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by Gary Christenson Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions expressed are his. Several countries and cities studied and tested a universal basic income (UBI). At first glance it looks like … Read more
by justfallingbehind Maybe this is stupid maybe it will get deleted but this is a small bit of advice and was a lot of learning for me. TL;DR it’s not … Read more
by Jen_Bat Puerto Rico has its own Department of the Treasury, aka Hacienda. This is the agency that develops the tax returns (like the IRS does in the US), according to local … Read more
via snakkerdudaniel: Source: factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_1YR/S1901/0100000US.04000 Tools: Microsoft Excel
Via Marketwatch Nearly half of Americans won’t owe a dime of federal income tax. Approximately 76.4 million or 44.4% of Americans won’t pay any federal income tax in 2018, up … Read more
by yes_its_him So the IRS put out some aggregate information on 2016 taxable gross income reported by single people under age 26. 80% earned up to $25,000. Another almost 16% earned $25,000 … Read more
Doug Ford cancels Ontario’s Guaranteed Income program (Link to article below) business.financialpost.com/op…
by WARREN MOSLER Flattened out at modest levels of growth with no sign that the tax cuts have led to an acceleration: Pending home sales fall for seventh straight month … Read more
via Fye_Maximus: Full Article Here I got the data on how much is required to buy a home in each state from from HowMuch.Net, Their analysis uses home price data from Zillow … Read more
by howmuch Paying for housing is usually the most expensive fixed cost that people have, and rightly so. Advisers recommend that to maintain a healthy budget, you should spend no … Read more
via @OccupyWisdom : THREAD: 1/ THIS NEEDS ADDRESSING#FinTwit, Please stop telling me that “median personal #income” doesn’t matter bc most households have 2 or more incomes. Don’t you realize that this IS … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter A deep dive based on the report by the Federal Highway Administration for 2017 compared to 2009. When I entered the auto industry in 1985, there … Read more
by WindyAndShady Throwaway acount for privacy. Location: Oregon. Husband is retired for about 10 yrs now with government pension (PERS), I was a SAHM and don’t work now and don’t … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER More Q2 weakness: Highlights Consumers credit came in below expectations, up $10.2 B in June as consumers held back from adding to their credit-card debt and even … Read more
by DCG Gee, who could have predicted that? From The Guardian: Ontario’s new Conservative government has said it will scrap the province’s basic income pilot, calling it expensive and unsustainable – and … Read more
.@KennedyNation on universal basic income: "This dangerous trend of endless handouts cannot continue if this country plans on existing in 50 years. We already spend too much." pic.twitter.com/T9sqyVQRma — FOX … Read more