The April 1 letter that seven governors sent to President Biden was no April’s Fools joke. The changes to the tax code pushed through by the Republican Congress with zero Democratic votes in 2017 limiting the long-sacrosanct federal deduction on state and local taxes (SALT) was unfair and politically motivated. It must end. The $10,000 cap has financially punished millions of Americans, with .
First Quarter Activity Signals Record Insurance Carrier M&A Deals Ahead in 2021: S&P April 6, 2021
Insurance carrier mergers and acquisitions could reach historic levels in 2021 based on early indications from a robust first quarter, according to a new Standard & Poor’s report.
U.S. and/or Bermuda based acquirers or acquisition targets achieved an aggregate deal value of nearly $21.2 billion, the S&P Global Market Intelligence report found. That result exceeded the full year tallies from 2019 ($19.6 billion) and 2020 ($19.4 billion).
Early data suggests insurance carrier M&A activity could double for all of 2021 compared to previous years to more than $40 billion, and the report suggests it “could mark one of the strongest years in the last quarter century.”
Alcee Hastings died today, age 84.
Alcee Lamar Hastings, September 5, 1936 – April 6, 2021, was the Congressman for Florida s 20th congressional district. Wikipedia points out that this district includes most of the majority-black precincts in and around Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach that is, it s the result of a Voting Rights Act gerrymander intended to produce a majority black district.
It also produced voters who don t care that their Congressman was impeached and convicted, while a Federal Judge (he was a Carter appointee.of course) of soliciting a bribe.
Steve Sailer talked about Voting Rights Act gerrymanders and the politicians produced by them in 2010:
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