Yea, I got no explanation for that one.

I have nothing to prove to you. Keep this nonsense off my website.

The House and Senate are not in recess. This is blatantly illegal.

This is simply untrue. First of all, are we not unquestionably better off than when it took a vast majority of our labor just to feed ourselves? How can anyone complain that families do not have to work 12 hour days in the fields just to put food on the table? And I find it highly unlikely that equipment of equivalent quality and capability is more expensive than in the past if inflation is taken into account, as it must be.

Second, I don't see any evidence of lack of competition. What I see are hugely beneficial innovations for consumers (I do more reading of more authors now than ever, thanks to Amazon's many features) and vast technological innovation.

One of the biggest confusions regarding market competition is that success somehow undermines competition, or renders it unfair. But a race is not unfair just because one runner is faster than the others. So long as there are no barriers to entry that prevent new competition from challenging the dominant forces, there exist the benefits of competition. In other words, if Amazon slacks off, another will take their place.

The roads in Silver Spring are absolutely horrible, despite Maryland's status as a high-tax liberal enclave. It's concrete proof (pun intended) that bigger government does not equal better service.

Thank you P. W. With regard to (1), that statement was actually describing the non-resident alien deposit reporting regulation from the IRS. While the objections are similar as those to FATCA on principle, there are differences in the arguments against it.

But I'm glad you raised the issue of the impact FATCA has on the ex-pat community. I only chose not to bring it up here for the sake of brevity, but it is certainly one of the major problems the legislation. We've heard from a number of folks who already have been dropped from their institutions over this legislation. But I know groups like ACA are doing an excellent job of making the case for its impact on Americans living abroad.

Someone has apparently hacked the brain of Graeme Zielinski, who is now implying that Wisconsin Reporter and MacIver are behind the whole thing.