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COVID-19 has accelerated some trends. One is the move away from in-person purchases, favoring delivery. I don’t like it; I try to buy from stores as much as I can, but it is pretty clear that the future of retail…

We have a vacation condo in Vermont that we started visiting again. We subscribe to Xfinity (Comcast) for telephone, TV, and internet. The Triple Play package had been running $79.99 per month. In July, that went to $105 per month-…

We strongly support the United States Post Office. Traveling across the country, in small towns and large cities, the presence of a Post Office can crystallize a place of gathering and center of commerce.  Small businesses rely on the Post…

When I was a kid, my father preached the magic of saving and compound interest. “Saving is earning”, he used to say. I saved part of my allowance, along with money that I earned, and opened a savings account at…

This cartoon used to hang in my office when I was in banking, and it's hanging in my office now at TABASFUNDING.  I don’t think the banks are the ones at risk this time, but other businesses are. Humor couldn't…

We’d been to Israel half a dozen times when Shir Shalom Synagogue of Woodstock, Vermont organized a trip.  I hoped that we could get some behind-the-scenes insight.  Egypt was on our bucket list, so we extended the trip to travel…

Our cell phone bill seemed expensive.  I wondered if there was a more reasonable plan that would suit our needs, so I called ATT, our service provider.  The person was friendly, and asked for my password. I gave what I…

Below is a response to an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer.  I think it may be of general interest.  Please share your thoughts about it with me.  Lee @TABASFUNDING. An op-ed piece in the Thursday, August 8, 2019 Inquirer by…

In recent years, there has been much focus on house flipping.  The latest is that Zillow is going to buy houses that they think are underpriced and resell them. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/business/economy/ibuying-real-estate.html I could see big entities coming in a recession and scooping…

I attended, along with 40,000 others, the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, and encourage anyone interested in business and the economy to buy some shares and do the same. This is a photo of the shareholder “credentials” required for admission. At…