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by Xan
Wed Dec 04, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2697
Views: 1688884

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Don't get your meat where you earn your bread. First time I am seeing this one. Original to you? No. I don’t remember where I first heard it. 😱 A Bing search reveals several references to it. Before reading one of them I could not fathom what it meant. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/don%27t+g...
by Xan
Mon Dec 02, 2024 5:28 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2697
Views: 1688884

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

I'd be curious whether Smith has ever experienced a broken record that skips back to where it was before over and over. I'm guessing he hasn't. If he's able to know about and use the phrase despite that, seems like it'll survive a good long time.
by Xan
Sat Nov 30, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: "U.S. Treasuries not the safe bet they once were"
Replies: 77
Views: 12481

Re: "U.S. Treasuries not the safe bet they once were"

Your house dropped 30% of its value between 2018 and 2022? I would think that's a very rare situation. My Zillow graph for the last 10 years. It was not precisely between 2018 and 2022. It was the two months I chose for each of those two years. Capture.JPG Mine has a similar overall trend to yours,...
by Xan
Sat Nov 30, 2024 9:13 am
Forum: Bonds
Topic: "U.S. Treasuries not the safe bet they once were"
Replies: 77
Views: 12481

Re: "U.S. Treasuries not the safe bet they once were"

Your house dropped 30% of its value between 2018 and 2022? I would think that's a very rare situation.
by Xan
Tue Nov 19, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Does it make sense to start at 4x25?
Replies: 28
Views: 8148

Re: Does it make sense to start at 4x25?

For those who wonder, the vanguard index funds consist of multiple classes of the same fund. They are able to launder their gains through the institutional and ETF class. https://www.investopedia.com/how-vanguard-patented-a-system-to-avoid-taxes-in-mutual-funds-4686985 The process is completely leg...
by Xan
Sun Nov 17, 2024 4:04 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms
Replies: 30
Views: 4944

Re: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms

It's also important to note what counts as "taxes". When the phrase "federal income tax" is used, it typically means that Social Security and Medicare are NOT being counted as taxes. There's an argument for this, since paying into those systems in theory leads to later payouts, a...
by Xan
Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:37 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms
Replies: 30
Views: 4944

Re: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms

Well, as Vinny pointed out, the tax is not on revenue but on profit. A 2% tax on revenue in your example would be the entirety of the profit. A 2% tax on the profit would be far less.
by Xan
Sat Nov 16, 2024 9:16 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms
Replies: 30
Views: 4944

Re: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms

Vinny, I certainly appreciate your insights, especially into the situation with S-corp vs C-corp tax preparation.

Let me ask you this: since there seems to be no downside to corporate income taxes, why not have the rate be 50%? 90%? 100%?
by Xan
Sat Nov 16, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms
Replies: 30
Views: 4944

Re: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms

I don't accept the hidden tax as I believe it's based upon a flawed premise. People believe that athletes making more money leads to higher ticket prices. It does not. We live in a competitive economy. You cannot just pass on your added expenses to the consumer. Each corporation is already charging...
by Xan
Sat Nov 16, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms
Replies: 30
Views: 4944

Re: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms

The question of corporate income tax is mostly orthogonal to your point, barrett. It could be revenue neutral, you'd just need to adjust the personal rates. It would be more honest. As far as the appetite for cutting, you're right, it's basically nonexistent. We'll see what inflation ends up looking...
by Xan
Fri Nov 15, 2024 9:00 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms
Replies: 30
Views: 4944

Re: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms

I disagree about the corporate tax rate: that should be 0%. Is your rationale for this the double taxation argument? If yes, it then conflicts with SCOTUS and Citizen's United where they deemed corporations to be "people" with all the rights thereto. FWIW, I disagree with SCOTUS and agree...
by Xan
Wed Nov 13, 2024 7:22 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms
Replies: 30
Views: 4944

Re: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms

Agreed on not taxing gold (and maybe silver). I disagree about the corporate tax rate: that should be 0%. Definitely index cap gains loss deduction limit to inflation, along with just about everything else. Also take inflation into account when computing cap gains, so that real gains are taxed rathe...
by Xan
Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:20 am
Forum: Gold
Topic: Assorted Gold-related News
Replies: 24
Views: 13256

Re: Assorted Gold-related News

by Xan
Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:22 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Misc. U.S. Elections
Replies: 30
Views: 9564

Re: Misc. U.S. Elections

Biden too, right?
by Xan
Sat Nov 09, 2024 4:01 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Health Care Reform
Replies: 50
Views: 19377

Re: Health Care Reform

I'll take a crack at it. As a traditionally agrarian society, urban southerners retain more rural traditions than urban northerners, whose ancestors were manufacturing in big cities much earlier.
by Xan
Sat Nov 09, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Stock scream room
Replies: 1460
Views: 748937

Re: Stock scream room

Best summary I've found of the situation:

His detractors take him literally but not seriously, and his supporters take him seriously but not literally.
by Xan
Sat Nov 09, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Health Care Reform
Replies: 50
Views: 19377

Re: Health Care Reform

I'm pretty sure it's a bot. But it's a decent conversation-starter!
by Xan
Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:34 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2697
Views: 1688884

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

I'm with you on abstaining from uncontested races.
by Xan
Thu Oct 31, 2024 11:30 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Signatures
Replies: 198
Views: 290541

Re: Signatures

Dualstow, I thought your RIP signature said John McWhorter at first, and I was almost very upset.
by Xan
Mon Oct 28, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3762
Views: 1993367

Re: The GOLD scream room

by Xan
Fri Oct 25, 2024 10:34 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: 1031 exchange EFT -> Bullion
Replies: 6
Views: 6139

Re: 1031 exchange EFT -> Bullion

Wouldn't they get the step-up regardless of whether it's physical or in a brokerage?
by Xan
Thu Oct 17, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2697
Views: 1688884

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

I almost always have the opposite problem with interviews, Vinny. The interviewer is there to try to maximize the amount of useful information we get out of the interviewee. If the interviewee is going along on his own, great! Way too often, the interviewer will inject himself, interrupt, etc, gener...
by Xan
Mon Sep 23, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2697
Views: 1688884

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

It seems that learning styles are actually a myth, and that in fact it's the educational-industrial complex which continues to promote them. https://onlineteaching.umich.edu/articles/the-myth-of-learning-styles/ https://www.educationnext.org/stubborn-myth-learning-styles-state-teacher-license-prep-m...
by Xan
Wed Sep 18, 2024 11:10 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2697
Views: 1688884

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

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