Since everyone is interested in πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ tax law right now, here's one of the gems I love.

The IRS has a section that tells people which form they need to fill out for income from illegal activities, like illegal drug dealing.

Even drug dealers pay their taxes. πŸ˜‚

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Ransom paid to pirates, and mob extortion is also a tax deductible in the US, up to a certain point.

The Gettys have a notable story in this case, refusing to pay anything more than the maximum amount that could be deducted.

Canadian tax anecdote. I knew an auditor for the CRA, who said if you're nice during audit, they try to help as much as they can.

He then told a story about auditing a drag queen that nearly gave him a heart attack, when he found out they didn't deduct their stage costumes. πŸ˜‚

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Jul 19
Fun fact: πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ issues student visas to anyone with a few bucks.

Here’s a quick thread on the hundreds of criminals that organized crime groups set up in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ using student visas.

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2/ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έβ€™s DEA claims El Chapo made $3m/day in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ prior to his arrest, and they were surprised by how β€œdeep infiltration” was.

His point man in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦? Jesus Herrera Esperanza, aka Hondoβ€”a β€œstudent” in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦. No one knows where Hondo is these days. Image
3/ One of the world’s most powerful gangsters is former TO resident Lawrence Bishnoiβ€”a 31 y/o that runs a global assassin & extortion network… from prison for the past 10 years.

His empire is allegedly run by his #2β€”Satinderjeet Singh, aka Goldy Brar. I wonder what he studied. Image
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Jun 26
Most people don't understand how interest rates, population growth, and immigration are related.

Let's fix that with a quick thread.

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2/ A central bank's purpose is to control the decay of money, aka inflation.

If inflation is low, they cut rates to stimulate consumption by lowering the cost of borrowing. Since debt is your future income used today, this creates demand w/the goal of overrunning supply.
3/ Pretty easy since they can cut rates a lot faster than supply chains can respond, which is the goal. They're trying to raise prices to drive inflation, after all.

The opposite is also true. They raise rates to slow inflation by delaying demand so there's excess supply.
Read 18 tweets
May 16
Families in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ work *really* hard to survive.

Policymakers don’t appreciate that fact, when they’re spending years of your labor with a stroke of a pen.

They spend so much, people have a hard time fully comprehending these numbers.

Let’s put it in context.

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2/ I constantly hear politicians & their minions say, β€œit’s only a million/billion,” like they made that last week at the race track.

In reality, the median household paid $9.3k in income taxes in 2022, and worked their ass off to do it.

How many had their cash incinerated?
3/ the widely acknowledged public failure known as ArriveCan cost at least $59.5m.

It’s the equivalent taxes paid by 6.4k median households that went to work for a whole year FFS.

This company wasn’t vetted, but 107.5k median households went to work to pay them. Image
Read 15 tweets
May 5
People in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ are historically very accepting of immigrants & the country's generous immigration policies.

Now they're sounding more split. Unfortunately, a lot of well-intended people are being exploited by predators to adopt their opinions.

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2/ Historically, πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦'s post-war immigration policy was extremely successful. That's because it generally focused on people who were:

- hard-working: often only leaving their home due to political or economic downturns;

- talented: academics & skilled labor;
3/ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ offered both groups the same thingβ€”a life where hard work will allow them a safe & secure future for them to have a family.

In exchange, πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ got an injection of productivity that helped its economy grow & drive the prosperity of everyone. Finding people against it was rare.
Read 17 tweets
Apr 21
Why is every politician discussing their aggressive plan for affordable housing?

… even the ones you know don’t care about it?

Well, they hijacked the term and weaponized it against the people who need it. Here’s how.

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2/ in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦, the term affordable housing now means a rental that’s 1/3 the median household income.

First off, a third of income isn’t really affordable. A third of income is the max allowable payment a mortgage borrower can accept before they’re considered too risky of a payer.
3/ so, affordable really means the max a person can reliably pay without being a default risk in this case.

in Canada, it also means maximum regulatory leverage. That doesn’t feel the same, does it?

Wait until you realize how that plays into distribution.
Read 9 tweets
Apr 17
Hoping for lower mortgage rates?

Central banks are saying the era of low rates are over & you might agree if you knew how we got there.

Let's talk about the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, your mortgage rate, and China. Seriously.

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2/ First off, it's important to remember interest rates are relative to inflation.

Inflation is different in every country but one currency influences them allβ€”the global reserve, aka the πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ dollar.

The global reserve is extremely important for conducting trade.
3/ To avoid being paid with worthless money, when two countries conduct trade they use the global reserve.

As a result, global commodities are generally priced in USD, such as oil, steel, and lumber.

Ex: Oil prices can be flat but weaker $CAD leads to higher prices in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦.
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