by Martin Armstrong COMMENT: Hi, Hunt for taxes is running full scale in Scandinavia. In Sweden, all vehicles including foreign registered vehicles, are obliged to pay congestion taxes in Stockholm and Gothenburg as well as infrastructure charges in Motala and …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: I get up in the morning, make coffee and read your blog. Thank you for your service to humanity. Ok, so the Democrats want to go back to the 1950’s with 70% tax rates. Does that also …
by Martin Armstrong While the BitCoin people have hated me for not agreeing with them that a private currency could displace the currencies of all nations and BitCoin would be the new “reserve currency” killing the dollar, to me they are in …
via powerlineblog: Rumor has it the federal government has shut down. Have you noticed? I haven’t. I was on Howie Carr’s radio show this afternoon, talking about the shutdown–or perhaps we should say, alleged shutdown. Here are a few observations: 1) …
by Charles Hugh-Smith While wages have supposedly gone up 3.4% in 2018, taxes and fees are rising at much higher rates. Here’s a list of tax and fee increases hitting residents of one of the counties I call home; the list …
by Martin Armstrong Taxes have begun to cross the point of no return in New York City. New York City is losing its middle class faster than at any time since the Great Depression. While the rich get richer from …
by Martin Armstrong The commentary that has appeared in Forbes calls for the only solution is to outlaw pensions. This is actually what will happen. Because there is no resolution, the government pensions will demand to raise taxes and then there …
by Martin Armstrong It really is very astonishing how brain-dead politicians are. The latest stats are showing that residents are increasingly fleeing New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. The perpetually rising taxes are just getting insane. We just received this notice ourselves about taxes due …
PREDICTION: California’s High Speed Rail Project Will Collapse Within Four Years. Only if they can’t get a federal bailout. SACRAMENTO HAS A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF DERANGEMENT: California Drops Plan To Tax Texting. h/t Jim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isKXY4EEEnQ Don’t forget Penalties, Interest, Donors, Corporations, Governments etc. AC
by Natura Naturans Wading into treacherous political waters, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to dramatically increase taxes on carbon emissions to combat climate change is dividing the country, pitting six of the provinces against Ottawa and setting the stage …
via RT: Left leaning billionaire Michael Bloomberg says he would like to hike taxes on low-income citizens in his crusade against sugary drinks. He says it’s a “good thing for those people.” Bloomberg says he wants to decide on what is …
by Martin Armstrong COMMENT: My sister lives in Chicago. She is looking to leave finally. She told me there is a 9% tax on any amusement like Netflix or PlayStation for her son. You are right. They keep finding things to …
by arghvark I’ve heard stories about people who got a raise only to find out that they were bringing home less money because of “taxes” on the additional income, and I’ve always been suspicious. It just didn’t sound right. So …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u31PZU3SRWI Terrence P. Jeffrey for CNS News reports, The federal government collected record total tax revenues of $252, BILLION in October, the first month of fiscal 2019, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released Tuesday. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/… …
WOW, I did not know that Chicago charged people taxes for entertainment and enjoyment, on top of several taxes already. It seems that now PSN and Sony services will have to charge Chicago residents a whopping 9% “entertainment” taxes starting …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I remember you mentioning US is the only country to tax world wild income, it seems that China is moving to modify their IIT effective Oct 1, 2018, to include anyone staying in China for …
by howmuch The midterm elections are right around the corner, and President Trump just announced he wants to cut middle class taxes by 10 percent. It’s obvious people don’t like paying taxes, and letting workers keep more of their paychecks could …
Feds Collect Record Individual Income Taxes in FY 2018; Still Run $779B Deficit (CNSNews.com) – The federal government collected a record $1,683,537,000 in individual income taxes in fiscal 2018 (October 2017 through September 2018), according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released …
By Bob Shanahan If California is the gold standard among the 50 states in the country, then why are thousands leaving every year for lower taxed, less regulated, less Democrat-dominated locales? Reading the DC/NY-centric press, the Golden State is …
image: https://www.wnd.com/images/misc/100128booze.jpg Part of the tab for alcoholic drinks on a congressional trip arranged by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi It reads like a dream order for a wild frat party: Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey …
by Martin Armstrong New York State Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo has blamed the upstate weather and Global Warming for the reason people have been fleeing his state NOT taxes. This comes as no surprise, for Democrats are closet Marxists and love more taxes and assume …
via CNSNews: Americans on average spent more on taxes than on food and clothing combined in 2017, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s new data on consumer expenditures, which was released this month. “Consumer units” (which include families, financially independent individuals, …
rom Jason Hartman’s Creating Wealth Jason Hartman starts today’s episode with some new observations on the GOP Tax Reform, specifically involving depreciation and the changes that have been made to it for real estate investors. Then Jason talks to one of …
by NonThinkingPeeOn Income tax, Property tax, Capital gains tax, Sales tax, Car tax(vehicle registration), Drive a car tax(drivers license), Vehicle insurance tax, Gasoline tax, Cross a bridge tax(Bridge tolls), Park on a street tax(parking meters), Cigarette tax, Liquor tax, Cannabis …
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager said Tuesday that the European Commission will finally close its legal investigation into Apple’s failure to pay back taxes to Ireland after the company paid €14 billion. Today Irish Minister of Finance @Paschald confirmed …
WASHINGTON Members of Congress should be able to work together to protect houses of worship from having to pay taxes, especially in an election year when both parties want to earn the faith community’s vote. In an era of pervasive …
by Martin Armstrong Politicians are truly amazing. When they need money, they are never short of ideas of things to tax. New Jersey is proposing to now tax water from the tap. The proposal is being submitted by State Senator Bob …
Cc: #NewYork #NewJersey #Connecticut #California The wealthy are readily mobile… Everyone (especially with new tax rules) I know says if their property taxes exceed 15% of income they are gone
by Dr. Eowyn You may have seen reports of millionaires fleeing California because of tax increases on the wealthy. An example is an article by Steve Straub in The Federalist on July 6, 2018, in which Straub claims a direct cause-and-effect relationship between Prop. …