Oprah Retires . . . Stimulates our Economy
Last week there was the big news that Oprah is retiring from her talk show after 20 + years giving everyone information, book reviews and an occasional prize or two for her loyal fans who were in the studio to see her. Over the years she has tried to stimulate the economy as in the big car giveaway to her audience in 2004 where everyone in her studio opened a gift box with the key to a new automobile inside. She was helping the auto industry long before they needed their bailout. Probably better than that forty five hundred bucks the Government gave out. Has anyone ever heard of writing off charity on your taxes? Hmmmm . . . pretty sure you can or put it as a “business expense.” In 2008 she made 385 million dollars . . . that could potentially buy 1,428 people a new Cadillac Escalade while still having 285 million left over . . . so essentially she could afford to have all of us drive a new car with enough left over to buy plenty of Black Angus burgers and...