Flight Plan

Have you ever been part of a Gallup Poll or maybe a Quinnipiac University Poll?  (Is that a real school?  Do they play football?  What co...

WARNING!  Back yourself into a corner, sit down, and hold on to your wallets.  The politicians are putting together their budgets.  T...

It's said by middle class Americans that one class pays taxes, and another class gets the benefits.  That is probably greatly exagger...

Time for me to make at least half of you mad, and maybe all of you.  A topic back in the news today has touched a nerve....immigration refor...

Imagine for a minute you decided you wanted a new computer, but you didn't want to go into debt for it.  Then you heard of a merchant wh...

In a post a while back I suggested it was likely that, due to the middle class being so squeezed, more and more people will start working...

It looks like Seattle has enthusiastically embraced the recent vote to legalize marijuana in Washington.  ;) So today is 12.12.12, ...

I've been a custom home builder for nearly 40 years.  Inflation, zoning laws, and buyer's tastes being what they are, most of the ho...

The "fiscal cliff" is apparently the only news out there these days.  That's all I hear... fiscal cliff...fiscal cliff......

Yesterday on the news I saw GOP Veep candidate Paul Ryan trying to explain why Mitt Romney won't divulge any specific tax loophole...

I recently read that the Greek government, which we all know is an economic basket case, is about to finalize a treaty with Switzerla...

I recently saw a short 5-minute video presentation by Nick Hanauer, a mega-millionaire capitalist.  He had an interesting perspective that r...

I don't understand why people are so "anti-tax".  Don't get me wrong, I don't want to pay more than I need to, but the...

Several news sources reported over the weekend that the most valuable, most profitable company in the world, Apple, is a tax-paying lightwei...

This week it's all about taxes.  First the good:  April 17th is Tax Freedom Day.  The average American has essentially paid all the mone...

Did you hear that Costa Crocierie SpA, the subsidiary of Miami-based Carnival Corp that owns the Costa Concordia, is offering all un-injured...

"I don't need no stinkin' trainin'."  Smart dog.  Haha! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rain is always to me a good news /...

A few years ago I had a Realtor bring to me a Vietnamese couple who owned a liquor store in south Dallas, an area where I'm sure almost ...