There’s a real lack of stop and think about numbers going around in the comments today.

Jesus people. It’s not about how much of damned refund you got. Before you spout off do this:
- Compare your 2017 and 2018 taxable income (mine increased a little over $5k. Only income last year was wages from my job).
- Compare the taxes you owed (mine decreased $1234 in 2018).
And I’m single man renter living in…

Did your total tax paid actually go up or was it just that your withholding wasn’t “enough”?

People freaking out about not getting a refund, but if you look at your effective tax rate, good chance it’s lower than prior years. Of all the returns I have completed for 2018 so far, 95% have been at a lower effective tax rate than prior years.  That figure will change once people start receiving 1099s from their…

You ignored warnings to check your withholding and you ended up not withholding enough money to cover your taxes. Stop blaming other people for your fuck up.

There were only 30k votes cast in the primary between her and Crowley compared to 110k votes that were ultimately cast for her alone in the general. (Crowley drew 9k votes in the general.)

I think Taxes had your number. You’re complaining about the change to the Federal Tax code that typically favors constituents not considered “conservative.” Local taxation rates should have nothing to do with the Federal Tax Code and should be removed as a deduction altogether. 

You have misspelled “no, I was making it up and have nothing to back it up.”

Article writing is alive and well. Journalism is on the way out in favor of reading the comments and writing articles to game them. 

Yeah, our engineering and computer science guys at university right now are quick to point out that what they need isn’t more students, they need better students. They’ve got a glut of thoroughly mediocre students who aren’t going to make any significant contribution to the profession, who probably aren’t going to…

Nobody is irreplaceable.

John,

People just don’t grasp this simple concept. I haven’t measurably changed my way of living since I was making $40k like 30 years ago. I bought a moderate house, buy boring cars (and a vintage muscle car) for cash, don’t buy designer anything. My biggest splurge these days is experiences, like concerts and key…

You left out one thing...tax returns. It makes me want to throw up every time I hear someone getting excited about receiving a refund check.

The lifestyle change happens at goal weight, not for weight loss. No one can operate at a caloric deficit indefinitely, the law of thermodynamics won’t allow it.

He made bad life decisions and makes those around him pay for those decisions instead of growing up and getting a real career to support his family. Sad thing is people see this blog post as good.

“My girlfriend has worked full-time to support my career as a Fortnite streamer, so I owe it to her and my four-year-old son...”

I’m not going to try and get in The Rock’s head, so I’m not defending what he’s getting at here per se, but I — as someone that clearly identifies as a liberal and supports the progressive movement, who can’t stand the right as it exists today — believe he makes a very good point, in general about a segment, not all,…

Saying it’s wise not to collect Social Security until full retirement age is not good advice. This is one that really depends on specific circumstances. I’ve included a break even table below. I think it’s fair to say most of us will enjoy the early years of our retirement, when we are still hopefully in good health,…

Due to Princeton’s grant-based aid, 82% of Princeton grads graduate with no debt, so you don’t really need to be a Rockefeller to graduate from there without debt. (source)