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How To Cut Your Tax Bill By Donating

May 12, 2020 By Joe Wallace Leave a Comment

How To Cut Your Tax Bill By Donating

Do you want to know how to cut your tax bill by donating? This is a question asked every year at tax time, but the answer tends to change frequently because the United States tax code changes on a regular basis. Deductions allowed last year may not be permitted this year, and vice versa. What follows IS NOT TAX ADVICE. If you have tax questions, consult a qualified tax professional or search the IRS official site for answers to specific … [Read more...]

Filed Under: "stuff", budget, economy, government, taxes Tagged With: charitable deductions, IRS, tax deductions, tax season, taxes

Why Are People Hoarding Toilet Paper During The Coronavirus Outbreak?

March 10, 2020 By Joe Wallace Leave a Comment

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Why are people hoarding toilet paper during the coronavirus outbreak? This is a phenomenon that is not uncommon in situations that require restricted movement, quarantines, or other unusual measures to contain a problem like a viral outbreak. There is a lot of derision over the panic buying of hand sanitizer, face masks, and toilet paper...what are the underlying causes? Click here to view the latest online and in-store promotions at The Home … [Read more...]

Filed Under: economy, education, emergency planning, government, health, healthy living Tagged With: coronavirus, epidemic, outbreak, pandemic, toilet paper, wuhan

Why Is It So Expensive To Live In A Major City?

February 19, 2020 By Joe Wallace Leave a Comment

Why is it so expensive to live in a major city? There are many variables; escalating rents, excessive licensing and permitting for small businesses, ever-escalating property taxes, and much more. What follows is NOT journalism. It is OPINION. And that’s a bit of transparency badly needed in today’s 24-hour news cycle reporting. But these are opinions made by observing conditions in a single major city for well over a 10-year period. I’m … [Read more...]

Filed Under: budget, credit cards, economy, financial fitness, government, MLM, money, net worth Tagged With: chicago, city life, frugal living, minimalism, MLM, rent, rent controls

Shutdown?

April 7, 2011 By Megan Smith

As I have discussed here before, I'm a Federal Employee. And I'm not sure how much press this is getting outside of the DC Metro area (the DMV as it is often called, though I believe that acronym is taken by a much more painful entity), but we're looking at a government shutdown. Why? Because Congress can't decide on a budget. That's right, we've been operating without an approved budget for half the year already. In general, Federal employees … [Read more...]

Filed Under: economy, government

No More Pennies?

February 12, 2009 By Megan Smith

Happy Birthday, President Lincoln.  To celebrate, stores have decided to stop accepting the penny. That's right, in West Concord, Massachusetts, a number of stores are refusing to accept pennies as of today, calling pennies "wasteful and time consuming."  Instead, they will round all purchases down to the nearest nickel. I suppose no one can really complain - after all, they will simply be getting a few cents off of their purchase.  Buy a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: government, simplifying, spending

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