Frugal Woman Dies At 100, Leaves Millions

Some Books for Potential Investors To Read





Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (revised 1993)
by Edwin Lefevre - an oldie but goodie


How to Make Money in Stocks (revised 2002)
by William J. O'Neil


The Intelligent Investor (revised 2003)
by Benjamin Graham


One Up on Wall Street (1989)
by Peter Lynch


The Essays of Warren Buffett (2001)
by Lawrence A. Cunningham

I've Got Jewelry - How About You?



Yes, this is how this little tax jewel often feels like.

This was an email forward I received. I did not write it and I'm not sure of the author. I posted it over in the forums but thought some blog readers might like to see it.


TAX POEM
This is too true to be very funny:

"Tax his land,
Tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.

Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,
Tax his shirts,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think

Tax his booze,
Tax his beers,
If he cries,
Tax his tears.

Tax his bills,
Tax his gas,
Tax his notes,
Tax his cash.

Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.

If he hollers,
Tax him more,
Tax him until he's good and sore.

Tax his coffin, Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays.

Put these words upon his tomb,
"Taxes drove me to my doom!"

And when he's gone,
We won't relax,
We'll still be after the inheritance TAX !!

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
IRS Penalties (tax on topof tax),
Liquor Tax,
Luxury Tax,
Marriage License Tax,
Medicare Tax,
Property Tax,
Real Estate Tax,
Service charge taxes,
Social Security Tax,
Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
Sales Taxes,
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
School Tax,
State Income Tax,
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),
Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax,
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax, Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
Utility Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax.

COMMENTS: Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and there
was prosperity, absolutely no national debt, the largest middle
class in the world and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened ??????"

Quoths & Brilliance, Pt. 4





"A pig bought on credit is forever grunting." ~Spanish Proverb


"Bachelors should be heavily taxed: it is not fair that some men are happier than others." ~Oscar Wilde


"Distance - the only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep." ~Ambrose Bierce


(Take all three of these sayings and add it to the picture above - and I'm over here rolling!! I don't know his marital status but he might remain a bachelor for a long time and I think the rich would love it if he kept his distance w/that oinker. Love the irony of thinking about motorbikes being called Hogs here as well! A Harley on credit - mighty 'spensive!! Funny!)

Quoths and Brilliance, Pt. 3



"What I've learned about thrift and frugality I learned the hard way -- by making my mistakes and digging myself out. The present-day benefit of past experience is that I'm not so eager to opt for immediate gratification at the pain of future debt. I'm less convinced that happiness can come from stuff, however glitzy, or that a credit card can serve as a get-out-of-me-free pass. I've learned that wanting is transitory, that having is often burdensome, and that discardiing can be the path to freedom. " ~Bookie, SavingAdvice.com thread Frugal By Nature.


"It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating." ~Oscar Wilde, The Model Millionaire, A Note of Admiration

Freedom from Slavery


Quoths & Brilliance, Pt. 2

“Debt is the slavery of the free.” ~~Publilius Syrus


“To be controlled in our economic pursuits, means to be controlled in everything.” ~~Fredrich August von Hayek


“Bankers own the earth; take it away from them but leave them with the power to create credit; and, with a flick of a pen, they will create enough money to buy it back again... If you want to be slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let the bankers control money and control credit.” — Sir Josiah Stamp, Director, Bank of England, 1940.

Thought I'd start myself a little quotation area that I'll be updating as I run across more that mean something to me.

And, dearest readers, I hope you'll get something out of them as well!

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But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. —Deuteronomy 8:18


"Unlike art and sex, money always arouses interest." ~Mason Cooley


"When love and adventure are finished, it's nice to have getting and spending to fall back on." ~Mason Cooley


""Money talks" because money is a metaphor, a transfer, and a bridge. Like words and language, money is a storehouse of communally achieved work, skill, and experience. Money, however, is also a specialist technology like writing; and as writing intensifies the visual aspect of speech and order, and as the clock visually separates time from space, so money separates work from the other social functions. Even today money is a language for translating the work of the farmer into the work of the barber, doctor, engineer, or plumber. As a vast social metaphor, bridge, or translator, money—like writing—speeds up exchange and tightens the bonds of interdependence in any community. It gives great spatial expansion and control to political organizations, just as writing does, or the calendar." ~Marshall McLuhan