Taxes Are The Problem, Not Capitalism

Taxing income prevents creative entrepreneurs from rapidly stockpiling enough wealth to change the world.

If we taxed wealth instead of income, people who inherited or no longer contributed to building new things would see their stockpiles rapidly eaten away. This would prevent rich kids from staying rich unless they actually built new and better things for society.… read more “Taxes Are The Problem, Not Capitalism”

Tax And Voting Records Should be Public

To avoid the voting fraud where millions of fake or dead voters vote, all voting records should be public.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

To avoid tax fraud where people earning hundreds of millions of dollars pay zero taxes, all tax records should be public.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

This will allow our smart people to improve our system, rather than force them to try to game it.

Kavanaugh Confirmation

Right now, there is a huge controversy over the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Justice. This is a enormously important political issues as it will shape Supreme Court decisions for decades.

I am a social liberal and a fiscal conservative… which in today’s political environment means I am very opposed to both parties in some ways and very supportive of certain policies.… read more “Kavanaugh Confirmation”

Corporate Execution

I firmly believe in free market capitalism,but I also believe in accountability for companies.

Companies that commit certain types of crimes should receive the death penalty and be broken up and sold piecemeal to ethical companies. Shareholders should lose everything. Executives and managers should get hard prison time.

For example, a company Theranos should be shut down, all executives and board members sent to prison, and shareholders take a total bath on their investment.… read more “Corporate Execution”

Golf Club Official Fittings – Waste of Money IMO

In my opinion, golf club official fittings are mostly a waste of money. I think that they are a way to push expensive clubs on golfers that they don’t really need.

I am a fairly new golfer and have tried a few fittings. Here is the results:

  • Titleist did a free fitting of their clubs. They said I should have 1 degree upright lie, and 0.5 – 1 inch length extension on the irons.
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Regaining My Health

I had a serious knee injury on June 2nd. I was in the hospital until June 16. I started gimping along without crutches a little around June 25, and walking a little again by July 1st and got my stitches out around then.

I started to run shortly thereafter and have been improving my pace since then, here is a sampling:

  • July 23 – 1.6 miles in 22 minutes (fastest mile 12:52)
  • July 31 – 4.5 miles in 44 minutes (fastest mile 11:06)
  • Aug 18 – 4 miles in 44 minutes (fastest mile 10:07)
  • Sept 5 – 4 miles in 44 minutes (fastest mile 9:27)
  • Sept 15 – 4 miles in 39 minutes (fastest mile 8:37)

My goal for this year was to reach a 6:00 mile pace by the end of it in outdoor running.… read more “Regaining My Health”