Pay taxes. Be happy.
How to feel better about American rates of taxation. And how to find bliss in Somalia.
T.M. Sell
T.M. Sell is professor of political economy at Highline College.  His latest book is An Introduction to Politics, second edition. 
Latest work
Culture
Government is one big fat malaprop
Students' mangled expressions about politics impart hilarious wisdom
Politics
Why tax cuts might not rescue the economy
Tax cuts work when they stimulate consumption. President Bush's $150 billion tax cut didn't do this and any tax cuts that President Obama puts in place aren't likely to stimulate people to spend if they are worried about losing their jobs.
Politics
Hammering Hoover, re-inventing Roosevelt
In comparing the current economic crisis to the Great Depression, the attacks on poor old Herbert Hoover's legacy have begun again. That's a faulty revision of history, and President-elect Barack Obama's transition team would do well to know why.
Boeing is going! Boeing is going!!
The frequent alarm that Boeing is heading out of town is false. More worrisome, argues a veteran Boeing-watcher, is the way the company is becoming, like GE, too focused on the short-term.