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Can team Trump keep the economy going until after the 2020 election? Journalist and book author Charles Hugh Smith says, “I think you are pushing a little bit on a … Read more
by chargePerSecond To get a sense of the trend as one increases in tax brackets, I took one common tax situation (married, filing jointly) and plotted federal income tax … Read more
By Robert Ross Chances are you’re overlooking an entire class of safe, high-yield stocks… These stocks have dividend yields averaging 5.7%. Yet very few retail investors own them. That’s a shame. It … Read more
The Federal Reserve, Federal Income Tax, the 17th Amendment, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the ADL… What do these have in common? The Year 1913. Find out why.
Naomi Jagoda from The Hill reports, The Treasury Department on Wednesday released a second set of guidance on the “opportunity zone” program created by President Trump’s tax law, the same … Read more
Under President TrumpOpens a New Window.’s new tax law, 60 of America’s biggest corporations paid $0 in federal taxesOpens a New Window. in 2018, despite earning billions of dollars in profits. AmazonOpens a … Read more
For decades, profitable Fortune 500 companies have manipulated the tax system to avoid paying even a dime in tax on billions of dollars in U.S. profits. This ITEP report provides … Read more
By Harry Dent Tax Day Monday. Have you filed yet? A tax professional friend of mine told me recently that he’s surprised every year to see how many people leave … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter In some cities, you get what is considered a walk-in closet of a McMansion. It’s not totally fair to compare rents in Tulsa with rents in … Read more
by Spencer P Morrison, NEE From The Siren of UBI: Robots aren’t taking our jobs. Andrew Yang thinks automation will result in mass unemployment, and therefore we need a UBI to soften the blow. Both … Read more
via FT: Saudi Aramco has for the first time disclosed the financial performance it has kept secret for three-quarters of a century, revealing that the kingdom’s state oil company generated … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Income and spending both weakening: Income: Ratcheting down with each setback: Spending: Highlights Consumer spending in January wasn’t able to meet Econoday’s consensus, up only marginally at … Read more
By Rodney Johnson I live 200 feet from open water, facing Clear Lake, Texas. It’s not a lake, it’s a bay off of Galveston Bay, and it’s definitely not clear. … Read more
via Mises Institute: In most countries, numerous government welfare programs provide benefits (often means-tested) to eligible recipients. Whether these payments arise from unemployment compensation, child tax credits, old age pensions, … Read more
by traxtar3 Taking a data analytics course. Needed to compile and visually represent something from a very large data set. I compiled the obesity and diabetes and compared them to … Read more
