by Leif Jensen | Aug 11, 2020 | Investing |
Johnny Appleseed, there is the myth and legend, but then there is the man. We all know bits and pieces of the legend. Most of us know little about the man, fewer still know the man beyond some sparse general details. I was reading a book that briefly mentioned the...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 10, 2020 | Corporate Entities |
When original owners sell stock in companies, they find ways to get the money, but still control the company. One of the ways to do this is to issue a different share of stock with little or no voting rights, but rights to dividends and growth. One such company is...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 5, 2020 | General |
George Washington may well be the first environmentalist in our country. All planters knew that the tobacco crop depleted the soil. Others just bought more land, George looked into ways to replenish the soil. His research lead him to move away from tobacco as the...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 4, 2020 | Running a Business |
I read a review of the book George Washington, Entrepreneur. It was surprising, all that I had read about Washington, and it never really touched on this aspect of his life. So, I purchased and read the books it was fascinating with what George and Martha did, they...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 3, 2020 | Taxes |
The bottom 43 to 45% of taxpayers don’t pay in any money for federal income taxes. So, it is unsurprising, that most Americans pay more in payroll taxes than in income taxes. Based on the structure of the Social Security payroll tax, poor and working-class people...
