帅哥终于狰狞的露出了社会主义的真面目，新出台的预算方案赤字惊人，大规模提高健康保险，教育和能源的部分，还要大规模的加收入250k以上家庭的税。
与此同时，遮掩扭捏了多日之后，政府承认把给花旗注资的优先股都折算成普通股，合40％的股份，花旗银行虽然没正式国有化成了政府的人，也算基本进了政府的门。已经放进去的几十比林，只不过是下的聘礼。以后还且要扔钱进去。我心里直替阿拉伯王子们怨啊。金融风暴刚起的时候，花旗跑到阿拉伯王子家借了几个比林，当时借的是可转换债卷，收的是好像是11.5％，简直是信用卡的利率。可惜注明两年后必须转成普通股，价格是20多块上下小范围可浮动。相比现在两三块的实际股价，这笔买卖，真是亏的大了。
三言并做两语：国家一定要强。不然别的国家被坑了，也不能乖乖就范。
Trillion Is The New Billion
Uh ... I don't think that's true. What happens is that the tax cut for >$250K/yr families instituted in 2001, which originally had a sunset clause to expire in 2010, will be allowed to expire and return to the same rate as the pre-GWB era. These are not new taxes.还要大规模的加收入250k以上家庭的税。
The massive tax cut packages in 2001 and 2003 directly contributed to the current deficit and crumbling infrastructure of the country. They have already cost trillions of dollars in revenue --- most of it going into the pocket of corporations (corporate tax cuts).
Several fiscal conservatives, ie, Republicans with spines, disagreed with the tax cuts at that time and were punished by the neo-cons. So please don't tell me that Republicans are interested in balancing budgets.
The corporate tax cuts and capital gains tax cuts all contributed to the bubbles in the stock market in the past decade.
To put it this way -- if you are rich and have your money in stocks and bonds, your income derived from these investment vehicles are taxed at a much lower rate (10% to 20%) compared with income from ordinary savings interests and, especially, from working, which are taxed at the personal income rate (up to 39%).
Anyone see a problem with this incentive system?
No socialism? How about putting an end to government-subsidized stock market gambling and corn-ethonol subsidies and giving a pass for oil companies to drill on Federal land FOR FREE and make a huge profit from oil that belong to all taxpayers? How about cutting some of the massive welfare for the rich? Multimillion-dollar welfare check for Mr. Thain and co.?
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此喵已死，有事烧纸
这个是普通税率, 和AMT是两个系统.
公认的AMT的问题是TAX BRACKET和DEDUCTION没有按通货膨胀调整, 所以过了若干年就收到普通工薪阶层来了. 现在出台种种退税加税, 都有收入线,如果不按通货膨胀调整, 将来有的扯皮的. 不改不公平, 改了减少财政收入. 现在AMT就是一年一次扯皮, 往往年都过了才通过调整.
IRS这会可忙死了, 我给IRS打电话,好多MENU上的选项是断掉的, 不转也不给留言. 一个月前还好好的, 估计要至少到七八月后才有希望. 我很郁闷很郁闷.
公认的AMT的问题是TAX BRACKET和DEDUCTION没有按通货膨胀调整, 所以过了若干年就收到普通工薪阶层来了. 现在出台种种退税加税, 都有收入线,如果不按通货膨胀调整, 将来有的扯皮的. 不改不公平, 改了减少财政收入. 现在AMT就是一年一次扯皮, 往往年都过了才通过调整.
IRS这会可忙死了, 我给IRS打电话,好多MENU上的选项是断掉的, 不转也不给留言. 一个月前还好好的, 估计要至少到七八月后才有希望. 我很郁闷很郁闷.
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赶紧闭嘴了我。
假设弯曲拿ORDINARY INCOME双收入家庭, 没有大的投资所得. AGI 15万到25万, BUSH减税取消后,MARRIAGE PENALTY多交两三千, 税率上涨多交1-3千. 如果已经在交AMT, 影响其实更小些.
AGI25万, 再多交两三千. 因为如果没有大的ITEMIZED DEDUCTION, 不受加税影响. 如果有(例如比较大的贷款利息和房产税), 边际税率也就28%-31%, 其实也不加什么. 虽然25万是分界线, 真正受大影响的是40万以上的. 但是有多少人有40万年度收入还都从ORDINARY INCOME来. 大概弯曲的STOCK OPTON MILLIONAIRS需要担心. 现在我其实担心OBAMA对加这项税增收过于乐观了.
这个线(单身20万, 家庭25万) 不鼓励结婚, 希望天下有情专业人士GAY都结婚分担税务, 阿门.
AGI25万, 再多交两三千. 因为如果没有大的ITEMIZED DEDUCTION, 不受加税影响. 如果有(例如比较大的贷款利息和房产税), 边际税率也就28%-31%, 其实也不加什么. 虽然25万是分界线, 真正受大影响的是40万以上的. 但是有多少人有40万年度收入还都从ORDINARY INCOME来. 大概弯曲的STOCK OPTON MILLIONAIRS需要担心. 现在我其实担心OBAMA对加这项税增收过于乐观了.
这个线(单身20万, 家庭25万) 不鼓励结婚, 希望天下有情专业人士GAY都结婚分担税务, 阿门.
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我看到这个抓眼球的标题吓了一跳！ 一个公司三个月内怎么可能丢掉62 billions的钱？ 虽然最后有这段解释，还是很难接受。The federal government is preparing to loosen the terms of its huge loan to the American International Group and provide another $30 billion to the insurer as it prepares to report the biggest quarterly loss in history on Monday, $62 billion, people involved in the discussions said Sunday night.
The loss that A.I.G. is preparing to report on Monday would be the largest ever by any company in a single quarter. Still, of the $62 billion loss being reported, only about $2 billion is a cash loss. The rest is the result of noncash items like write-downs on the value of the company’s assets.
