» Economic Times http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog Sun, 20 May 2012 06:11:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Revenue subject to change… http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?p=928 http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?p=928#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:12:43 +0000 James Coon http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?p=928 I’ve always thought it unconstitutional that they can tax me when I earn money (Income Tax), and then tax me again when I spend it (Sales Tax). I’ve paid my tax on that money, and I should damn well be able to spend it however I like without anybody sticking their fat hand in to grab some more.

Why, before you know it, they’ll be taxing me on what I’ve just got sitting around. In my pocket, say. Or the coin bank on the porter chest I’ve been meaning to put more coins in. Require me to take inventory of the pantry. Check the junk drawer. We’d have to file quarterly, no question—with the threat of Federal prison as the usual incentive.

Of course the IRS couldn’t take care of all this. Naw, they’ve got lots to screw up already. We’d need a whole new agency. Bring in the consultants. Studies. Commissions and Commissioners. Then we’d need a whole new top-level branch to supervise those two branches. Maybe Cabinet level.

I figure we could pay for some of this with what’s stashed behind my seat cushions. The rest, we’d borrow.

]]> http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?feed=rss2&p=928 0 Plus free checking… http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?p=862 http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?p=862#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:43:52 +0000 James Coon http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?p=862 I went into my bank and told them I wanted to open up a joint account—preferably with somebody who’s got a lot of dough.

Boy, talk about no sense of humor.

]]> http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?feed=rss2&p=862 0 FICO facts… http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?p=828 http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?p=828#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:07:38 +0000 James Coon http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?p=828 I keep seeing ads about how to beef up my credit score. I know how to beef it up: add more beef.

]]> http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?feed=rss2&p=828 0 Plummeting into single digits… http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?p=814 http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?p=814#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:32:47 +0000 James Coon http://www.jamescoon.com/jcblog/?p=814 Unemployment figures are out again, but I don’t read them. It doesn’t matter what the unemployment rate is. If you’re unemployed, it’s 100%.

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