Beijing has evolved since my arrival here in October 2010. While the Chinese lunar New Year approached in 2017, there was an unusual silence on the streets of China’s capital city. A Mexican experiences Chinese New Year in rural China Through this piece, I would like to share my experience...
My results suggest that the government revenue losses due to consumption through the firm amount to 1% of GDP. Reallocating the tax savings and personal expenditures hidden within firms to the reported household income of business managers increases the Gini by one percentage point and the top 1%...
16 Then you turned around and profaned My name, and every one of you brought back his male and female slaves, whom you had set at liberty, at their pleasure, and brought them back into subjection, to be your male and female slaves.’ 17 “Therefore thus says the LORD:‘You have not...
in late August, when I took a 2 train from Grand Army Plaza to Borough Hall, every passenger on my train was properly masked, but when the doors opened at Atlantic Ave., two cops without masks were patrolling the platform. In fact, some of the most egregious mask violators in the city...
including additional mailings and in-person visits by paid census-takers. These additional steps come at a cost, and we, the tax-payers, pay the bill. Help spread the word to your neighbors and household members–don’t throw the Census form away with the junk mail. Fill it out and mai...
I write a ‘to do’ list that I need to do the next day as I find it helps me keep my focus. I exercise every other day. I find running for at least 30 minutes energises me for the day ahead, but any exercise is fine. There are lots of online fitness sessions to choose from....
The proposed tax rate increase of three cents would bring the rate to $1.18 per $100 of assessed value and result in an average annual tax bill increase of approximately $346. But homeowners will see a bigger increase because countywide residential real estate assessments are up an average of...
Here is a short thread about my visit toAnjar, a small village in the Bekaa valley just on the Lebanese side of the border with Syria. Here are the ruins of an Umayyad city from 709, some 80 years after the death of the prophet Muhammad. But Anjar itself is now Armenian. How is th...
“My Family Disaster Plan,”was supported by a grant from“Idol Gives Back”, the show’s annual fundraising event. The piece was released last year when this blog was on hiatus so I am posting it now. You can download “My Family Disaster Plan”here. Thanks to the Twitter feedÂ@kid...
better roads, more police but instead it is going to lawyers costs, maybe even appeals. Here is what the money should be going to, in my opinion,https://www.change.org/p/bill-english-i-urgently-need-a-cochlear-implant-surgery-before-i-go-completely-deaf-294c27d1-54c9-4261-8e76-ca26...