Our series of articles based on the Robert Half 2022 Accounting & Finance Salary Guide […]
Tag: Detroit
The Accounting Profession’s Lack of Diversity Is a Rodney Dangerfield Problem
If you’re like me, your eyes glaze over when firms start talking about “diversity initiatives.” […]
My Firm Holiday Party is a Teaching Moment For What Not to Do at a Firm Holiday Party
One year at my firm, we had a Christmas party at the nicest hotel in […]
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The Millionaire Matchmaker: How Recruiting and Online Dating Are Basically the Same Thing
For somebody who’s been through the pain of a recruiting fair or the very real horror of a blind date with a man whose parents are probably first cousins, job hunting and dating can feel like one in the same. The chase. The long-term relationship. The rejection. The disenchantment. Here are a few similarities that I’ve discovered during my hunt for a job and my hunt for a date:
Career Limiting Moves: A Beginner’s Guide
I’m a little rough around the edges because – Detroit. However, I – like every […]
Detroit As Desperate For Accountants as It Is For Homeowners
We all know the job market is pretty darn fantastic if you've got an accounting […]
Just How Many CPA Roommates Can You Fit In a Single Apartment?
Ed. note: alert the sharks, there's new blood in the water! Awhile back, we put […]
This Detroit CFO Probably Dresses Better Than Every CFO You’ve Ever Met
Cornell Batie, CFO at Mack Avenue Records, as he appeared in Hour Detroit's 2013 Best […]
Hiring (or Something) Watch: PwC Detroit
The Motor City edition of Papa Whiskey Charlie moved into their new "state-of-the-art facilities" in […]
City of Detroit’s Finance Department Makes Case for Most Hysterically Pitiful Internal Control System in Recent Memory
There are plenty of examples of internal control systems that are, shall we say, miserably […]
PwC’s New ‘State-of-the-Art Facilities’ in Detroit Will Encourage Enhanced Collaboration, Observation of Awful Eating Habits
Never mind that "state-of-the-art" and "Detroit" don't often collide in the same sentence; what's important […]
Herman Cain Wants You to Try the New 9-9-9 Recipe
Godfather of gold ties and GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain has taken a lot of heat for his 9-9-9 tax plan. While it has a nice ring to it, not too many people are crazy about 9-cubed including his fellow GOP hopefuls, their tax taskmaster Grover Norquist, and every tax wonk within the DC delivery area.
Sensing something needed to be changed, Cain got his economics advisor accountant and whomever else is crunching the numbers to go back to the drawing board. And what did they come up with, you ask? Are they throwing in free bread sticks? Fresher ingredients? A gluten-free crust stuffed with cheese? Nope! That would just cause more confusion, so they just dropped a nine:
For people living under the poverty line, “your plan isn’t 9-9-9, it’s 9-0-9,” Mr. Cain said in a policy speech in Detroit. “Say amen, y’all. If you are at or below the poverty line…then you don’t pay that middle 9” – i.e. the individual flat tax.
Mr. Cain’s bold 9-9-9 plan – which includes a 9% individual flat tax, a 9% business flat tax, and a 9% national sales tax – has helped vault him into the top tier of GOP presidential candidates.
But free bread sticks would still be nice.
Herman Cain Tweaks 9-9-9 Tax to Remove Flat Tax for Poorest Americans [WSJ]