Taxes, Taxes, Taxes–Taxes For All

Congratulations! We just passed April 9th! I’m sure you know what April 9th is, right?  If not, let me tell you:

Taxes amount to 27% of our income for the average American. January 1st to April 9th represents 27% of the year. So starting April 10th, the money you earn is the money you actually get to keep. That’s right, 99 days out of 365 days go to Uncle Sam. And just in time for April 15th—Tax Day!

The Importance of the Family

It is easy to forget the importance of the family when a man is trying to reach certain goals and accomplish certain things.  But what must not be forgotten is that one of those accomplishments should include training his children in righteousness and loving his wife like Christ loved the church.  I think we as men try to push aside this responsibility and ignore it because we have bought the world’s idea and belief that no reward comes from spending time at home with your family, but rather it is outside the home that all the rewards and accolades of life come.  Therefore, the less time spent at home allows one to reach his goals sooner and have even grander goals.

This is a sad statement on Christian men.  We have bought the world’s bag of goods and don’t even have the discernment to see that the goods aren’t very good.

What Will Nationalized Health Care Look Like?

Some of you might not realize that Massachusetts already has mandated health care.  So how is it going in Massachusetts?

Jeff Emanuel at The New Ledger has some insight:

“Far from reducing the cost of health insurance, Massachusetts’s individual mandate has driven costs up at twice the average national rate. This was entirely predictable; after all, what can possibly reduce downward pressure on a price more effectively than a legal requirement to purchase it, whatever the cost? According to the Connector, the least expensive price for an insurance policy for a 50 year old non-smoker in 2008 was $3,599 a year ($299.94 per month), with a $2,000 deductible. Next door in Connecticut, that price was just $1,468 a year ($122.36 per month, with a $2,500 deductible) – and Connecticut hadn’t even spent $1.3 billion on controlling and engineering their state’s health care marketplace!”

So this is what we have to look forward to it nationalized health care passes.  I can’t wait.

via: Ben Domenech at The New Ledger