Archive for November, 2011

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Nov

Why Aren’t Volunteer Hours Tax Deductible?

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, November 2nd 2011   4 comments already   

Think about it.  Some people like to donate money to charities.  And when they do the government gives them a tax deduction.  This encourages people to donate more as it lowers their tax bill. Larger employers make it really easy for their employees to donate too.  You sign up to give, probably to the United [...]

under: economics, government, personal finance    
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Nov

Personal Opportunity Cost

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, November 1st 2011   Leave a reply   

Time can be a precious commodity. Older people wish for more time, younger people want time to fly by, and just about everyone in between wonders where the time went. This is why we are paid for out time. We’d rather be doing something else, but the pay makes us want to work. There’s a [...]

under: jobs, personal, personal finance    
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