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Taxing Tuesday: Let's Tax Wealth!
by meep
There are already various taxes of wealth, and I don’t just mean estate taxes, but let’s ignore that for right now.
Here is the wonderful piece in the Economist, with the head and subhed:
Overhaul tax for the 21st century
Today’s tax systems are unforgivably cack-handed
For those not up on brit-speak, cack-handed is explained here. How very anti-sinister of them! Sic the sensitivity experts on the author! (who is the author? Hell if I...
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Memory Monday: Last Week of July 1918 - The Brewster Standard Takes a Vacation
by meep
Great news, guys!
Thank goodness they're back!
— Mary Pat Campbell (@meepbobeep) August 13, 2018NYSHistPaper</a> NYS Historic Newspapers Restored with Limited Damage <a href="https://t.co/vzKmpaH3d3">https://t.co/vzKmpaH3d3</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/NNY_LN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">NNY_LN been using it for 1918 research
So here we go again!
I’m a bit behind,...
Having Fun with Mortality: The Day Nobody Died, the Oldest People Keep Dying, and Don't Drink and Walk
by meep
Sorry guys, I just love doing these things.
Maybe I could have gone with Longevity instead of mortality (because most of what I have below is fun), but hey. I’m not big on headlines.
THE DAY THAT NOBODY
Geeking Out: Are Women Really Receiving Lower Social Security Benefits?
by meep
Last week, I graphed out retired worker Social Security benefits… and it culminated in this graph:
Look at that — women are paid less!
Well, duh. When it’s based on women’s own work history, and women tend to have lower earned income than men… of course they’ll have lower benefits.
Taxing Tuesday: A Local Discussion on the SALT Cap, and Other State Options
by meep
Some background — I live in North Salem, NY — you know, where Dr. Xavier’s Academy “lives”.
Warren Lucas is the Town Supervisor – you could say “mayor”, but he just gets stuff done. He’s a retired engineer (IBM-type, not train-type), and sometimes he goes...
Around the Pension-o-Sphere: an Old Tale of Pension Fraud, Illinois Spiking, Russian Revolts, and More
by meep
Yeah, I’ve been a bit poky lately. You can read this, if you want an idea. Basically, I spent the weekend lying down and chilling as much as I could.
Memory Monday is on hiatus for now, partly because the newspaper website I use is down. I emailed the folks...
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- Taxing Tuesday: Let's Tax Wealth! t.co/dn2MGCLDc7 Sounds like an idea that's never been tried before! Let's do it! Aug 14, 02:45 PM
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