I want to be ready with a camera in case we get another visit from a bear. Last Sunday afternoon, one came right up to the bird feeders in front of my office window, but Sherry chased him away and he ran off through the woods before we could take his picture. In fact, he ran so fast, we couldn’t see if the old cliche about bears was true or not.

I was trying to learn how to work Sherry’s new fangled fancy digital camera and snapped a few shots while sitting at my desk today as Rush’s show was on. This one with him checking out my constant companion Hercules came out pretty nice, even in this much reduced web friendly size.

California Lawmaker Proposes Ban on Insurance Against Abusive Tax Shelters – I had wondered about these policies, effectively insuring against being caught breaking the law.

Roughly 10 Percent of Forms 1099 Erroneous This Year, Study Finds – With the mid-year change in the rates for dividends and long term capital gains, I’m surprised that the error rate is so low.

Retrospective on the 1981 Reagan Tax Cut

The Bush Tax Plan: How Big is the Tax Cut?

Hiking Taxes on Gasoline: Who Gets Hurt? – As always, the DemonRats hurt the groups they claim to be helping.

The Tax Man and the Moving Van: Fiscal Policy and State Population Shifts – I have always known that excessive taxes and regulations will motivate people to migrate to areas with lower taxes and fewer burdensome regulations. We did that in 1993 and I have worked with literally hundreds of others who have done the same thing. This study (full 19 page pdf report) has many more quantitative statistics on how many people have made the same kind of move. While each state’s change in population between 1995 and 2000 is shown, it is no surprise to see the highest growth in Nevada. I’ve lost track of the number of people I’ve known and worked with who have moved there, most often to the Las Vegas area.

Thanks to Ben Cunningham for passing this along.