Re:Fluctuations in silver prices can predict the probability...
by kasey_junk on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:00PM
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The paper is not arguing that the people that go from zero tax to some tax are driving the charitable giving tax. It’s arguing about the people in higher income brackets & it shows pretty robustly that charitable giving is linked to the price of silver.
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Re:Fluctuations in silver prices can predict the probability...
by nobrains on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @12:46AM
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He talks about "nisaab" which is the minimum amount you must own before you are auto-taxed, and that amount, based on today's rate is $342. See tweet 3 of 9: https://twitter.com/benmarrow/status/1180140774127742979?s=2...
Re:Fluctuations in silver prices can predict the probability...
by kasey_junk on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @07:59AM
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And here is the actual author describing the link https://twitter.com/nicolalimodio/status/1181581317596745728...
You could also read the paper. The part linking silver prices to charitable giving is straightforward.