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Will Student Loans Delay A Major Housing Recovery?

by admin | Aug 22, 2012 | Tax

Tim Smith consults with companies on how to reach members of the Echo Boom generation, also referred to as Millenials and Gen Y (Americans born between 1982 and 1995. My littlest echo all 6’4″ of him just started college this week). Tim writes the Echo...

Real Reason Romney Returns Not Being Released ?

by admin | Aug 21, 2012 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com on August 21st, 2012 My friend James thinks he may have “doped out”, as he puts it, why we aren’t getting another decade’s worth of Romney returns. James (not his real name), whom I have previously...

Should We Care About Romney’s Unreleased Tax Returns ?

by admin | Aug 18, 2012 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com on August 18th, 2012 I have gone on the record as hoping that Mitt Romney will not do a data dump of 10 or more years of federal tax returns. The reason is quite selfish. I will feel compelled to either look at the damn...

How Would Warren Buffett Feel About Paying A Billion Per Year ?

by admin | Aug 17, 2012 | Tax

Almost exactly a year ago, I, along with the rest of the tax blogosphere, was writing about Warren Buffett complaining that he wasn’t paying enough taxes. He had paid about seven million. With his current net worth at 44 billion, Mr. Buffett would get change...

Paul Ryan’s Return Should Have Gone On Extension

by admin | Aug 17, 2012 | Tax

I just finished looking at Paul Ryan’s returns. They were pretty unexciting. The return showed a little over 1,000 bucks for tax preparation in both 2010 and 2011 (probably for his 2009 and 2010 returns). Shows you what interests me. He also changed...

Can We Prevent An Education Bubble?

by admin | Aug 16, 2012 | Tax

Timothy Smith writes The Echo Boom Bomb, a blog featuring financial, economic and socioeconomic analysis of the Millennial generation (also known as Echo Boom Generation or Generation Y). The Echo Boomers or Millennials are people born between 1982 and 1995. Mr....