Just FYI. ===== WSJ 12/20/2017 For millions of Americans, the most important tax-planning tip between now and the end of the year is to check your charitable contributions. They are on Schedule A, Line 19 of your tax return. Do these donations, plus your mortgage interest, allowable medical expenses, and $10,000 of state and local taxes, normally add up to more than... Read more
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Tax Actions before 2018 – WSJ
December 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Tax IssuesJerry Brown has and Epiphany!
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Democrat Party, UnionsWell, well, well. What do you know? ======== WSJ 12/8/2017 Republican plans to slash the state-andlocal tax deduction are already reaping benefits in high-tax states. Democrats in the Northeast say they’re having second thoughts about raising taxes. And lo and behold, California Gov. Jerry Brown is arguing that public pensions aren’t ironclad. Last month the Governor intervened in a state Supreme Court case regarding... Read more
The Lessons of Amazon
May 20 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, EconomicsAre ‘you’ delivering value to the marketplace? ========= WSJ 5/19/2017 Amazon marks 20 years as a public company this week, and if you got in on the ground floor you have a lot to celebrate. A $100 investment in the initial public offering of the three-year-old Internet company in 1997 is worth more than $49,000 today. Even by the standards of successful Silicon Valley... Read more
Another Government Pension Scandal
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Democrat Party, LaborWhere is the outrage? ======= WSJ 12/23/2016 No, we’re not writing about the scandal (all too legal) that state and local pension funds have run up more than $1 trillion in unfunded liabilities. Today’s news concerns a single government pension official and the way he allegedly abused taxpayers and the workers who depended on him to guard their retirement savings. On Wednesday U.S. Attorney... Read more
Washington Price Choppers
December 7 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Health, Ruling Class, The LeftCool your jets, people…. ===== WSJ 12/7/2016 The belief among Democrats that a Republican could never win another presidential election was apparently so firm that they’re still in a state of shock. They’re even more stunned that Donald Trump has dared to name an Obama-Care critic as his health-care point man—which makes for an instructive moment. Tom Price, a six-term Georgia Congressman and... Read more
