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In Defense of the Indefensible: Yes to Taxes!

Sep 30, 2008 5 Comments by brian

. An Unexpected Argument by Brian Viehland I recently received an email entitled “Bar Stool Economics” that tried to relate a bar tab to taxes. The summary was that 10 men drank together daily and one rich man was paying to offset several of the poor men’s beer. When the bartender gave the group a [...]

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File This Under: A Ton of U2 I Bet

Sep 24, 2008 11 Comments by brian

. An E-Mail Forward from Fierce and Nerdy Contributor, Brian Viehland. File your answers in the comments, and the best answer gets a free I-Pod — not really. Joking obviously. We’re only 3-weeks-old, but some sweet day…. Still, leave your answers in the comments. I was serious about that bit.