STUMP - Death and Taxes

In this episode, I discuss the many deaths in Dickens's novels. There are very many deaths in quite a variety. STUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Episode Links: I have not checked the following chart from Dear Mr. Dickens for accuracy, but a graphical...

In the audio podcast I talk about why I didn’t start preparing my tax returns until yesterday (when I usually have them done by now). I also discuss the advance child tax credit payments during 2021, and the battle for the SALT cap removal. I hope it fails, as a wise man once said. A related recent-ish story from CNBC: Families are struggling again after just 2 months without child tax credit paym...

Related links: Video from today — Memorial live stream against war: Memorial International: https://www.memo.ru/en-us/memorial/mission-and-statute/ The Dmitriev Affair: https://dmitrievaffair.com/ Dmitriev Affair Links: 28 February 2022: MEMORIAL APPEAL AGAINST CLOSURE FAILS 31 December 2021: “THE MAIN THING IS TO PASS ON WHAT WE KNOW” Excerpts from Dmitriev’s translated letter in 31 Dec 2021 post...

Transcript: [this is an experiment using Dragon Speak and my own editing] [Dies Irae chant intro] Hello and welcome to STUMP — death and taxes This is Mary Pat Campbell, also known as meep, the MP portion of STUMP. The STU part — That's the silent partner, and for today, Presidents' Day, I want to celebrate “Silent Cal” that is President Coolidge from 100 years ago. Yes, I know Presidents' Day is...