Rich Pay 40% of Nation’s Tax Burden, Hillary Clinton Says It’s Not Enough


Ben Smith at Politico has posted a video of Hillary Clinton stating that she does not think America’s rich are paying their fair share of taxes. She said, “The rich are not paying their fair share in any nation that is facing the kind of employment issues [America currently does]—whether it’s individual, corporate or whatever [...]

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More Cool Visualizations of Tax Freedom Day


Last month, the folks over at Click here to see all of the visualizations that were featured. Here’s a sample of them:

An interactive dashboard using Tableau Software:

An interactive calendar interface:

An online dashboard tool:

And, a graph showing the correlation between Tax Freedom Day and poverty:

P2P Lending Could Come to Banks


Not too long ago, I jumped on the P2P lending bandwagon, giving Lending Club a try. There are a number of P2P lending sites, allowing for variations that include microloans to the poverty-stricken and student loan P2P lending that focuses on helping students with college costs. And now, if Prosper has its way, it will [...]

Virginia DOT: Fund Our Bonuses or Risk Death


Tertium Quids uncovers an example of the Washington Monument ploy in Virginia, where the Virginia Department of Transportation has had difficulty justifying $200,000 in bonuses as they reduce their workforce:

For an agency that routinely cries poverty, this is rich. But who knew that bonuses make the difference between life and death?

“A structural bridge engineer, a [...]