March 23, 2009

Florida is long overdue to increase the tax/user fee on tobacco products. Florida is currently 46th in the country in cigarette tax at 33.9 cents per pack. Florida ranks second in cancer incidents and sells the most packs of cigarettes in the country, with 1.3 billion sold each year. ...more

March 23, 2009

H & R Block clears up some common tax myths. ...more

March 23, 2009

I'm the first to admit that I'm not the brightest bulb in the lamp but I do have a suggestion for the president and members of Congress regarding health care. If national health care isn't the answer, why not cut some of the costs by removing the health care given to the president, members of Congress and all government workers? Let them pay what the taxpayers are paying for health care and medication, and then perhaps they will begin to understand the needs of so many people in this country. ...more

March 22, 2009

I listened to the congressional hearing on the "bonus" hassle at AIG most of the afternoon. I feel this mess is really the fault of the Congress. I make this statement based on the fact that the stimulus bill was rushed and passed without debate by the Congress. They just passed something about which they knew nothing. At the time a sense of "panic" was created to the effect that, if there wasn't quick action not only a "national" but a "worldwide" financial catastrophe could occur. I wondered at the time how the "tanking" of one insurance company could cause such a worldwide disaster. I feel that the continuing bailout of AIG with billions and billions of taxpayers money, by Congress, has a deeper reason than what appears on the surface or what is being revealed to the public. ...more

March 22, 2009

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says Americans should be wary of "cradle-to-grave micromanagement" of health care by the federal government. ...more

March 21, 2009

I thought it humorous at first and then downright sad as I witnessed the foolishness and uselessness of our elected officials in dealing with the economic crises they have inflicted on our country. The latest is the AIG debacle, as they purport to attempt retrieval of $165 million in bonuses they knew about months ago that are protected under wording of the amendment they passed for the bailout. ...more

March 21, 2009