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Trusting Politicians

Big Red Car — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 22:44:03 +0000

I do not trust politicians. I never really have. I am often tempted to single out Democrats for being more untrustworthy, but I call them like I see them. Here is my view of Louisiana Republican politics and the Republicans. It sucks. They suck. Do not trust them. What happened, Big Red Car? Ahh, here […]

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Crypto — We’re From The IRS And We’re Here To Help

Big Red Car — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 13:37:50 +0000

Just when you thought the government of the United States of America had forgotten about you, the Internal Revenue Service sends you a love letter telling you how the cow shall consume the cabbage as it relates to taxes on the use of cryptocurrency. They had previously opined on the subject last back in 2014 […]

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Tech, Taxes, Tariffs, Trade — And French Wine

Big Red Car — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 19:23:10 +0000

France has imposed/threatened a “digital services tax” on the likes of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google — all American companies. The tax is 3% of gross revenues from digital services earned in France, but only for companies with more than 25MM Euros in French revenue and 750MM Euros in worldwide gross revenue. The tax money […]

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Repeal & Replace — TAXES

Big Red Car — Fri, 05 May 2017 14:16:25 +0000

Repeal & Replace taxes, Big Red Car? Big Red Car here on a spectacular Texas morning in May, the kind of day which fuels your passions and diminishes your troubles. On Earth as it is in Texas! Alternatively: Make America Texas Again? [Doing some A/B testing is the Big Red Car?] So, the Republicans and […]

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Raising Taxes, A Presidential Thing

Big Red Car — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 15:20:11 +0000

Big Red Car here in the ATX which is enjoying some convertible weather. I am headed out to the Hill Country this afternoon and why not? Folks up north, please don’t hate me — the azaleas will be blooming in about five weeks here in Texas. Always coincides with Spring Break. So The Boss has […]

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State Governors Lead the Way

Big Red Car — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:27:42 +0000

Big Red Car here. Hope you are well on this nice crisp Texas day. It is wonderful. So The Boss is out and about and I have been surfing the web. I came across a couple of interesting articles which seem to tell the tale as it relates to the fortunes of different states in […]

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The Estate Tax, an Odious and Confiscatory Tax

Big Red Car — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:20:08 +0000

Big Red Car here. So I was listening in on The Boss’s recent meeting with a lawyer over lunch the other day. Nice salad at the new Austin Java on Windsor in west Austin. So here is what I learned. The Boss does not like the estate tax and calls it an odious and confiscatory […]

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The Fiscal Cliff II

Big Red Car — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:16:38 +0000

Big Red Car here. So yesterday, we learned that the Fiscal Cliff is not a new bar in South Austin. But, really what the Hell is it? What’s really going on here? Tax increases and a few small spending cuts Sure we know it’s a bunch of expiring tax rates which create tax increases while […]

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The Fiscal Cliff

Big Red Car — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:19:04 +0000

Big Red Car here. So yesterday, I am over at Green Mesquite Barbecue at the corner of Lamar Boulevard and Barton Springs Road and a cute little Mercedes convertible howdies me and asks: “Hey, Big Red Car, do you know where I can find the Fiscal Cliff?” So I’m thinking — is that a new […]

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