"But, all of the love for free, high quality Google web functionality doesn't help me pay the bills. On the contrary, my current Google infatuation helps Google pay the bills!" An exploration into the dilemma regarding the usefulness of Google's web applications in comparison to life's basic needs. What's wrong with this picture?

"It's not that these folks are guilty and trying to get away with it, although some most definitely are, it's that in order for a system of justice and law to work correctly, every individual must be treated equally, with the same rules, regardless of one's ability to afford quality legal defense."

Gorgias, a Greek rhetorician, spoke about Helen of Troy in his "The Encomium of Helen." But why? What does this have to do with those of us living today?

"What has modern civilization, with its "rule of law," its giant industrial enterprises, its "representative democracy," brought?  Nuclear missiles already aimed and ready for the destruction of the world, and populations - literate, well-fed, and constantly voting - of a mind to accept this madness.  Civilization has failed on two counts: it has perverted the natural resources of the earth, which have the capacity to make our lives joyful, and also the natural resources of people, ...

As people go to work each day, they feel burdened by the responsibility of paying taxes.  In some states, income taxes can be as much as 20% of one's paycheck.  So, when television and radio pundits make statements about how taxes are unfair and how "we" are being taxed too much, it's difficult for people to see through this facade in order to see the truth.  It's wealthy people making more than $200,000 per year who benefit from people's poor understanding of taxes.  We n...

A wealthy person I know sent this link to me http://is.gd/s9gB My response: "Income tax rates that are too high are a disincentive to the most entrepreneurial wealth creators in our country (they won't net enough wealth after taxes to justify continuing or increasing their productivity)." Aw, poor "entrepreneurial wealth creators," can't handle a little extra taxes huh?  Maybe you're not good enough to start that business.  Sometimes, in business, you have to make diff...

~~~~~~ Join Advocates for Budget Legislation Equality (ABLE) and the Ohio Empowerment Coalition on April 23, 2009 at Trinity Episcopal Church 125 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH  43215 starting at 10:00am in order to give Ohioans the help we need. ~~~~~~ "Taxpayers in the top 1 percent by income – whose average income was close to $900,000 in 2007 – on average saw a reduction in their annual state income tax of more than $10,000 a year, or 1.2 percent. Taxpayers in the middle fifth of ...