The Navy is ready and capable of boosting production of new ships if President-elect Donald Trump makes good his vow to expand the U.S. Navy to 350 ships, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson told Reuters. This is all part of another Trump lie that the American military is underfunde[...]
Posts Tagged ‘taxes’
November 28th, 2016 - 10:56 am § in Misc.
AFTER TRUMP: Let’s end taxes on the rich!
Paul Ryan: ‘It’s Not Harmful’ That Trump Hasn’t Paid Taxes In Nearly Two Decades (VIDEO) In a show of support for Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan said he doesn’t believe that The New York… PROUDEMOCRAT.COM[...]
November 1st, 2016 - 10:15 am § in The Ave Scene
Is ST3 about creating LA? Or is it about planning a “new” Sound-opolis with local high density housing?
Transportation Proposed light-rail expansion includes 8,560 park-and-ride stalls — but is it enough? Sound Transit 3’s investment in parking is likely critical to some voters’ support to expand light rail deep into the suburbs — north to Everett, east to Issaquah and Redmond and south to Tac[...]
October 17th, 2016 - 2:02 am § in The Ave Scene
How NOT to pay taxes in Seattle
So here in ohso liberal Seattle, we have no state income tax .. mostly we pay real estate taxes. That might be OK, except we also offer yuge tax breaks to folks who own expensive homes. I live in a damn pricey neighborhood. A few months ago I posted about a house downstreet has been […][...]
October 9th, 2016 - 12:58 pm § in The Ave Scene
David Brewster on The $54 Billion Sound Transit Prop 1
David Brewster Seattle Times runs pro-con op-eds on Sound Transit vote. The opposition case is particularly well made by Chuck Collins; odd that the case in favor comes from a California head of Sierra Club, not a local. Collins makes good points about limited impact on congestion, failure of tr[...]
October 3rd, 2016 - 11:09 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Understanding The Donald’s Taxes
Donald Cay Johnstone is the tax expert and economist who has explained the Trump’s taxes. Worth a read. A brief summary: Trump combined tax benefits under Section 1231 of the Internal Revenue Code with the exception provisions in Section 108. In less legalistic terms, in 1990 Trump over pai[...]
October 2nd, 2016 - 12:50 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
The resurrection of serious journalism is at hand
The New York Times risked legal trouble to publish Donald Trump’s tax return Federal law makes it illegal to publish an unauthorized tax return. Share WASHINGTONPOST.COM|BY CALLUM BORCHERS The resurrection of serious journalism is at hand…The Pentagon Papers case all over again…and wit[...]
September 26th, 2016 - 7:18 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: How much does the average federal tax payer pay for the US defence budget
$523 $1213 $2101 $4321 $8,841[...]
August 3rd, 2016 - 5:16 pm § in The Ave Scene
David Preston: What Seattle Housing Gets for $290 million
David Preston Seattle’s $290 million “affordable housing” property tax levy passed yesterday, doubling the amount of the previous levy. Voters likely approved it because they felt it would reduce the number of homeless people visible on the streets. Unfortunately, it will likely [...]