View from the Wing [VFTW] discussions
Jan 13, 2023, 5:46 am
#1201
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I guess it may depend upon what someone would categorize as "affiliate income". When the proportion of some bloggers' revenue shifted to bank card referral revenue being the plurality of the revenue (and income), some bloggers getting more serious about the business -- and also tax-adjusted personal income outcomes (and perhaps liability concerns) -- would be the natural course of things for those who came in with very limited (or perhaps even no) business/entrepreneurial experience and then found themselves with a business and not just a hobby with hobby income.
Some bloggers got into setting up LLCs for their blogs as the $$$$ signs filled the eyes, courtesy of revenue coming in from bank card referrals and other advertising/marketing/affinity partnerships sending money their way.
Some bloggers got into setting up LLCs for their blogs as the $$$$ signs filled the eyes, courtesy of revenue coming in from bank card referrals and other advertising/marketing/affinity partnerships sending money their way.
ETA, I looked it up and Gary was a sole proprietor LLC when he took ~$21k in loan forgivness. https://projects.propublica.org/coro...eff-4961108309
Matthew was self-employed when he got ~$7k: https://projects.propublica.org/coro...fly-7594087310
DansDeals an LLC when he got ~$50k: https://projects.propublica.org/coro...llc-3573298607
Travel Codex LLC: https://projects.propublica.org/coro...llc-1098908710
Not sure why they wouldn't move to an S corp if they were making serious money for tax avoidance purposes.
Jan 14, 2023, 4:56 am
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So, Gary .....ing about the government every chance he can get and then taking in the dough from it, talk about hypocrisy hey?
And Dan gets the government to forgive more than what he got is clearly a DD kind of hacking smh...
And Dan gets the government to forgive more than what he got is clearly a DD kind of hacking smh...
Jan 14, 2023, 6:15 am
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My wife and I took several bites at the PPP from our various companies. My software company also just got a tax credit/refund for not laying anyone off under the ERC. Free government money, baby!
I couldn't find any PPP for Ben. Maybe they did it through Ford - I don't know his last name. Maybe not not clever/aware enough to take free government money?
And Dan gets the government to forgive more than what he got is clearly a DD kind of hacking smh...
Mar 31, 2023, 6:08 pm
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He may get it back someday, even if he currently doesn’t expect that to happen. Just like before he got it.
But will he really miss it down the road, if he doesn’t get it back someday? I hope that’s like asking if I miss being EXP with AA? Not really.
Apr 1, 2023, 7:10 am
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That's some amazing thoughtleadering!
Now others will follow with the same thoughts......
This could redefine the way we look at p*rn and flights ....
Imagine being quoted this headline as ouevre at the Nobel Price Ceremony or even at the Freddie awards ....,
Now others will follow with the same thoughts......
This could redefine the way we look at p*rn and flights ....
Imagine being quoted this headline as ouevre at the Nobel Price Ceremony or even at the Freddie awards ....,
Apr 2, 2023, 9:32 am
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“Never say never.”?
He may get it back someday, even if he currently doesn’t expect that to happen. Just like before he got it.
But will he really miss it down the road, if he doesn’t get it back someday? I hope that’s like asking if I miss being EXP with AA? Not really.
He may get it back someday, even if he currently doesn’t expect that to happen. Just like before he got it.
But will he really miss it down the road, if he doesn’t get it back someday? I hope that’s like asking if I miss being EXP with AA? Not really.
A points and miles blogger who does not travel? Perhaps he meant he is not traveling as much...
Apr 4, 2023, 11:07 am
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Someone who travels by air a couple of times every week most weeks of the year may think that not traveling by air for a month is the equivalent of “not traveling”. All while someone else may have a different idea of what constitutes “not traveling”.
Maybe at around the time of writing that “I am not traveling” thing a doctor or family had suggested or supported that he be grounded for a bit.
Apr 4, 2023, 2:04 pm
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Apr 27, 2023, 6:33 pm
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Jerry Springer has died, but the tabloid-like elements inspired by his life as a TV entertainer live on on VFTW.
Apr 28, 2023, 12:40 am
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GUWonder : you made me choke on my cereal this morning out of glee 
although:
VWTV =
https://viewfromthewing.com/passenge...with-this-one/
But only at OMAAT:
-True Jerry Springer style-
you have commenters DCS and UA-NYC,
throwing the chairs / furniture if the subject is
"love showdown Hyatt vs Hilton......"
Makes the Steve Wilkos show pale by comparison ...l
(1 month of watching American talkshows have given me an interesting new lease on life
- utterly medically fascinating - a way to spruce up an equally abysmally dull conversation in the waiting room!
although:
VWTV =
National Enquirer
Subject:https://viewfromthewing.com/passenge...with-this-one/
But only at OMAAT:
-True Jerry Springer style-
you have commenters DCS and UA-NYC,
throwing the chairs / furniture if the subject is
"love showdown Hyatt vs Hilton......"
Makes the Steve Wilkos show pale by comparison ...l
(1 month of watching American talkshows have given me an interesting new lease on life
- utterly medically fascinating - a way to spruce up an equally abysmally dull conversation in the waiting room!
Last edited by HadesNL; Apr 28, 2023 at 12:51 am
Jul 13, 2023, 8:37 pm
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As I recall, the PPP loan disclosures showed that most bloggers were operating as a sole proprietor or LLC.
ETA, I looked it up and Gary was a sole proprietor LLC when he took ~$21k in loan forgivness. https://projects.propublica.org/coro...eff-4961108309
ETA, I looked it up and Gary was a sole proprietor LLC when he took ~$21k in loan forgivness. https://projects.propublica.org/coro...eff-4961108309
https://projects.propublica.org/nonp...ions/541436224
Jul 14, 2023, 8:08 am
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Propublica also lists Gary’s salary from his 20 hour/week job at an econ think-tank in its 2022 form 990:
https://projects.propublica.org/nonp...ions/541436224
https://projects.propublica.org/nonp...ions/541436224
rganization where he ran all the expenses through his personal credit cards?
Jul 14, 2023, 9:40 am
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Given what they pay, is anyone surprised that the blog follows the Party Line? Too much public dissent from the Party Line, and there goes what little job security there is in such organizations.