It wasn't until a few months before the mid-term elections that some smart right-wing commentators realized that causing some partisan outrage could help swing the election.

Well it looks like we may no longer have to guess what the income tax rate tables will be for next year (provided the House doesn't screw this up which is entirely possible - there are a lot more pissed off lame ducks there).You're right though, this illegal budget maneuver is not going to sit well with people, neither is the BS treaty they want the Senate to ratify without reading.Good grief these last couple weeks have made it so abundantly clear why this Congress has a 13% approval rating and why the liberals got absolutely creamed in this last election.

Clinton implemented "pay as you go," which was the first time since Reagan that any President seriously tried to balance the budget.

There is a balance between something like electing to use the $2,500 de minimus safe harbor and the resulting impact on your DTI for residential loan qualification purposes.  

When my 11-year-old son asked me about Donald Trump, I told him about the incredibly marvelous deals he did as a real estate dude ago not about the incredible marvelous things he is doing as President.

An LLC can elect to do this.

For all of you that have to deal with POS - this is not the first time I heard of this but makes me wonder how other cities will react.Ohio city’s point of sale ordinance found to be unconstitutional -On February 12, 2018By Peg Ritenour, Ohio REALTORS Vice President of Legal Services/AdministrationIn a decision issued late last week, the federal district court for the southern district of Ohio ruled that the point of sale ordinance of the City of Oakwood is unconstitutional.

An LLC without any elections is literally taxed exactly the same way a sole prop would be. 

If the husband dies the wife could elect to receive SURVIVOR'S benefit which would be about $2,000-$2100 per month but would no longer receive her $1600 per month.As the other poster wrote he could write a book about the various ways social security income changes

This would be Christmas, NYE, MLK Day and Presidents Day.