In my youth, I spent some time in and around a kind of fundamentalism that placed a special emphasis on the concept of "authority". I never have been really good at caring about what people use that word to mean. For one thing, when I say "authority", I'm referring to something corresponding to reality. If it's demonstrably true and stands up against attempts to disprove it, … [Read more...]
Reclaiming the Meaning of Money & Time
A friend and I were talking the other day about how we're so used to thinking, as employees, of everything as net. The company takes out taxes and healthcare, and what's left - that's what you live on. But when you're self-employed, you pay self-employment tax on top of your income tax, and you have to bank that out of every deal. So If you made $400, you really only made $200. … [Read more...]
