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Travel Blogger Finds Sex, Drugs Even Some Museums But No Tax Deductions

Travel Blogger Finds Sex, Drugs Even Some Museums But No Tax Deductions

Probably the thing that hurt him the most was not doing any sort of planning or inquiry before burning through nearly $40,000.  On the other hand you might argue that blogging was a much younger field in 2007 when he conceived of the idea.  I read Blogging For Dummies in 2010 and the main emphasis was to deliver good content.

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Let Irwin Schiff Die With His Family Not In Prison

Let Irwin Schiff Die With His Family Not In Prison

Be sure to check out JJ MacNab’s critical comments on this piece.  She points out that there is quite a bit of nonsense in the Alex Jones interview.  JJ has focused a lot of attention on what is called the “sovereign citizen” movement, a pretty disturbing phenomenon.  Although the Schiffs, father and son, are not advocates of violence the flood of frivolous filings unleashed by Irwin’s notions sometimes threatens to swamp the system.  Just as a country goes to war with the army it has, it funds its legitimate operations with the tax system that it has. The main reason Irwin’s ideas are persuasive is because they support a notion that many people would like to be true. They really don’t stand up to serious scrutiny and I don’t think most of the believers apply any scrutiny to them.  Peter Schiff seems to be a smart guy and an independent thinker, but, you know, it’s his dad, so I’m inclined to give him a pass.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.