Tax Guru-Ker$tetter Letter

Saturday, January 08, 2005

AARP's Social Security Ads Mislead the Public – Just singing from their usual DemonRat hymnal.

Study: Congressional Retirees Reap Huge Taxpayer-Funded Pensions – Royalty has its privileges, so we mere peons have no right to be jealous of what our rulers are able to set up for themselves at our expense.

Congressional spendthrifts – Drunken sailors are still in charge in DC, and it’s not just Teddy K.

Congress has concluded its 108th session. Beginning with the 102nd session, members of the House submitted 5,756 bills to increase spending, and just 1,158 to cut it. In the same period, senators offered 3,896 bills to raise spending and 504 bills to reduce it. What's more, the trends are headed the wrong way: In both houses the 107th and 108th sessions marked the low point for the numbers of bills to cut spending and the high point for bills to raise it.

Ex-Senators to Lead Panel on Tax Code – Great idea! Who better to unravel the insane tax code than some of the same bozos who created it? Nothing could go wrong there. Gee, I wonder how this simplification effort will turn out?

Bush Panel to Outline Tax Reform Options by July 31

Texas Lawmaker to Urge Statewide Property Tax for School Finance

Bush Signs Extension of 2004 Deduction Window for Tsunami Relief Donations – But most states won’t be able to pass legislation in time to conform with this new Federal law, such as in California.

- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 1/08/2005 02:56:00 AM Send this post: