Based on your comment, I don’t know whether “ex” was ex-spouse or ex-BF or what. But, I think if you’re married, and this is of course just my opinion, everything is shared. Yes, we have certain things that are our own items. For example, I’m a musician and my wife isn’t. All my guitars and recording equipment are…

Good god that’s ridiculous. I’ve never heard of something like that. Of course, I generally don’t pay that much attention, beyond the exact dollar figure, and even if it’s off by less than $100, I just assume it was some FSA, 401(k), or health deduction. I probably should pay more attention to that.

My wife loves that I take care of all the finances. She’s a resident physician working 80 hour weeks so, it’s not like she has time anyway. But, I am a tax attorney, so I’m definitely not just sitting around.

That sounds on point. Both my wife and I are not extravagant spenders. In fact, she basically doesn’t spend money. I’m the one that buys stuff, typically for the house, but I have been known to buy a few video games now and then.

Is it weird to just have a joint account and not fight about money? My wife and I have a single checking account from which every expense is paid. If we want to buy something under $100, we just do (neither of us are spendthrifts, so we don’t do that often). If the amount is over $100, we quickly discuss it. Also, the…

Name a single thing you can deduct an employee can’t. Office space? Yeah we deduct that for my wife who is a resident physician. Travel expenses? Yep we deduct those for business. Supplies? Yep, we deduct those. Utilities? Yep, we deduct those. Meetings? Yep, we deduct those.

You really don’t get more time off, you still have to prep, you don’t get paid vacation. You only get more time off if you make less money or charge astronomical amounts. If you charge 200%, if you work more than 1/2 the time you would have as a W2, you’re not getting more time off and you’re not making more money…

That’s the point, you don’t work the same hours. You have to charge a higher rate in order to even make it worth while. You’re not working full time all year, you’re paying both employee and employer payroll taxes, you pay full price for health care, you get no vacation, you get no money for prep time (depending on…

That was only one example. Google will actually do this for any place you search for on Google.

Not only that, but Google Now recognizes your daily commute times (once you’ve told Google your home and your work) and will automatically give you a heads up regarding traffic conditions.

The money is better as a freelancer, until you take into account the fact that you’re solely responsible for payroll taxes, you get no vacation (i.e., you don’t work, you don’t get paid), you get no health care, you get no job security, etc....

As someone self-employed, you also have to pay all of the payroll taxes which sucks. My mother consults and she hates tax time because she always underestimates the amount of money she’ll make (contracts pop up through the year and there’s no real good way to estimate it) and she always ends up owing. That and she has…

Well, there’s no doubt those words will come up. They will.

I don’t judge candidates on how they look. I don’t care if Warren dyes her hair. I care about policy. I care about what that person is going to try to do in office. Whether that plays with the general public, I don’t know, but I can honestly say, I don’t care.

I don’t know, I’m pretty damn liberal and I find Hillary detestable. She’s for big banks, big money, status quo and hasn’t accomplished a single thing without the help of former President Clinton (she’d have never been NY Senator or Secretary of State without riding Bill’s coattails).

You know, personal preference and opinion aside, Sanders polls the same or better than Clinton against every Republican candidate? Here’s a source on that.

Previously I was a federal district court clerk, and I’m trying to get back into it (private practice sucks, you’re punished for doing your job quickly because it’s harder to meet billables).

You should read Judge Richard Posner’s article The Incoherence of Antonin Scalia.

You are totally correct. I think, this year, that resulted in an $8,000 deduction for us (1st year of our mortgage, so interest is huge). I don’t think I took that into account when I did my calculations, which would certainly reduce the “monthly” lifetime cost (basically reducing the interest paid by about 1/3).

It’s almost like when George W. Bush signed the law that prevents the federal government from negotiating drug prices it negatively impacted the entire market. Who’d have thought.