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Sharpen your pencils! School is in session.

9 September 2007

Remember that Staples ad where the parent runs down the aisle tossing school supplies into the cart while “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” plays in the background. That’s how I feel about this time of year.
As the parent of three children, I love back to school. I crave the sense of normalcy [...]

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It’s Not Just Me…

17 August 2007

Who believes that the economic burden of being middle class in America is difficult.
TaxProf blog posted an interesting excerpt from Todd Zywicki’s op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal about double income (at a middle class level) families and their struggle with an increased tax burden. The piece was derived from a review of [...]

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Warren Buffet Will Give You $1 Million Dollars…

27 June 2007

Well, only if you were at a Hillary Clinton fundraiser last night.
The often “out of the box” Buffet, one of the richest men in the world, offered $1 million to any one in the audience who could prove that he paid a tax rate which was higher than those that work for him. [...]

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Apparently Being Middle Class in the UK Sucks as well…

22 June 2007

At least according to one of my colleagues across the pond. You can read the reaction to my post about being middle class in America at Tax the Fish.

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Being Middle Class in America Sucks.

20 June 2007

I filed my taxes today. Yeah, they are late. I almost always file with an extension because I’m so busy in April – I’m not recommending it, I’m just saying it happens.
Anyhow, this year, it really hit me how much being middle class in American sucks. And as the words were coming [...]

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What’s It Worth to You?

6 June 2007

In response to my post about PETA’s proposed meat tax, Sally over at Living Without Meat had this to say:
What she doesn’t share with us is if the tax deal goes through, will she go back to her formerly meat-free diet?
That’s right: I used to be a vegetarian. I was meat free from [...]

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Fix The Tax Code Friday: Tax Apportionment

1 June 2007

It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday!
This week, Congress approved a spending bill with all kinds of expenditures tucked away, hidden from the glare of taxpayers. As taxpayers, we have little control over this kind of discretionary spending. It’s been suggested that taxpayers ought to have the option to earmark specific percentages of tax [...]

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Tax Talk 2007: Tommy Thompson

16 May 2007

Our first presidential candidate to be featured in our series of interviews is Tommy Thompson, a Republican and former Governor of Wisconsin.
Here are his unedited answers to my six questions:
1. What’s the single most important tax issue facing Americans today?
The growing threat of the AMT to the middle class is the most important tax [...]

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Read My Lips.

16 May 2007

Thanks to all of the presidential candidates who have weighed in on my tax policy questions – each of the candidates was asked to reply to the same six questions. I’ve really enjoyed speaking with the candidates and their aides and am very impressed by the thoughtfulness that seems to have gone into a [...]

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