JoeHx Blog

January brings in a brand new year, which means I’ll be reading brand new books… Or maybe I’ll be reading old books. In either case, they’ll be new to me.

Perhaps it’s old news by now, but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (“AOC”) recently proposed a top marginal tax of 70% on people who earn more than $10 million. Instead of arguing the merits (or lack thereof) of this proposed tax, people instead seem to be arguing exactly what a marginal tax rate is.

It’s been a few days over six months since my First Half 2018 Merch by Amazon Sales Report, which means it’s time to report on the second half of 2018. The second half of 2018 (in fact, the second half every year) contains the coveted “Q4” or fourth quarter, with the Christmas and Holiday shopping season.

Bitcoin, and all other cryptocurrencies in general, have had an exciting couple of years - from 2017’s massive bull run to 2018’s massive bear market. If you bought and sold any bitcoin or other currencies, Uncle Sam wants his cut - especially if you made money.

Happy New Year, everyone! Today’s Sunday, so I’m not going to provide much discussion and analysis regarding the blog stats for this first month of 2019. In fact, pretty much none - I am just going to drop the raw numbers.