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Books, books and more books, just no reading…

In the most recent data, I could find.  From riveting romance novels to the latest political science theories, the U.S. book industry plays a massive role in education, entertainment, and more. The U.S. book industry made $25.93 billion in revenue in 2020 Including...

Tic-Toc news

I was brought up in a world that did not trust China. In 1989 the Chinese military attacked students and protestors in Tiananmen Square protests and massacred many with tanks and rifles, killing 218 civilians (official number) or up to 800, by other estimates. Today,...

Immigrants

The first thing I think of when immigrants are mentioned, are field hands harvesting crops slowly by hand. I know a stereotype. We are aware that many industries depend on immigrants, granted in many cases to fill low-skill positions; immigrants account for roughly a...

941-X

Surprise (again)!  The IRS still has a large batch of unprocessed Forms 941-X; approximately 199,000 of them as of Sept. 21. I assisted with increasing the pile by the addition of two more earlier in October. Many of these quarterly payroll tax returns were filed by...

Books to Movies

I was just watching the “Offer” the factitious tale of the making of the “Godfather”.  I was looking back on those standout movies from the 1970’s and most seem to be based on bestselling books. Now these were blockbuster films, not “Where the Crawdads Sing” or...

Tax credit double dipping

Clergy and the military both get a double tax break on housing allowances; and I have no problem with either group doing so. The military are paid poverty wages and are encouraged to be locked into the poverty way of life as one way to get extra cash.  The idea behind...

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