I know, it’s obvious, right? They’re putting their foot down over a bill to prevent the extension of a $1,000/year tax cut to the middle class, but they won’t consider getting rid of a few tax cuts for the wealthy that haven’t helped the economy one iota. They promised no increases in taxes, but clearly [...]
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I recently told a Californian. “If it needs changed, I’ll let you know.” He asked where I was from. Until that moment, I had no idea that “needs changed” is a regionalism. Californians are taught to say “needs to be changed” or “needs changing.” This really took me aback because I’ve had a number of [...]
Someone sent me an interesting article about how US workers get so little vacation compared to workers in other developed nations. The article makes the usual points: US workers get typically 2-3 weeks, at best, while Germans get 6 weeks and loads of countries provide four. Part of the reason, of course, is that other [...]
I recently came across this randomly in a thread discussing living on minimum wage in Los Angeles and whether it’s possible. The discussion wanders onto the topic of high taxation for California’s social services: Please don’t be fooled by California’s glorious social service programs – THE GOVERNOR CUT THE FUNDS WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE. How [...]
A few months ago, I irritated some people in my usual fashion by suggesting that the U.S. Healthcare Reform bill was a piece of industry-serving drivel that would only result in shocking premium increases, now that all Americans would be held hostage to doing business with the healthcare industry. I said: Can’t you just see [...]
Ted Turner gives away a lot of money to charity. That’s fine. He says he wants to die with just enough to cover his funeral expenses. That’s also fine. Recently, he described himself as “almost to the edge of poverty. ” Uh, no. He’s a millionaire instead of a billionaire. Oh, I know he was [...]
Last week, we shredded a commenter who suggested that poor people just need to cut out their “latte a day” habits – and just got more ridiculous from there. Another assertion of his that I think merits a whole article – because it’s such a common idea – is that people who are struggling financially [...]
The other day, I allowed a comment from someone named “Rawling” on Renting V. Owning. I had misgivings about Rawling from the start because his comment began: “Didnt know you had it that bad in LA. I live in Vancouver, Canada, which has been rated the most unfordable city in the world – in terms [...]
If you read articles about making smart financial choices, you may already be sick to death of the debate over whether it’s better to rent or buy a home. The most obvious problem with the debate is that there isn’t one right answer for everyone on Earth, or even everyone in middle class USA. There [...]
