Tag: The Fiscal Cliff

Today’s Rorschach Test: The Federal Government’s Money-In and Money-Out Numbs

Monday, December 10, 2012 at 11am
By John Friedman

And here’s to you, you billions and trillions of dollars that is the federal government’s Money-In and Money-Out. A nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Do you know what those numbers look like? Most people do not. *  *  * One of the most long-lived financial sites aimed at […]

The So-Called, So-Called Fiscal Cliff, Again, but this Time with Feeling and with an Emphasis on Negotiation Tactics

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10am
By John Friedman

A friend asks, “John — What do you have to say about the fiscal cliff?” I’ve had quite a bit to say about the so-called so-called fiscal cliff (yes: that’s an intentional double-up on the so-called phrase, because these days, more often than not, when you see the FC phrase it’s either […]

Post-Election Financial Health Takeaways

Monday, November 12, 2012 at 12pm
By John Friedman

Elections have consequences — sometimes quickly and obviously, sometimes over the long-run, and sometimes not so much. Last week’s election stands a good chance of being consequential. It stands a good chance of being quickly and obviously consequential due to the oncoming rush of the fiscal cliff. And it has […]

T’is the Season for 1040-Tweaking: A Schedule for End-of-Year Action

Friday, November 9, 2012 at 11am
By John Friedman

Halloween is now ten days passed. I know this because there is no longer any bite-sized bad-for-you-food on the reception desks in offices throughout downtown SF. Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. I know this because the decorations are up and the holiday music is a blarin’. A bit […]

Tax Rates and the Fiscal Cliff (a/k/a the ALLEL-GBTD-HSS-2001)

Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 1pm
By John Friedman

We now return to our normally scheduled program . . . *  *  * The election of 2012 is over and at least day-and-a-half-after debriefed. My how things have changed. Looking back we see how:      Twelve years ago we, as a nation, made decisions which, when aggregated, were […]