Category Archives: tax+privacy

√(-1) am not a number

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 03 by Anton

An example of why unnecessary proliferation of SSNs bothers me: Worker Accused of Selling Colleagues’ ID’s Online (New York Times). Incidentally: . . . investigators seized . . . a shotgun with a silencer . . . Is such a … Continue reading →

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√(-1) am not a number!

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 01 by Anton

For an introvert who hates confrontation, being a crank is hard on the nerves. Recently unemployed, I’m shopping around for medical insurance. I prefer not to continue with Aetna, because they put my So-called Social Security Number right on the … Continue reading →

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is nothing sacred?

Posted on Friday, 2002 February 22 by Anton

Oh dear. Tony Adragna frets about tax havens: . . . not all activity in tax havens is questionable, but when the activity has as its primary purpose the avoidance of taxation, then we run afoul of the letter and spirit of … Continue reading →

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