Archive for December 2007
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As We End 2007 and Enter an Election Year…
We have politicians talking about raising taxes on the rich because they aren’t paying enough.
I always prefer facts to rhetoric so the numbers as reported by the IRS are interesting to examine.
For the tax year 2000, prior to the current administration for those blinded by political hatred…
The top 1% of tax payors paid 36.18% of [...]
Merry Christmas to All!
And, if you are reading this on Christmas Day… WHY?!?!??!?
Go spend time with the family.
(I wrote this on the 21st and scheduled it to go live at midnight in the 25th.)
Anyone Can Be An Investor!
But, not everyone should be an investor.
Warning! If you believe the hype of the gurus who say you can make millions starting with no cash, bad credit and a pile of debt…
DON’T READ ANY MORE OF THIS POST! You won’t like it and you will accuse me of being a dream stealer.
You have been warned.
Still [...]
What’s Wrong With The Stock Market?
After all, it got the rate cut the pundits said it wanted and needed to move back into bullish territory.
Well, not exactly.
While the Fed did cut the rate twenty-five basis points they included verbiage that made it clear they are not likely to continue the reductions, unless something happens. The markets were then spooked and [...]
Just Catching Up - and - Casey Serin is STILL NOT in Jail.
I haven’t had much interest in the Casey Serin saga over the last few months but today I logged on to the CaseyHaterz site and caught up on the soap opera.
No, I’m not talking about the Casey soap opera, that ended long ago. I’m talking about the CaseyHaterz soap opera.
It’s like watching what I imagine [...]
Sanity and Clarity of Purpose Return
Since my departure from my employer, MedQuist, I have been able to get a number of nagging projects around the house out of my hair.
I can’t say enough good things about the people I worked with at MedQuist during Ann’s illness and after her death. But, it was becoming increasingly clear I was having a [...]
Field Guide Site Relaunched
I chose today to relaunch the Field Guide site. This day was chosen because it is exactly four months since Ann died after battling breast cancer for ten and a half years. This post will go live at the exact time she died in my arms four months ago today. It was August 17th, 2007 [...]
