Pro Rating Government Fees, or “Rounding Up Down” If you started a one year newspaper subscription on, say, March 7, the one year anniversary would be . . . March 7, right? And if you joined Sam’s Club on October 14, your one year anniversary would be — yup — October 14. (Bear with me, these aren’t...Read More
Except to acknowledge what is foremost in many people’s minds today, I really have little to add, except perhaps this: how especially sad that, for millions of schoolchildren annually, 9/11 is now inextricably linked with what otherwise is an especially hopeful and auspicious time of year for them — specifically, the excitement, anticipation, and novelty associated with...Read More
To Financial Giants, Everything is a “Micro-Loan” Three years ago, the federal government used tens of billions in taxpayer dollars to save the banking system. Now, at this dire economic moment, the country needs the banks to return the favor. –Joe Nocera, “Mr. Banker, Can You Spare a Dime?”; The New York Times (9/10/2011) It’s...Read More
