Steve Tasker

100%.

We use Optum at work. It's okay. Website can be kinda clunky / counter-intuitive at times, but overall gets the job done. Better than some other options I've seen but I'm sure it's worse than others as well. I don't think there's much in the way of fees once you have a certain amount in the plan. There's a minimum cash balance you need to hit before you can invest though, might be like $5,000?

Wait, is Judy Blume cancelled now?

Honestly, I don't know on this one. I haven't had those problems so I'm not sure.

The ones I use look like this - that might actually be the exact one. They're not very big, it says the diameter is 6.7", sounds about right. I don't use them often but certain poses I'll get them out.

Could be worth investing in some yoga knee pads. I have an arthritic knee and use the foam ones for certain kneeling poses that are tough on the knee. There are gel ones as well but I've never used them.

I'm not really sure the gubernatorial line of succession, but if Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul takes over....it's just another career politician "elite" running the show. Rinse repeat. She'd be the first governor in nearly 100 years to not be from the downstate area, though.

Odd thread. Congrats on the big win, I guess?

I was thinking the same thing. It's nice to see that big shiny increase in value, but what's the use if I can't cash out?

He's closed-door, three-men-in-a-room, corrupt-Albany-politics to the core. Always has been.

I feel I get my money's worth by getting access to local mid-major college basketball teams that I follow, a handful of my alma mater's college football games that would otherwise not be televised, NFL Primetime, and an occasional boxing undercard. Not thrilled about the extra monthly charge, but I can stomach it.

The idea of "straightening out" corporate offshoring of profits is something that sounds great on its face, but is wildly difficult to implement. The TCJA, aka "Trump tax cuts" turned this world on its head by implementing GILTI/FDII, BEAT, Transition Tax, and other provisions. The intent was there (though I'd argue as a tax practitioner the execution was totally botched), but all it has done is lead to new tax planning strategies. If a company has a substantial presence in <country X> and much of their value is tied to their IP.....who's to say where they're resident? It's

This makes more sense to me when you put it this way. Thank you for clarifying.

With all due respect, you've admitted that you don't understand the "tax loopholes" that Trump (as an example) has used, yet you're decrying his usage of them as being immoral?

He's definitely got POTUS aspirations, or at least had them. I still maintain he'd have no chance though, the SAFE Act will doom him. I've never particularly liked the guy, he's got smarmy corrupt Albany politician written all over him. There's been all sorts of bid-rigging corruption and the like that doesn't get the national publicity. NY state politics is notoriously corrupt, and he's just another in the long line, "three men in a room" and the like.