Thank you to those who commented on my thoughts last week. You had good comments and ideas. Let me spend a few moments expanding on the recent difficulties in Washington DC due to a lack of “collaboration” and the inability to get an agreement on expanding the debt ceiling. Hopefully we will see that impasse come to an end today or tomorrow with what could be a palatable bill for both parties.
There is a segment of the American society very adverse to taxes. Now, I do not like paying taxes (who does?) – whenever I get my pay check I always wonder what I could do with even half the money that is deducted in social security and Federal income tax. And then reality sets in.