http://www.giuliateca.net Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:27:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.giuliateca.net/a-commentary-on-review-outlook-taxes-upon-taxes-upon-.-.-./ http://www.giuliateca.net/a-commentary-on-review-outlook-taxes-upon-taxes-upon-.-.-./#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:27:43 +0000 admin http://www.giuliateca.net/a-commentary-on-review-outlook-taxes-upon-taxes-upon-.-.-./ Read More]]> http://www.giuliateca.net/a-commentary-on-review-outlook-taxes-upon-taxes-upon-.-.-./feed/ 0 http://www.giuliateca.net/my-analysis-on-boeing-and-the-union-berlin-wall/ http://www.giuliateca.net/my-analysis-on-boeing-and-the-union-berlin-wall/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:26:29 +0000 admin http://www.giuliateca.net/my-analysis-on-boeing-and-the-union-berlin-wall/ The main reason why the income tax efiling tax isn't a major factor in business relocation is because it's a personal income tax, not a corporate income tax. Texas, Florida, Tennessee, they all have corporate income taxes. The only state without a corporate income tax is Wyoming, but that state's major disadvantage is the weather. After living a few years in places that Read More]]> http://www.giuliateca.net/my-analysis-on-boeing-and-the-union-berlin-wall/feed/ 0 http://www.giuliateca.net/criticism-on-stephen-moore-a-fairness-quiz-for-the-president/ http://www.giuliateca.net/criticism-on-stephen-moore-a-fairness-quiz-for-the-president/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:25:54 +0000 admin http://www.giuliateca.net/criticism-on-stephen-moore-a-fairness-quiz-for-the-president/ I support a simple flat tax where every American would pay $100 (so everyone pays something) plus a single Read More]]> Question: Is it fair that the richest 1% of Americans pay nearly 40% of all federal income taxes, and the richest 10% pay two-thirds of the tax? Answer: It depends. A relevant question is this: How much of the disposable income do the richest 1% and richest 10% have> I support a simple flat tax where every American would pay $100 (so everyone pays something) plus a single Read More]]> http://www.giuliateca.net/criticism-on-stephen-moore-a-fairness-quiz-for-the-president/feed/ 0 http://www.giuliateca.net/a-response-to-cant-pick-a-college-major-create-one/ http://www.giuliateca.net/a-response-to-cant-pick-a-college-major-create-one/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:25:43 +0000 admin http://www.giuliateca.net/a-response-to-cant-pick-a-college-major-create-one/ Very true with regards to your last paragraph. There are zillions of accountants on LinkedIn who are young and cannot get a job because all they look at is the Big Four auditing firms. It never even occurs to many of them to go into corporate finance, government, income how much tax do i payation, office management, etc. They can be team leaders in the Operations side of Read More]]> http://www.giuliateca.net/a-response-to-cant-pick-a-college-major-create-one/feed/ 0 http://www.giuliateca.net/commentary-on-mcdonalds-says-it-may-drop-health-plan/ http://www.giuliateca.net/commentary-on-mcdonalds-says-it-may-drop-health-plan/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:25:27 +0000 admin http://www.giuliateca.net/commentary-on-mcdonalds-says-it-may-drop-health-plan/ Thomas, I am not sure but I don't think the New Health Care bill requires employers to pay for employee healthcare. It does require a minimum size company to provide and pay a portion (not sure what the portion is). It also may require the employer to add to one's W2 the amount they (employer) contributed as income tax refund calculator, which was never done in the pass; Read More]]> http://www.giuliateca.net/commentary-on-mcdonalds-says-it-may-drop-health-plan/feed/ 0 http://www.giuliateca.net/views-on-budget-backs-dropping-saturday-mail-service/ http://www.giuliateca.net/views-on-budget-backs-dropping-saturday-mail-service/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:25:23 +0000 admin http://www.giuliateca.net/views-on-budget-backs-dropping-saturday-mail-service/ The Postal Servwhere do i mail my tax returnce is in a death spiral, caused by functional obsolescence, decades of inefficiency and by a bureacracy run amok. It is time to abolish the Post Office monopoly on first class mail delivery. Let FedEx, UPS and any other financially responsible delivery carrier be licensed to offer competitive first class mail delivery, provided Read More]]> http://www.giuliateca.net/views-on-budget-backs-dropping-saturday-mail-service/feed/ 0 http://www.giuliateca.net/some-thoughts-on-goldman-analyst-draws-scrutiny/ http://www.giuliateca.net/some-thoughts-on-goldman-analyst-draws-scrutiny/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:23:16 +0000 admin http://www.giuliateca.net/some-thoughts-on-goldman-analyst-draws-scrutiny/ Commenting about the status of an employee, whether he is self employed tax calculator or not employed by the firm, is admiting to nothing incriminating, and is easily discoverable anyway. Not giving a WSJ reporter a comment about the status of an employee is not in any way analogous to making a declaration to a police officer about exceeding the speed limit, or testifying Read More]]> http://www.giuliateca.net/some-thoughts-on-goldman-analyst-draws-scrutiny/feed/ 0 http://www.giuliateca.net/a-response-to-heather-macdonald-san-franciscans-try-to-take-back-their-streets/ http://www.giuliateca.net/a-response-to-heather-macdonald-san-franciscans-try-to-take-back-their-streets/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:22:09 +0000 admin http://www.giuliateca.net/a-response-to-heather-macdonald-san-franciscans-try-to-take-back-their-streets/ Couple of things I don't get. First, the selling price for a 2000sf, 3br 1ba home that might sell for $120K in a typical American City sells as a foreclosure for $900K in this apparent Hell-on earth above the average $800K sales price in the neighborhood (which is currently increasing). Second, a popular proposed law cannot muster even 30% of the city council tax bands's Read More]]> http://www.giuliateca.net/a-response-to-heather-macdonald-san-franciscans-try-to-take-back-their-streets/feed/ 0 http://www.giuliateca.net/analysis-on-democrats-oppose-spending-cap-plan/ http://www.giuliateca.net/analysis-on-democrats-oppose-spending-cap-plan/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:20:53 +0000 admin http://www.giuliateca.net/analysis-on-democrats-oppose-spending-cap-plan/ Mr. Meyers, Here are the AVERAGE annual tax income and spending for federal income tax calculator government by presidency from Google search: 1997 - 2000 under Clinton -- $1.8T tax income and $1.7T spending; 2001 - 2004 under Bush -- $1.9T tax income and $2.1T spending; 2005 - 2008 under Bush -- $2.4T tax income and $2.7T spending; 2009 - 2011 under Obama -- $2.3T tax income Read More]]> http://www.giuliateca.net/analysis-on-democrats-oppose-spending-cap-plan/feed/ 0 http://www.giuliateca.net/criticism-on-dow-keeps-rising/ http://www.giuliateca.net/criticism-on-dow-keeps-rising/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:20:49 +0000 admin http://www.giuliateca.net/criticism-on-dow-keeps-rising/ 6% in three days � now Santa has no excuse not to splurge on those two in your avatar. I run between 15-20% cash myself � evidence I agree with your short term bearishness. Long term? I�m more optimistic. Anecdotally, the logging trucks have been humming along our back roads lately, about double normal volume. Pine and hardwood � so it�s Read More]]> http://www.giuliateca.net/criticism-on-dow-keeps-rising/feed/ 0