Brian’s Financial Musings

What should you look for in a good financial planner or advisor?  Here is article that discusses some of the things you need to think about:http://www.indystar.com/article/20111106/BUSINESS/311060004/Your-Plan-Looking-financial-planner-Start-by-following-these-tips?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CIndyStar.com%7CsAnother item to think about is a referral from another professional you trust.  Call or email me and I can recommend a couple of prefessionals I have known for years and trust.You can count on us to count for you!

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Brian’s Tax Musings

Guess what?  The Governor of California can’t get a increase through the state legislature, so he is trying to get us to vote it in!  Here is an article from the LA Times:http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/05/local/la-me-brown-taxes-20111206Fortunately (I hope) people aren’t this stupid.  We just got rid of a sales tax increase and now they want to put it back.  Just say no!You can count on us to count for you!

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Brian’s Tax Musings

I read an article the other day that Congress is supposedly getting serious about trying to adopt a flat tax – valued added tax similar to what Herman Cain (the 9-9-9 man) has been proposing.  Apparently they have gotten together a 40 page report about such a tax and are soon going to try to get it to the floor (House or Senate – who knows?)  I will believe it when I see it – they can’t even pass a payroll tax reduction they all want..     You can count on us to count for you!

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