I wrote/mailed tax checks today...

My wife and I paid every year and always a few thousand extra.  Since being retired, we now get a refund of a couple of thousand.  Who would have thought?

The Creature from Jekyll Island is a must read for every tax payer

In November 1910, six men – Nelson Aldrich, A. Piatt Andrew, Henry Davison, Arthur Shelton, Frank Vanderlip and Paul Warburg – met at the Jekyll Island Club, off the coast of Georgia, to write a plan to reform the nation’s banking system. The meeting and its purpose were closely guarded secrets, and participants did not admit that the meeting occurred until the 1930s. But the plan written on Jekyll Island laid a foundation for what would eventually be the Federal Reserve System.

It is a PRIVATE entity

I would be in such great shape for taxes if only audio gear was deductible!

"My wife and I paid every year and always a few thousand extra.  Since being retired, we now get a refund of a couple of thousand."

stereo5- that's great. I am looking forward to joining that seemingly elusive club. I've got 7 years to go until F.R.A., and I'm not waiting a day later! If things go better than planned, I'm out in 5.

I can then FINALLY, dedicate more time for proper audio neurosis.

The problem is that politicians, no matter what side of the aisle, fix every problem by spending more money. (I know there are a few exceptions, but very few).