The Peoples’ Money: How Voters Will Balance the Budget and Eliminate the Federal Debt by Scott Rasmussen is a good book to initiate us as concerned citizens to the nuts and bolts of the process of getting the government budget balanced and the federal debt eliminated. The author, a well-known, respected pollster and regular commentator […]
Macon Telegraph journalist Charles Richardson, former Mercer University President, Dr. Kirby Godsey, and Mercer Law Professor David Oedel have all brought interesting points to the discussion of the problem of education and ethics. I believe this is a problem — not just affecting Georgia and Bibb County — but also the nation. And, in contemporary
A civic duty and a historic parallel Read More »
Although I have not practiced neurosurgery for many years, I have kept abreast of health care policy and advances in medicine. Since my retirement I founded and edited a medical journal, served on the editorial board of another international surgical neurology peer-reviewed journal, and at the request of President George W. Bush I served in
Georgia’s Amendment 2: A Foot in the Door Read More »
Kudos to State Rep. Allen Peake for his valiant efforts and much-needed proposal to eliminate the increasingly burdensome property taxes in the state of Georgia. No one should be surprised that Mr. Frank Gadbois is against it! His aversion to individual freedom and free market capitalism is well known. Instead, Mr. Gadbois is for “progressive
Socialism, property taxes: Reducing the burden Read More »
Kudos for The Telegraph report [07/02/07] describing the current tax situation in Bibb County that may saddle county taxpayers with thousands of dollars in penalties and tax arrears. Now we read that Bibb County Chief Appraiser, Jim Davis, is looking for a private consulting firm with an incredible price tag of $2.5 million to do
Legislature should give property owners some relief Read More »
[What are taxes?] The greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every cornerand crevice of industry[which] watches prosperity as its prey and permitsnone to escape without tribute.Thomas PaineThe Rights of Man (1791) George Orwell once stated there is no such thing as staying out of politics. And taxes are an enduring political issue. The issue
‘Death and Taxes’ at the Turn of the Millennium by Miguel A. Faria, MD Read More »
