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Who Thinks The Comment McCain Made About Middle Class Making 5 Million Is For Real Or A Joke? ... Ok, on taxes, define "rich." Everybody talks about taxing the rich, but not the poor, the middle class. At what point - give me a number, give me a specific number - where do you move from middle class to rich? Is it $100,000, is it $50,000, is it $200,000? How does anybody know if we don't know what the standards are?...

Child Custody Agreement And Taxes ... A child custody agreement can have serious implications on your tax filing and your taxes overall. This issue should be addressed with your attorney or with your accountant while you are going through the process of negotiating or litigating child custody or a divorce agreement...

Mortgage Refinance: Top Reasons To Consider A Home Mortgage Refinance Loan ... 1. Tax Benefits from Refinancing The interest paid on mortgage loans secured to property, for the most part are tax deductible and offer homeowners the ability to claim the interest paid on their tax returns...

Making Your Mortgage Payments On Time? Doesn't Mean Your Safe From Foreclosure ... Illegal late charges have been applied when payments were made timely, taxes and insurance escrows are not routinely paid on behalf of the consumer timely, and additional principal payments and/or monthly principal and interest payments can not be verified... Watch for erroneously applied late fees for payments made timely, misapplied additional principal payments and ascertain if your escrow accounts (taxes and insurance) were paid in time for you to receive the standard discounts, often offered by city taxing authorities, when taxes are paid within a mandated time frame....

Funding College Education Through IRA Early Withdrawals ... While you will still owe applicable federal income taxes on the withdrawal distributions, this is an often overlooked method of paying for eligible educational expenses...

Pay Your Children To Work For You With The Blessing Of The IRS ... Save on Taxes by Hiring Your Children You've heard that you can't have your cake and eat it, too. But hiring your own family is one case when you can...

When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
—Mae West (1892–1980)

The chief want, in every State that I have been into, was a high and earnest purpose in its inhabitants. This alone draws out “the great resources” of Nature, and at last taxes her beyond her resources; for man naturally dies out of her.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

...if I were to be murdered I would not want my murderer executed. I would not want my death avenged. Especially by government—which can’t be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.
—Helen Prejean (b. 1940)