Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

You probably already suspect that you are being screwed as a result of the tax giveaways for the wealthy in the so-called "Big Beautifu...

  I bought my first house in 1983. It was a three-bedroom, four-bath (two full baths, two powder rooms), three-level, end unit townhouse in ...

I will admit up front, as I often have in the past, that you could put everything I know about economics into your navel and still have room...

On July 9, 1896, William Jennings Bryan delivered what many historians consider the greatest political speech in American history - his fam...

Long ago, the United States government had a process by which the president and Congress worked together to develop a budget to determine ho...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines dynamic as "marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change; energetic, forceful...

Last weekend we had lunch with our granddaughter at a local Italian restaurant. When the bill arrived, I noticed that a convenience fee  had...

As we endure the blizzard of political promises that buffet us from the right and the left in this election season, I thought I'd resurr...

Earlier this month I wrote a post ( Economics for Dummies ) about the insanity of our current economic system. My main point was that most o...

Last Monday I received an e-mail from our local trash and recycling contractor that reflects the reality of economics in the year 2022. Here...

It has occurred to me that modern political economics is a lot like religion, for several reasons: First, they both require you to take t...

You may recall that back on November 16th I wrote a post fulminating about the insane "dynamic" tolls imposed as a "traffic ...

The Northern Virginia (or NoVa) area where I live is famous for it's horrendous traffic. Every workday morning tens of thousands of car...

We live in a society that runs on credit. You can't buy a car, a house, furniture, electronics, or pretty much anything expensive unles...

If you have the day off, enjoy it and be safe! If you don't, I suppose you should be glad you have a job.  If you have a job, ...

Last week, Angel wrote about a Chinese amusement park that offered a discount on its admission fee for women over 18 who wore miniskirts . ...

I have often written about taxes in this space, as you know if you've been with me for any length of time. My position on taxes is this...

It must be nice to be so rich that you have to amend your federal financial disclosure forms 77 times because you've forgotten a few m...

Yesterday in this space I wrote about some of my thoughts on tax reform, admitting at the end that I know next to nothing about economics. ...