This is the most current data I could find on the US National debt. The data comes from the US Treadury. It does not include information on outstanding taxes, which would be interesting to see.
https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/4ee9b188-ead6-48e0-ae39-d9c2685245e2?utm_source=share
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This IRS form is interesting on expatriate American tax reporting, too.
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8854.pdf
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This information answers a lot of questions about paying taxes on foreign assets:
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Authors can now pay services like Elite to obtain book reviewers. If I understood correctly, reviewers receive free books. This is especially interesting for self-published authors. Info follows:
Posted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
I looked up ghost writers on Google and found several results. Gotham Ghost Writing looked interesting.
Ghost writing might provide some gig work for writers during a tough economic period.
The link follows:
Posted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
This blog about novel and nonfiction book writing software looks interesting. Is this Chat GPT for novels or something like it.?
Book Writing Softeare 2025 blog
If you are having trouble finishing up a book or starting one, this software might help with organization.
Once you are finished with your novel, there are many book packagers who can arrange for promotion.
An example of a book packaging company follows:
Selling creative work that you retain rights to helps put money into the economy.
Nolo has some sample tax write offs for writers. Check with an accountant before writing items off though.
Sample tax write offs for writers
You would have to run this by a lawyer and account, but if this is legal, this is how to get on the New York Times bestseller list:
Say 25,000 copies would get you onto the bottom of the bestseller list. As a business expense for pr and marketing, you would buy the copies yourself and give them out free to followers. Then, you write off the expense of the books on taxes. Prominent figures can easily give away that many books. You spend zero dollars to do this by year-end, but you have to have the initial investment for the bragging rights.
Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France (written only with Microsoft word)
We have had a succession of hot days that has dried the sagebrush plants by the shore at Pebble Beach, California:
Even dry the sagebrush is photogenic.
The Native Plant Volunteers keep Pebble Beach looking good:
Native Plant Volunteers Information
Photos and text by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France