The Extra Bathroom Tax Before I arrived at the second home tax I was thinking about an extra bathroom tax. In fact I was even a bit more radical than that. We have lots of spare bedrooms and spare bat...Read More
“If left to their own devices and under sufficient financial pressure to work, most people will behave acceptably most of the time.” Tony Thompson in Eat Your Heart Out, Ho Chi Minh...Read More
“Don’t call it Desert. Call it a Cactus Forest.” It turns out that there is a town called Cactus Forest in Pinal County. It is south of Florence along Highway 79. I’m already p...Read More
Zugzwang Noun: Related specifically to chess but applicable elsewhere. Zugzwang is when you have the obligation to make a move and any move you make will only make the situation worse. Example: “...Read More
“I think it’s absolutely disgraceful that our government, supposed to be our government, should be in the position of converting people who are not harming others into criminals.” Milton...Read More
This is the big one. Two hundred years ago peoples main assets were in farms, land and homes. Now because of our new economy most of our assets are in stocks, bonds and bank deposits. They should be t...Read More