Wow! My in-laws farm/own land in NW IA/Sioux county and I just looked up taxes on a few of their parcels and its ~$35/acre. That's for some of the most expensive corn and soybean ground in the US.
Overtime? The thing to remember is that it is a deduction, not a credit. Max savings for people not getting phased out is at 24% federal rate, so $6,000. And I think some people are overestimating the deduction since only the "half" of "time and a half" pay qualifies for the deduction. I was...
Quite a bit of flooding on the Coeur d Alene river. It appears that the river peaked at just over 46ft and record flood level is 53ft. I would assume a large amount of washouts and slides back in the mountains that we won't know about until spring.
A lot of money to be made on fires by contractors. Crew guys can make around $5k a week with per diem. One logger said he was getting paid $50k a day for the equipment he had at a fire in CA for 7 days. That was to have it on site, he would have been paid more if it was unloaded from the trailer.
I don't have kids but enjoyed hunting with a friend and his 16 yr old son the 5 days before Thanksgiving. The 16 yr old nailed a
yard shot and got his first bull elk - a raghorn. His shooting was beyond my current comfort distance but they had the gear and practice to do it. I was impressed...
My mom's side of the family came from the Iron Range in MN so always felt a connection to this song. She saw Gordon Lightfoot in concert in the late 70s somewhere in Minneapolis.