De-fund the D.E.A.

Hey fiscal conservatives, are you looking for a government agency to de-fund?  Why don't you start with the Drug Enforcement Administration?  It seems like the DEA would fit the very definition of a useless government agency.  Even assuming we need law enforcement to enforce criminal drug laws (I'm not particularly convinced of this), why do we need a unique agency to investigate this particular brand of crime?  Isn't the FBI capable of investigating drug crimes?  They can't walk into any bar in America and find some coke?  If they can't, then they're too stupid to be cops in the first place.

Springtime in Vermont

Wrightsville Reservoir, Montpelier Vermont, 4/21/2015

Hoarders: Chip Kelly

Chip Kelly needs an intervention, he has a problem hoarding bad quarterbacks. Currently on the Eagles roster, Kelly has 4 QBs with NFL experience:  Matt Barclay, Mark Sanchez, Sam Bradford, and Tim Tebow.  Add all these QBs together and you get a whopping 57% completion percentage, 158 touchdowns, 131 interceptions, and 55 fumbles.   Out of this group the best QB by far is Bradford completing 59% of his passes and actually scoring more touchdowns than turnovers.  Unfortunately, Bradford has only been able to stay healthy about 75% of the time and if there is one thing that usually doesn't get better with age in the NFL, it's injuries.

It's Tax Time!

 

It's time to do your civic duty and pay your taxes or rather for most of us, fill out a form to verify what the government already knows. It really is silly when you think about it, the IRS actually does your taxes exactly like you and if you make a mistake, they will correct it.  Hell, they'll even correct it if you made a mistake in their favor and then refund you for the correct amount.  So this begs the question, why do we need to file a return at all?  Can't they just send us what they think our income was and ask us to either verify it or dispute the amount?  Why all the extra confusing paperwork?  I don't know with certainty, but I would venture to guess that it has a lot to do with why our government often does silly nonsensical things: lobbyists.  Intuit Inc., the company that brings us TurboTax, ranks 702 of 16,793 in terms on campaign contributions according to Opensecrets.org.  Tax preparers like H&R Block also contribute substantial donations.

And the Plutocrats Continue to Grasp at Staws...

Against my better judgement I continue to scour through the Yahoo homepage news-feed or as I like to call it "bobbing for turds".  This week's search led me to an article titled "Why Elizabeth Warren Is a Threat to America’s Growth" by Liz Peek at the Financial Times.  Peek's poorly written and scatterbrained editorial focuses on Elizabeth Warren and why she believes that Warren is destroying the American economy particularly entrepreneurship.