It is Time to Eliminate the Income Tax.
The Federal Government needs lots of money and they get most of it through income taxes. Unfortunately income taxes distort behavior, are volatile and are extremely complicated. An asset tax could replace the income tax. It would be fairer, easier to enforce, less volatile and would discourage excessive leverage.Read More »Eliminate the Income Tax
“All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.” Al Smith
Here is an idea that might give us better candidates for President.
In the last election cycle both parties had flawed selection processes for their candidates. And both ended up with flawed candidates. Read More »America’s Candidate
According to President Trump the USPS delivers packages for Amazon too cheaply. But the Post Office is to a large extent a fixed cost business so any additional revenue they can obtain will be beneficial. I recommended a few month ago that the Post Office be sold to Amazon. But that was a tongue in cheek to solution to a real problem. The world has changed and daily delivery of physical mail is no longer necessary. The Post Office needs to adjust or become the Amtrak of the next generation.
Build an app for multitaskers that sends an alert when there is a significant play in the football game your watching. All you have to do is look up from your other task when your phone plays the selected sound. The revenue stream could be an ad in the tone and or the icon. The sponsor could be somebody like Charles Schwab or Starbucks. Advantages: Easy to build an MVP. Easy to roll out. Built right it would be very sticky. Disadvantage: Low barrier to… Read More »Football for Multitaskers
All of us have been driving along and seen litter blowing out of the back of someones pickup truck.
Set up a booth in a Farmers Market and give away money. Video it happening. Try different things. Make the people stand in line or don’t. Give everybody a nickel or a penny or a dollar. Give different people different amounts of money. Make the women stand in a different line. Make them self sort by height. Sort them by shoe color. Keep on videoing. Try it is different towns, countries and cultures. Somewhere in here there is a reality TV show. FreeMoney.com
Is it possible to look at Facebook without all of the ads?
An ad from my news feedRead More »Facebook without Advertising
Is it possible to have rare and collectible books in the age of Kindle and eBooks?
I stopped at the new coffee place in my neighborhood and realized that it is perfectly set up to try the Sports Coffee Bar idea I posted back in October. Press Coffee Roasters at 24th and Camelback has the space and perhaps the clientele. They could promote it with their customers and start with Monday night football this fall.
Use an entertainment format to examine what cities in the USA, or worldwide, are kindest, or worst, for pedestrians. Local interest and lots of opportunities for showing mayhem will ensure a large audience. And a large audience will ensure advertisers. Read More »The Pedi Awards
