A Story About an Innovative Solution

A Story About an Innovative Solution

I got this story from a friend of mine who owns a couple of businesses. It is a great example of an innovative solution to a (seemingly) difficult problem. Just by looking at the problem differently, an obvious solution presented itself. Here is the story. A farmer died leaving his 17 horses to his 3 sons. When his sons opened up the will it read: My eldest...
How our Tax System Works

How our Tax System Works

I found this post on the Wall Street Journal site in response to the House Bill Health Care Reform story. Rather instructive, I might add. Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest)...