President Barack Obama unveiled his 2013 budget yesterday. In it, he proposed raising the tax on dividend income from 15% to 39.6%, or the top marginal tax rate. In Australia, dividends are already taxed at the same rate as ordinary income. Obama is busy making America more like Australia.
February 14th, 2012 | Dan Denning | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "US military"
The Military Powerless
The military is not protecting the US in Afghanistan; there’s nothing to protect it against. Nor did it ever intend to “win” a war in Afghanistan.
February 8th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Persistent Questions About the Future of the US Economy
The US economy entered a period of debt destruction – a Great Correction, we called it. The question then was how long the Great Correction would last…which depended on what it was correcting.
February 2nd, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
5 Reasons Why the US Prefers War with the Middle East
The US has been at war in two out of three years since 1989. The interesting thing about it is that 1989 marked an historic juncture. It was the year that the US had no more worthy enemies.
January 31st, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued
What’s the Plan with War With Iran?
In the face of economic meltdown, pick a fight… A nice list of reasons to worry about a war with Iran was sent to our inbox on Tuesday…
January 21st, 2012 | Nickolai Hubble | 6 comments | Continued
Marines Caught Out in a Dirty War
And all over the world, the press is howling for the heads of the marines seen urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban soldiers on YouTube. Everyone is appalled. They are not defending the country. They are fighting a mean dirty war.
January 17th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 4 comments | Continued
The US Empire: Home of the World’s Biggest Zombies
The US empire is doomed. Just like all the others that went before it. It is doomed by nature herself – condemned by the gods to blow up and die.
January 10th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued
US Military Power and The “After America” Blowback for Australia
The United States government has decided it can no longer afford to fight two land wars at the same time. Australians interested in what the next twenty years of gradually weaker US military power will look like ought to have a read.
January 9th, 2012 | Dan Denning | 8 comments | Continued
Is the US Military Spending its Way to Self Destruction?
The Pentagon continues to carry out Osama bin Laden’s plan to hobble America. Remember, he outlined his strategy on video. He said he would sucker the US into very expensive, unwinnable wars. He wouldn’t defeat the US military. Instead, he would allow it to spend itself to self-destruction. The strategy is working.
December 13th, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Griffon Corp, a Very Rugged Cockroach
So simple and so crude – yet so very effective. The cockroach is hard to kill and fit for any environment. In markets, we also have cockroaches. One of the types would be the holding company with lots of cash…
March 10th, 2010 | Chris Mayer | 2 comments | Continued
