tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post117674008747135404..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The CBS School of EconomicsGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1176841940942065182007-04-17T16:32:00.000-04:002007-04-17T16:32:00.000-04:00For the past 9 years, I have plotted something I c...For the past 9 years, I have plotted something I call "spendable income" which is gross pay minus state/fed taxes, FICA, mortgage, and prop taxes. The results show that while gross pay income rose by 60%, spendable income only rose by 50%. The main culprit was federal/state income tax. I think that's what they call bracket creep.<BR/><BR/>"Spendable income" has hovered either side of 50% year over year for the duration. But the cost of living seems to have outpaced the 50% increase in spendable income. Or maybe lifestyle choices are making a bigger impact on my spendable income and I just want to blame the government. I think I need to relocate from SoCal to recalibrate my needs.sammy smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130046727423590084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1176745614683182072007-04-16T13:46:00.000-04:002007-04-16T13:46:00.000-04:00When Braver joined the White House beat in 1992, h...<I> When Braver joined the White House beat in 1992, her husband (D.C. power lawyer Robert Barnett) was already there, working as a personal attorney for Bill and Hillary Clinton. According to Newsmax, Mr. Barnett subsequently recused himself from the position of White House attorney, possibly to prevent conflict of interest accusations toward his wife. But Barnett was reportedly involved in the removal of papers from Vince Foster's office after his suicide, and he later negotiated a series of big-money book deals for Mr. Clinton and his wife. Nothing illegal about those latter activities, but as Newsmax observes, the fiduciary ties between Barnett and the Clintons should have been enough to keep his wife off the White House beat </I> <BR/><BR/><BR/>I should be amazed ,but I am not amazed how in-bed and inbred the MSM is with the Democratic Party. Like the physical practitioners of incest, our own MSM produces a deformed and lethargic progeny. So much so, I can't help think of Washington as Appalachia on the Potomac.jobobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000456767808529531noreply@blogger.com