Jack and Jill live in a small town with one well, from which they both draw the same amount of water every day. The well is a public resource, owned and run by the government and supported through income taxes. Jack makes $10,000 a year and is taxed at 10%, or $1,000 per year. Jill makes $100,000 per year and is taxed at 5%, or $5,000 per year. Is this policy unfair, and if so, to whom?

Pretty unrelated, I found the UAW discussion in the comments to this blog post fascinating.

Wendy had a second ultrasound today for the new baby, and found out the sex of the baby. It's a girl.

A girl.

Assuming everything goes well, she will be the first female born into my family in at least four generations. I have only brothers. My dad has only brothers, one of whom adopted a girl and had a son. My grandfather has only brothers, one of whom had a son. My great-grandfather had only brothers, none none of whom had kids.

This is a really big deal. I have to get the family charter out - I think it needs to be changed. I'm pretty sure it still uses primogeniture, so we'll have to change that so that she can inherit any money the wife and I might have left over when we die. It might also be difficult for other people in the family to contribute to her college education, I'm not sure - I'll look into that, too.