Not every one of those lower-income taxpayers becomes a cost to a state-funded system.

An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt.

That (13 percent) seems small and normal -- and means the underlying personal income tax base is growing nicely.

Our fund is ideal for someone four to five years away from retirement and currently in a high-income tax bracket. It gives them cash flow for about four years with very little tax effect. Then, when the depreciation runs out, it comes at a time when they've retired and fallen into a lower tax bracket anyway.

There's a really close parallel to France. High unemployment, low family income, inferior education and training, inadequate housing, a great deal of hostility toward the police - we found that the level of hostility in the black sections of these cities was high enough that almost any random spark would set them off.

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.