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Is everybody happy with they new tax law
On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:31:21 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 1/13/18 1:13 PM, wrote: On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:05:16 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/12/18 11:05 PM, wrote: On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:08:50 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: I have no interest in the "1% of the world." I think the pursuit of money for greed's sake is a sickness. Guilty? If what you have said is true you are the top 1% of the US and more like the top .0001% of the world. I bet you never said "naa, that's too much" and gave your employer some back. My employer has been me since the mid-1970s. Maybe in the eyes of the IRS but your employer is everyone who employs your services. I bet you squeeze them as hard as you can. Nope. In fact, often I have undercut the prices of competitors for monthly services covered by a contract. I haven't raised my price for researching and writing a 15-30 minute speech in 15 years, and I've lowered my price for visual presentations because the software these days is easier to use. A full-time staff speechwriter in DC for a major league client can command an annual salary of $150,000-$200,000, so if I can produce three or four speeches a year for a client, I'm a bargain. Serious annual reports are higher because there is so much back and forth, editing, lawyer and CPA demanded changes, et cetera. I don't mark up out-of-pocket expenses, such as graphics artists, travel, et cetera. I've had three clients under contract for 15-30 years. So you have a number of employers |
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Is everybody happy with they new tax law
On 1/13/18 2:18 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:31:21 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/13/18 1:13 PM, wrote: On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:05:16 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/12/18 11:05 PM, wrote: On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:08:50 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: I have no interest in the "1% of the world." I think the pursuit of money for greed's sake is a sickness. Guilty? If what you have said is true you are the top 1% of the US and more like the top .0001% of the world. I bet you never said "naa, that's too much" and gave your employer some back. My employer has been me since the mid-1970s. Maybe in the eyes of the IRS but your employer is everyone who employs your services. I bet you squeeze them as hard as you can. Nope. In fact, often I have undercut the prices of competitors for monthly services covered by a contract. I haven't raised my price for researching and writing a 15-30 minute speech in 15 years, and I've lowered my price for visual presentations because the software these days is easier to use. A full-time staff speechwriter in DC for a major league client can command an annual salary of $150,000-$200,000, so if I can produce three or four speeches a year for a client, I'm a bargain. Serious annual reports are higher because there is so much back and forth, editing, lawyer and CPA demanded changes, et cetera. I don't mark up out-of-pocket expenses, such as graphics artists, travel, et cetera. I've had three clients under contract for 15-30 years. So you have a number of employers I did, early in my working life, but I've been a contractor since the mid-1970s. |
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Is everybody happy with they new tax law
On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:31:21 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/13/18 1:13 PM, wrote: On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:05:16 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/12/18 11:05 PM, wrote: On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:08:50 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: I have no interest in the "1% of the world." I think the pursuit of money for greed's sake is a sickness. Guilty? If what you have said is true you are the top 1% of the US and more like the top .0001% of the world. I bet you never said "naa, that's too much" and gave your employer some back. My employer has been me since the mid-1970s. Maybe in the eyes of the IRS but your employer is everyone who employs your services. I bet you squeeze them as hard as you can. Nope. In fact, often I have undercut the prices of competitors for monthly services covered by a contract. I haven't raised my price for researching and writing a 15-30 minute speech in 15 years, and I've lowered my price for visual presentations because the software these days is easier to use. A full-time staff speechwriter in DC for a major league client can command an annual salary of $150,000-$200,000, so if I can produce three or four speeches a year for a client, I'm a bargain. Serious annual reports are higher because there is so much back and forth, editing, lawyer and CPA demanded changes, et cetera. I don't mark up out-of-pocket expenses, such as graphics artists, travel, et cetera. I've had three clients under contract for 15-30 years. Harry, you are operating in a semi-retired, something to do mode. If you were actually running a business with employees with their costs you couldn't be as generous with your time or fees. |
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Is everybody happy with they new tax law
On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:51:58 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:31:21 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/13/18 1:13 PM, wrote: On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:05:16 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/12/18 11:05 PM, wrote: On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:08:50 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: I have no interest in the "1% of the world." I think the pursuit of money for greed's sake is a sickness. Guilty? If what you have said is true you are the top 1% of the US and more like the top .0001% of the world. I bet you never said "naa, that's too much" and gave your employer some back. My employer has been me since the mid-1970s. Maybe in the eyes of the IRS but your employer is everyone who employs your services. I bet you squeeze them as hard as you can. Nope. In fact, often I have undercut the prices of competitors for monthly services covered by a contract. I haven't raised my price for researching and writing a 15-30 minute speech in 15 years, and I've lowered my price for visual presentations because the software these days is easier to use. A full-time staff speechwriter in DC for a major league client can command an annual salary of $150,000-$200,000, so if I can produce three or four speeches a year for a client, I'm a bargain. Serious annual reports are higher because there is so much back and forth, editing, lawyer and CPA demanded changes, et cetera. I don't mark up out-of-pocket expenses, such as graphics artists, travel, et cetera. I've had three clients under contract for 15-30 years. Harry, you are operating in a semi-retired, something to do mode. If you were actually running a business with employees with their costs you couldn't be as generous with your time or fees. === Or spend as much time trolling the internet. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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