In 2025, currency debasement and economic instability threaten Americans' savings, making physical gold and silver essential as a hedge against inflation and systemic risk. This guide emphasizes the importance of owning tangible assets, compares gold and silver, and offers practical steps for secure purchase and storage. It also highlights the advantages of investing through trusted dealers like Miles Franklin Precious Metals and explores options such as Precious Metals IRAs. With rising institutional demand, geopolitical tensions, and supply constraints, the long-term outlook for precious metals remains bullish, offering a reliable way to preserve wealth amid ongoing monetary chaos.
The article explores how recent corporate tax cuts, including those enacted in 2017 and in the 2025 budget bill, have primarily benefited the wealthy, corporate shareholders, and executives rather than the broader American populace. Despite claims that such cuts boost economic growth, analyses show that the growth is modest, short-lived, and fails to pay for itself. Extensive tax breaks have reduced the effective tax rate for large corporations to about 16%, with significant revenues lost relative to other wealthy countries. The piece questions the actual gains of these policies and highlights the disparity in how economic benefits are distributed, emphasizing that most of the financial advantages accrue to the top tier, often at the expense of important social programs like Obamacare subsidies.
Smith+Nephew has announced the establishment of a new Category I CPT code for its CARTIHEAL AGILI-C Cartilage Repair Implant, effective January 2027. This milestone recognizes the implant's clinical benefits, including an 87% reduction in the risk of knee replacement procedures over four years, and aims to improve access and reimbursement for treatments of cartilage defects in the knee, including osteoarthritis. The implant is FDA-approved, based on innovative aragonite technology, and its new coding is expected to support broader clinical adoption.
Danbury Fair mall is experiencing significant growth with new stores like Jack & Jones, Pop Mart, and gorjana, alongside renovations of existing retailers. The mall’s strategic location and diverse offerings continue to attract shoppers, while experts emphasize the importance of adapting to online shopping trends and community needs to ensure long-term success.
The article critiques Joy Reid's opposition to libertarian policies and her portrayal of conservatives’ aims as regressive. It argues that her fears of a return to past societal hierarchies are unfounded and that her opposition to individual liberty is rooted in a misunderstanding of conservative and libertarian proposals. It emphasizes that true freedom would benefit all Americans, including minorities, and points out the hypocrisies in leftist ideology concerning regulation and taxation.
This article explores how the massive layoffs and budget cuts at the IRS, particularly at the Ogden service center, are impacting the local community, its economy, and political landscape. Despite strong support for Trump in Ogden, the community faces economic instability, loss of experienced workers, and political tension, raising questions about the broader consequences of federal austerity measures.
This article reflects on personal milestones and discusses recent tax-related changes, including the phasing out of paper refund checks by the IRS, the suspension of employer 401(k) matches, housing affordability issues, adjustments to capital gains exclusions, implications of recent tax legislation, and upcoming deadlines and events. It also explores a notable FBAR enforcement case, the potential impact of a government shutdown, and encourages tax professionals to participate in pro bono activities during October.
This article critiques the tax cuts associated with the federal megabill, highlighting that the benefits are heavily skewed toward the wealthy while most Michiganders see minimal or negative impacts. Experts emphasize the importance of accurate data, illustrating that averages can be deceptive and that the real story reveals increased costs for health, food, and essentials for the majority of residents, despite the illusions of broad tax benefits.
Professors David Gamage and Darien Shanske explore the potential for implementing state-level wealth taxes in the U.S., discussing how they could work, legal challenges involved, and the importance of such reforms for economic fairness and funding public programs. They highlight the limitations of current taxation on the ultra-wealthy and analyze behavioral responses to proposed wealth taxes, emphasizing the role of federal constitutional law and the likelihood of states adopting these measures in the future.
