My Thoughts on This: You’ve heard me talk about the future where my children are at an age where I am now. Roughly 2040. Seems like a long way away, but its really not. Today, I happen to have on a shirt that honors the Gators 1996 National Champtionship; that was 17 years ago, for …
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My Thoughts on This: I was taught long ago that no one has a responsibility to pay more in taxes than is required. It’s up to you and I to figure out what is required. So we push the envelope and either through good fortune or because we really know what we are doing, we …
Continue reading The U.S. Tax System: How Did We Get Here? Pt. 1, the Early Years
Farnarkeling is a sport which began in Mesopotamia, which literally means ‘between the rivers’. This would put it somewhere in Victoria or New South Wales between the Murray and the Darling. The word Farnarkeling is Icelandic in structure, Urdu in metre and Celtic in the intimacy of its relationship between meaning and tone. Farnarkeling is …
My Comments: For many years than I am aware of, there have been “experts” who have expressed their opinion about the optimum rate to withdraw money from accumulated retirement funds. The reason for this is to offset a fear by many of running out of money at some point before you die. Typically, that’s not …
My Comments: When I saw this number, I had to reach far into my psyche to actually figure out how many dollars we’re talking about. And I’m someone who follows astronomy blog sites from time to time and am used to thinking in terms of billions of light years. It takes some time to get …
My Comments: I expected to be retired now. But I'm one of millions who find it better to keep working and use the daily mental challenge to stay healthy, and because the income is welcome. But the topic here is not an easy one to resolve. I can attest to the difficulty of talking with …
Continue reading Legacy, Estate Planning as Important as Retirement
My Thoughts on This: This article comes from the Financial Times, a primarily English publication. If it has a bias, it is probably toward what we think of as liberal. And I’m usually forced to copy the entire post for those of you who are interested since to create a link forces the reader to …
My Thoughts on This: As I get older, I become increasingly interested in how the future is likely to unfold. Part of it, I’m sure, is how much of it will I see, what will it look like, will I be there for my grandson’s high school graduation? We have reason to be somewhat fearful …
Continue reading Putting China’s “Hacking Army” into Perspective
My Comments: While this was written a few weeks ago, the underlying theme is entirely valid today. There is little chance that interest rates are going to see any significant increase over the next 24 months. The Fed has said they are not going to mess with them for perhaps two more years. There is …
My Thoughts on This: You've read my thoughts already about how ObamaCare, for better or worse, is going to change the health care delivery landscape in this country over the next decade. I've made the point that ten years from now you may not recognize the elements that were in the original legislation. That's because …
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