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The Post-TCJA Economy Continues To Grow

By Angelica | May 7, 2019 | Comments Off on The Post-TCJA Economy Continues To Grow

The beginning of the US economy’s second year under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was largely positive, though some troubling signs lurked just beneath the good news. The government’s initial estimate of first quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reported a surprisingly strong annualized growth rate of 3.2 percent, up from 2.2 percent in the…

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Determining How Much Home to Buy

By Angelica | May 3, 2019 | Comments Off on Determining How Much Home to Buy

Homebuyers have a lot of different choices to make when they are buying their home.  Whether you’re a first-time homebuyer or an experienced house shopper, the most important choice is determining how much home you should buy.  You have to look at a lot of different factors, from location and price, to the actual size…

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Janet And Her Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Filing Season (With Apologies To Judith Viorst)

By Angelica | May 2, 2019 | Comments Off on Janet And Her Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Filing Season (With Apologies To Judith Viorst)

I believe that every person in the tax policy game—from members of the tax-writing committees to research assistants at the Tax Policy Center—should compute their own taxes. How better to understand the law and taxpayers’ experiences and have fun too! I have done my own taxes since I received my first W-2. But for the…

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A Merchant Cash Advance Case Study

By Jo Gardner | May 2, 2019 | Comments Off on A Merchant Cash Advance Case Study

Merchant Cash Advances can make sense, but you need to do the due diligence to know when it makes sense for you.  Take for instance, the following example of how a Merchant Cash Advance made a difference for this merchant: Tom was stuck.  He had pulled together a $550,000 investment of his own and another…

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Church of Scientology Cruise Ship Quarantined Due to Measles

By Jo Gardner | May 2, 2019 | Comments Off on Church of Scientology Cruise Ship Quarantined Due to Measles

The Cruise Ship called the FreeWinds, owned by the Church of Scientology, is quarantined by the Carribean nation St. Lucia due to diagnosis of a measles case onboard. The Church of Scientology does not officially object to vaccinations, but it seems someone on its ship did. According to the Church of Scientology, the Freewinds, a…

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Washington’s Theater of Infrastructure: The Trick Is To Get The Joke

By Angelica | May 1, 2019 | Comments Off on Washington’s Theater of Infrastructure: The Trick Is To Get The Joke

Yesterday was a classic example of Washington theater at its best. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer left a White House meeting with President Trump, found the TV cameras on the driveway, and announced they all agreed to put together a $2 trillion infrastructure bill. Of course, there are many details…

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Are Public Pension And Benefit Shortfalls And Local Taxes Worthy Of A Neighborhood Duel?

By Angelica | May 1, 2019 | Comments Off on Are Public Pension And Benefit Shortfalls And Local Taxes Worthy Of A Neighborhood Duel?

I had the good fortune to see Hamilton last month. The audience reaction to songs about the American Revolution and establishing a national bank was almost as impressive as the show itself. I also watched two other emotionally charged three-hour productions in April. These weren’t Broadway musicals about government, though. They were Board of Trustee…

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Can One Think Charitably About The Bryce Harper Deal?

By Angelica | Apr 29, 2019 | Comments Off on Can One Think Charitably About The Bryce Harper Deal?

As a long-time baseball fan, I’m happy that my office moved closer to the Washington Nationals ballpark, where I expect to take in more games this year. But I’ll do so with some misgivings, in part because of how the Nationals and their former star Bryce Harper missed an opportunity. Not because Harper left DC…

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Cash Out Refinance Options

By Angelica | Apr 26, 2019 | Comments Off on Cash Out Refinance Options

If you currently have a Mortgage Loan, you have options for a cash out mortgage refinance that you may not know about.  Your cash out refinance loan options can save you money in a variety of ways, from getting rid of credit cards to making improvements to your home that increase its value without adding…

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Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Therapy Proposals

By Angelica | Apr 25, 2019 | Comments Off on Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Therapy Proposals

In my new book, Fiscal Therapy: Curing America’s Debt Addiction and Investing in the Future, I show how to reduce federal debt in 2050 from a baseline projection of nearly 180 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) to less than 60 percent of GDP.  My proposal would control federal entitlement programs (such as Social Security…

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