Tax Guru-Ker$tetter Letter
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
The Blue-State Tax - A new name for the insipidly ridiculous AMT.
Nearly 1 million signatures for new phone tax in the PRC
The Deadly Third Rail of Politics - Social Security
The FICA slush fund
Proving personal accounts work
Why Housing Is About to Go "Pop!" - It is true that the historically low mortgage interest rates have helped pump up demand and prices of real estate. As has happened before, this will reverse when interest rates rise and fewer people can afford to make their payments. It's a natural cycle and doesn't mean that real estate is a bad investment; just that you need to take it into account and not overpay for properties that are too sensitive to interest rate fluctuations.