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Tag: taxes

  • Kintsugi
  • February 27, 2021February 27, 2021

Your 2021 Tax Brackets vs. 2020 Tax Brackets

John Waggoner, AARP, Updated January 28, 2021  You might be filling out your tax return for 2020, but you’re living in tax year 2021, and tax year 2021 has substantial differences from

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  • Kintsugi
  • December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

Tax Tips for 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, finally, many of us start thinking about taxes. We should have thought about tax-saving strategies at the start of the year, but, you know, we were too busy worrying about

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 11, 2020

17 States With Estate or Inheritance Taxes

by John Waggoner, AARP, October 5, 2020 Eleven states have only an estate tax: Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washingto

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https://youtu.be/fQhFX2QqQrY?si=Qy7wEg0dV_7o2xFu

NY Times

  • The Incredible Art of Being Jeff Koons
  • Trump’s Grand Midterm Convention Finale: ‘I’m a Little Bit Tired of Politics’
  • This Is Really Bad
  • AARP Projects 2027 Social Security COLA at 3.6%
  • How Did a Heart Drug With So Much Promise Fall So Flat?
https://youtu.be/rDZ_gaUQab4?si=a6n8K1_lMElicuaI

NPR

  • This summer was hot. August shattered global heat records
  • A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived
  • Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured
  • Are we any closer to detecting dark matter?
  • 'Her body temperature was 106': How heat is killing Americans in their homes
https://youtu.be/XbnUHYxtYgI?si=2jfd6S2d_MdVaqlC

The Progressive

  • The 9/11 I Lived in Gaza
  • Does Soccer Still Explain the World?
  • We Must Rise To Meet the AI Threat
  • A ‘Gold Rush Moment’ for Private Education
  • In Lebanon, In Limbo
https://youtu.be/uD8jZQYslik?si=Kz8C1rm1giykowiP

FactCheck.org

  • FactChecking Trump’s Midterm Convention Speech
  • Ohio Democratic Ads Connect Husted to Bribery Scandal, Despite No Charges of Wrongdoing
  • Ad Attacking N.C. Republican Senate Candidate Uses His Own (Dated) Words Against Him
  • Ossoff Ad Takes Collins’ Quote Out of Context
  • Social Media Posts Push False Claim of Trump Chopping Down 60 Cherry Trees

Snopes.com

  • Was Trump rescued by 2 firefighters after 9/11?
  • Do images show former NFL star Clay Matthews after plastic surgery?
  • Was Trump at Ground Zero with group of workers days after 9/11, as he claimed?
  • Did Trump say he saved people on Titanic? Here's the truth
  • Does image show Trump's low grades at Fordham University?
https://youtu.be/m0RArRK7wEA?si=xFo4EarSDzEbpLLe

Tradeoffs

  • As SNAP Shrinks, What's the Future of Food Aid in America?
  • Beyond Finger Pointing: The Fight to Lower Health Care Costs
  • The Cost of Cutting NIH Research: Voices from the Frontlines
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet HHS Chaos Heads to the Senate
  • ‘I Feel Unsafe Almost Everywhere’: How Trump Has Changed Life for One Transgender Teen
https://youtu.be/lY5V4hSLWY8?si=r3Oa5jmsQLTBq_2Q

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