by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 30, 2017 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics
I recently had the chance to watch Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 science fiction masterpiece Blade Runner, which in turn was based on a short story by science fiction writer Phillip K. Dick. I’m a fan of the original movie, and I...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 29, 2017 | Economics, Politics, Taxation
If I were to tell you that the loudest deficit hawks of today are Democrats, you’d probably snort your coffee. Yet that’s the bizarro-world reversal of talking points that has ensued from the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Yes, it remains that a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 26, 2017 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
The latest entry in the Star Wars franchise has closed out its second week of release, and some media outlets are engaging in gleeful schadenfreude over the precipitous drop in box office receipts from Week 1 to Week 2. Two weeks in, the overall numbers are strong,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 21, 2017 | Economics, Politics, Taxation
Much fuss has been made over the amount of cash and assets some of America’s biggest companies have stashed away off-shore, estimated by some at more a trillion dollars. Under current tax law, the government considers all that taxable at the 35% corporate rate,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 17, 2017 | Opinion, Taxation
As the GOP/Trump tax reform plan approaches the finish line, the hyperventilation regarding one of its major provisions is cresting. Yes, this is about the much maligned (by Democrats, at least) limit on deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT). Under current tax...
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