Friday, November 5, 2010

Reading Recommendations: 11/5/2010–Evening Edition

Wonk Monkey enjoys his mother-in-laws chicken pillows. They were particular good today and he appreciates the effort that she made in making them for him and his family. But now the monkey thinks… how much better would they taste if they were banana pillows?


The Wonk Monkey has also been placing a lot of thought into the issue of Taxes. In many other countries people have much higher tax rates, and although they wouldn’t mind having them lowered (who doesn’t like a few extra bananas in their pocket) they do value them. They even call them value added taxes.

So the question needs to be asked, how can you value a tax if you don’t even know where your bananas are going? Of course, even if you don’t like where your bananas are going you still want to know what they are being used for (building forts, cars, turning them into Frisbees).

Apparently the Wonk Monkey is not the only one asking this question. According to the Wall Street Journal a group called Third Way has just released an itemized tax receipt for two theoretical couples.

What a great idea.

 

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Banks are preparing new fees, and increasing minimum payments in order to try and force people to pay late and thus charge more late fees.

The US Economy Added 151,000 Jobs (with a chart, who doesn't like a chart).

Wonk Monkey hopes Representative Maxine Waters (D) gets the book thrown at her for this.

This is exactly what the United States Government didn’t want, a second WikiLeaks.

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