Posted in 2023, tagged domestic duties, economy, ethics, in transit, inter-nets, quotes, turbulences on December 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
By V D Hanson
In 2024, the U.S. will begin to see that to meet its spiraling debt, it will either keep inflating its currency, or slash spending, or raise even further taxes to the degree that even the lower middle class will have to pay 50 percent of their income in state and federal taxes, or renounce its debt, and thus go full-Third World.
Will we meet these challenges or ensure the ongoing decline?
Posted in 2023, tagged domestic duties, economy, my precious home, New York on November 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The seasonally adjusted inflation rate for October 2023 remained unchanged from the previous month and sits at 3.2%, according to the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index Report released Tuesday.
The rate increased by 3.2%, compared to October 2022.[…] October’s index remains above the Federal Reserve’s target interest rate of 2%.
Coop board letter, received today:
[…]There has been a significant increase in utility costs, real estate taxes but most notably, insurance premiums, which together account for an increase of about $26,000 in our budgeted expenses. While we have made every effort to keep other expenses down, there is deficit in the budget. To balance this budget, the Coop will need to have a 4% increase in the maintenance. This increase will take effect as of December 1, 2023
Naturally, if you thought my salary was increased by 7%, think again…
Posted in 2023, tagged economy, limousine liberals, New York, politics, subway subculture on August 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Democrats encouraged ride sharing, then closed off lanes of traffic for bike lanes and pedestrian promenades. This resulted in a manufactured crisis of congestion thereby necessitating congestion pricing to save the planet from global warming…
[quote-of-the-day, in the threads here]
Posted in 2023, tagged corruption, economy, Enviro-nitwits on parade on May 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Posted in 2022, tagged corruption, держи вора!, economy on November 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Но какая площадь окучивания!
Зная по опыту, как невозможно добраться до простой и ясной информации по собственным взносам на сайте воя, предвижу трудности с определением какие именно из фондов социально близки номенклатурному авангарду
Posted in 2022, tagged Blogroll, economy on October 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Jeffrey Carter on the state of economy:
Why do I say 2026 before anything trending now changes?
My timeline also assumes that Republicans hold the House/Senate and perhaps even extend their majority in 2026. If they get to 60 in the Senate, they can actually do some meaningful work on the 70%+ of the federal budget that is already spent and planned before anyone from any party gets sworn into office.
Posted in 2022, tagged casual stupidity, economy, in transit, life is stranger than..., moonbats, my precious home, on the job, worldwide plague on June 12, 2022|
* Online supermarket chain, where I buy familiar food of my youth, has been charging $9 for their delivery service (unlike other, whose delivery is free). In addition, I usually tip the driver. Today I discovered the following notice on their main page:
Posted in 2022, tagged economy, ethics, limousine liberals, politics, state, war on May 13, 2022| 8 Comments »
“…Sen.Paul’s amendment, but he insisted it be added to the underlying bill.
Posted in 2022, tagged economy, Enviro-nitwits on parade, moonbats, state, turbulences on April 14, 2022|
SSA gone woke!
Say good bye to a lifetime of your hard-earned-savings for the old age.
I think I will have to work till I drop, as all my SSA pension will be stolen.
Posted in 2021, tagged economy, state, tyranny on January 1, 2022|
А вот и первая новость в 2022
Posted in 2021, tagged babushka, economy, Goddess Demetra, in memoriam, my precious home on April 24, 2021|
[reposting my comment from elsewhere]
my grandma grew very much in that tradition: she was the older sister in a family of 4 children, and her assigned chore was making clothes for the rest of the kids. (that – and cooking…and cleaning…and white-washing the walls…and starting working outside of home at a factory when she was 15)
Posted in 2020, tagged corona V, economy, life's trifles, New York, photos, shopping on September 16, 2020| 2 Comments »
Узнавши на ЛинкдИн-е о закрытии Century21 , всполошилась и побежала смотреть на их сайт – а ну чего скажут? Сайт молчит, о банкротстве ни гугу*, о том когда магазины закрывают – тоже.
Что же это, бабоньки, завыл внутренний шопоголик. После безвременной смерти Daffy’s Century21 был последней оставававшейся сетью относительно приличной, в т.ч., европейской одежды и ассесуаров по вменяемым ценам.
*Уже поправили: см. заставку на главной стр.
Posted in 2019, tagged architecture, economy, on the job on July 10, 2020| 10 Comments »
Был у меня престарелый родственник, предварявший важные сообщения© фразой: «Ну что, гусятки?»
Posted in 2019, tagged economy, liberties, worldwide plague on April 19, 2020|
[…] The consensus now is that the economic collapse will exceed that of the Great Depression: the only question is whether the collapse will endure as long–which, since the collapse was created by policy, will be the result of policy (which does not make me optimistic). (The Great Depression in the US was “Great” not so much because of the severity of the initial decline–1920/1921 was as severe–but for its duration. Monetary and other policy errors caused the extended misery. Will we repeat them?[…]
What we need are policies that target the most vulnerable (especially the elderly), and vary with local conditions. Instead, we have indiscriminate approaches that have created immense harm to our livelihoods and liberties, with little demonstrable public health benefit in return.
It’s time to rise up and speak out against the petty tyrants who wreak havoc and and add insult to injury by insisting that they are doing it for our own good.
Posted in 2018, tagged economy, libertarian view, politics, Tram-Pam-Pam on March 6, 2018| 2 Comments »
I return to my earlier dark suspicions about Trump’s direction. Stubbornly pushing tariffs, the way he disposed of his economic adviser Kohn – the one who was behind the famous tax cuts last December and is the advocate for free trade – despite being a Dem. The way he undermines his own administration – just as Mnuchin says “we are not getting into trade wars” ->Trump contradicts him with “trade war is not a bad thing”. The way he caved in to gun-control campaigners. The way the stocks fall and jump on his every tweet doesn’t inspire much confidence either.
Actually, I realize my unease about Trump’s steadfastness (or lack of ) never left me and is hovering in the back of my mind all the time.
Posted in 2017, tagged bon mot, casual stupidity, economy, ethics, politics, taxman on January 13, 2018|
Believing in national stereotypes has its downside: risk of falling in deep doo-doo. Like that bon mot by Napoleon in this post’ title. What kind of business genius will repeat the same mistake – that cost him dearly, practically ruining the golden goose – twice? English, apparently.
The Boston Tea Party: 1773
Salt Tax in India: 1835
Could it be possible that British East India Co continuously employed MBA graduates starting 1770’s?
Posted in 2017, tagged economy, in transit, Magyar fever, travel on May 14, 2017| 9 Comments »
Posted in 2017, tagged alone, books, economy, my precious home, Oh' Bummer, turbulences on February 26, 2017| 4 Comments »
Saturday was rather annoying. I’ve procrastinated long enough, then was sick, then had to buy a rug (another, not less irritating, story – maybe later) – and suddenly, the February is almost over! So I had to man up, brace up and face the Taxes.
¡Mira, panowie! Turbotax is beyond belief. Because of one measly 1099-MISC I was forced to file as “self-employed”, and in addition to normal income taxes pay another half-a-thou as “self-employment tax”! Is it something new IRS invented this year? Since when supplemental freelance gigs, accompanying a solid W2 is considered full-blown “business”? And did you know that Medicare and SS “wages and tips”as basis for namesakes taxes are calculated before your voluntary deductions, unlike your Gross? And the not-insignificant Medicare/SS taxes are not counted into your Federal tax paid – so even though your every paycheck is diminished by 1/4 of it’s worth by taxes, your annual federal obligation demonstrates underpayment? That’s what I call Creative Accounting!
So, not surprisingly, I went to bed in a foul mood, had nightmares all night (sinuses being choked up is no help either) and woke up at 5am. What to do, what to do? Opened my Kindle with latest download of Murder: British Library Classic: a story by Gerald Findler, titled House of Screams. And I read:
Posted in 2015, tagged economy, election season '16, libertarian view on November 10, 2015|
Are you watching? So far I like Bob Jindal most of all. You?
Update
Nope, I take it back. Fiorina is better – and Tramp is a misogynistic, Putin- buddy,self-aggrandizing inarticulate asshole.
Posted in 2015, tagged bon mot, economy, post-Soviet state, quotes on January 2, 2015| 2 Comments »
Posted in 2014, tagged economy, libertarian view, limousine liberals, state on December 22, 2014|
lefty liberal statists [некоторые – в овечьей шкуре] сокрушаются об упущенных налоговых возможностях, катят на рейгана и нынешних республиканцев и пытаются отбелить (ха) “обаму” из “obamacare”.
Posted in 2014, tagged economy, fun and games, post-Soviet state on December 19, 2014|
Soviet jokes (анекдоты) have excellent reputation, as recommended by likes of R. Reagan; here’s an apt one (translated from original Russian):
-One oligarch talks to another: “The best way to keep money is in rubles. In my closet there is huge pile of rubles, I’ve hidden all my money inside – nobody will search there”.
“Один олигарх говорит другому олигарху — “Деньги лучше всего хранить в рублях. У меня вон в кладовке куча рублей валяется, я в нее спрятал все свои деньги — там точно никто искать не будет”
Posted in 2014, tagged economy, post-Soviet state on December 16, 2014|
Тем из вас, для кого рублёвые скАчки (и скачкИ) жизненно важен, предлагаю сегодняшний пост Профессора. Умнее большинства ваших экономистов, это точно.
Posted in 2014, tagged corruption, economy, politics, post-Soviet state, war on December 1, 2014|
Certainly the Russians can heavily damage the Ukraine; but this is all pointless in the longer term. They are trading their wealth, soldiers and energies for essentially nothing of value in return. Their professional army can destroy but they cannot occupy the Ukraine, although their bandits probably can create some sort of brutal strong-arm “government” in the blasted areas they control with whatever population cannot escape (likely the old and alcoholics) similar to what has been deployed in Chechnya and other “frozen” conflict areas.
The Russian economy is heavily damaged; the fall in oil prices is (mostly) beyond their control but it is happening at a most un-opportune time. Sanctions will punish those few Russian companies that attempt to sell to the West, and state control of the Internet is also hurting one of their most competitive industries (high tech). The ruble is also falling and soon the Russians will be able to buy what is produced locally and this will not be the cornucopia of choice that they have today.
Read the whole thing, as they say: sound logic and many apt observations. Don’t miss the China-related prognosis at the end.
Posted in 2014, tagged economy, healthcare, libertarian view, Oh' Bummer, politics on October 5, 2014|
The Apostles of Big Government are the best evangelists for libertarianism – hell, anarchocapitalism – one could possibly imagine.
Read why @Professor
Posted in 2014, tagged economy, healthcare, Oh' Bummer, politics, racism on July 16, 2014| 4 Comments »
Someone, finally, is brave enough to tell it like it is:
tyranny of TSA, which will never go away because it has become yet another quasi-unionized make-work occupation reserved for favored ethnic minorities who aren’t really workers, but de facto welfare recipients at a level far more lucrative than what is available to them via direct transfer payments.
Gospel truth! All those newly-minted quasi-government “healthcare” agencies, like Fidelis and Emblem Health, all those tumorous IRS departments – they are exactly as described above, with bonus: sense of power over us, the lowly taxpayers.
[via Dustbury]
Posted in 2014, tagged craigslist find, economy, expat conquista, on the job, Procrust крепчал on April 26, 2014|
Superintender!
Ugh. That’s not what I thought it was…and I almost decided to apply!
Posted in 2014, tagged economy, libertarian view, LJ on April 26, 2014|
Posted in 2014, tagged economy, election season'13, ethics, liberties, Oh' Bummer, politics on April 22, 2014|
In the course of commenting on someone’s post came across my own old one, from 5.5 yrs ago. So, in how many instances was my uneasy feeling proved right (or wrong)? Let’s count.
Posted in 2013, tagged economy, election season'13, fun and games, New York, Oh' Bummer, politics, quotes on November 23, 2013|
Am looking forward to De Blasio taking NYC in a more progressive direction, by raising taxes on well-to-do citizens starting at household income levels 1% higher than our own
Stubbornly- lib-in-the-face-of-reality Doug, one of the [still] luminous Bandarlogs
Posted in 2013, tagged economy, Oh' Bummer, politics, shutdown, state, visual wit on October 15, 2013| 2 Comments »
[via *relyef]
Posted in 2013, tagged economy, fun and games, Oh' Bummer, politics on August 30, 2013| 4 Comments »
In the course of various online conversations I returned to political joke re: 2 cows.
One of the variations online featured this entry:
AN AMERICAN DEMOCRAT:
You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money and buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous.
Oh, no, not really. The correct sequence will be:
AN AMERICAN DEMOCRAT:
You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money, pay themselves, their relatives and lovers, then buy a cat and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous. You neighbor riots. The cycle repeats.
Posted in 2013, tagged blogs, economy, friends, libertarian view, Oh' Bummer, politics on July 21, 2013| 6 Comments »
The last, golden third
They say their plans for the future of the United States are “better?” Okay, take them at their word. Only faster. Let’s see how this stuff plays out in real life. As soon as possible. If they’re right, all will be well. If they’re not, let’s have the disaster now and in double portions. It seems to be already hitting the “youth” and the low-information voters of Obama’s base with 20+% unemployment. Let’s do what we can to spread the no-wealth redistribution.
Go read the whole thing @G. Vanderleun,
which I did thanks to Scott Chaffin @TFG
[Scott, wish you best of health! Hope the next month tests scans will show zero change]
Btw, allow me small “I told you so” moment and let’s self-quote a post from 4 years ago:
“Don’t follow the logic of all that talk about “loyal opposition”, myself.
Let them fail (as they inevitably will), and the sooner the better. Less rubble to clean up.”
Unfortunately, my hopes of enduring only 4 years of accumulated rubble didn’t work out.
Posted in 2013, tagged ласточка, economy, Oh' Bummer, politics, post-Soviet state, worldwide plague on June 24, 2013| 6 Comments »
From time to time in my mailbox falls correspondence addressed to previous owner of my apartment; seeing how she is now deceased for 2 years I usually just dispose of it. Yesterday the item was a copy of publication called Teamster. It is fascinating!
I sit high, I see far
I sit high, I see far
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