What is something you wish your taxes were being used for? Or something that you wish your taxes weren't going towards? 💸

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I wish they went towards improving access and affordability for healthcare and education instead of billions used to fund Israel's genocide, while their citizens happen to enjoy universal healthcare, free education, and subsidized housing on illegally occupied land.

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Wish my taxes didn’t go towards food stamps and free drug needles

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We haven't funded spending that way in decades. We pay for things with debt. There is no bank account.

I wish my taxes were being used for healthcare and education. Lots more money for libraries, a lot less for police departments and military excess. And this is a little niche, but I'd like tax money to set up community gardens, something like the allotments that were instituted in Victorian Britain (many of which are still active). Let's grow vegetables, not weapons stockpiles. Slogan needs work, but that's the premise.

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Way less towards law enforcement (apart from traffic patrols and meter maids) and way, way more on the construction and maintenance of large-scale public housing.

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Towards less waste in public funding / enforcing competition for providing public services

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Need to urgently find a 500k job. Can't keep up with mortgages with anything less. Any advice?

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I recently was let go (in lieu of accepting my two weeks) and I should have received my March expense check by the end of April per the employment agreement (submitted the report April 1, let go before mid April). I have emailed HR but haven't heard anything. I've got a feeling someone at the top is putting a hold on it.

How do I get my money from them? It's a few hundred dollars

Sorry if this isn't the right bowl for this question - I've checked a few.

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How did you get into real estate?

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Who wants to start earning money online?

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How much should I invest in buying a HOME as my primary residence.

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Wonder if anyone has any excel model or a rule to determine how much I can afford or should go for?

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Are my crypto profits taxed?

Well yes. Crypto is taxed like stocks & other types of property. When you sell for a profit, you are required to pay tax on the gains. It’s called capital gains tax.

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So where should I invest?

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I’m new to investments - my advisor in India asked me to start off with some corporate FDs and large cap mutual funds. Any thoughts, given the COVID scenario?

Which brokerage account you guys are using? any recommendations plz?

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22 years old and currently focused on using my left over income to invest and pay off my debt. I am set to pay off my college loans by next year and, when I do, I want to look into investing into real estate. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get into/learn more about real estate investing? Or how I can have enough knowledge on the topic to be able to invest wisely when the time comes?

Any books? youtubers? etc. How did you all learn about it?

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Angel investors : What returns do you expect when investing? Also what’s your range of investment?

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I really like it when I am not afraid of my actions, I am very confident of the 4 ETH bonus sent to my wallet after investing, I described it as a great opportunity in life🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

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Where do y’all think Ethereum and Cardano will be in a year? I’m hoping former breaks $4,000 and latter breaks $200.

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Any student loan refinancing options in the UK for loans taken in the US?

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Single and childless but would like kids. High income and maxing out all tax advantaged accounts I can but was thinking of starting a 529 in my own name to be transferred to future kids. If I don’t have kids maybe transfer it to my nephew. Thoughts, pros, cons?

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I have been DCAing over the last few months on binance and then moving the tokens to my Celsius wallet.

It has become really difficult to keep track of the actual cost of the tokens and profit/loss.

Any software or app recommendations, I am almost inclined to start an excel spreadsheet to keep track now

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What do you guys think on alt L1’s like avax and solana - cost basis was like 80 and 100 on both lmao. Are we done here? Might just stick to eth and btc moving forward, this is too much…

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Hi Fishes, How is P&G account in LTI (for Pega ) ?

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Could you please let me know the insurance coverage in Lti.

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Hey all, I am looking for a new opportunity.

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Dealing with my firm's Foreign Accounts Payable team and keep snickering at the FAP acronym 😋

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Matched with a guy on Tinder. Had a great first date. We are stilling chatting on WhatsApp. But he has disappeared from my tinder (presumably, he unmatched with me). Is it typical for ppl to unmatch on Tinder when they are still interested in you?

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Homemade brunch for a party of one this lazy Sunday. Since I’m a single CPA, might as well show off my abilities and see if there are any suitors??

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What does transitioning from entrepreneurship > top VC fund look like? Seems like they usually come in at the partner level, but what kind of background would they need? Would say a 7-figure exit mean much? Low 8-figure?

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"There's no whining in baseball!", said very seriously and earnestly ..... to the office dog.

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I wish I could get paid to write the garbage plaintiffs counsel just filed.

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I come from a pure healthcare background and have minimal finance skills/experience. Want to eventually get in healthcare investing in a MM PE fund.

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Anything I should get smart on? Websites, podcasts, books to read?

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Hey! I’m from Spain, and I’m thinking about find a job overseas, maybe in central america or southeast asia… I have experience in finance consulting… do you have any recommendation, contact or tip that could help me?

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I’ve worked in sales for 12 years (8 years retail sales and management, 4 years inside tech sales and management). I’m feeling the burn and looking for something else in the tech field. I’m making $140k. I have a college degree but no marketing, engineering, or product experience. What other departments/jobs could I jump to and still keep close to my OTE? I’m pretty good at Salesforce and have thought about a SFDC admin type role, but that’s all I’ve thought of so far.

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Does anyone in LA want to practice cases?

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I could not get myself to stop eating ice cream out of the container tonight no matter how much I knew I’d end up hating myself tomorrow for doing it :(

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