This is the time of year I wish I lived in a more tax friendly country. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind paying my taxes and I realize that in order to have the great quality of life I have and the infrastructure I need to pay taxes. But between my tax generated through sales at my business, the payroll taxes I match, the personal taxes I pay, and the complete mismanagement of that money by my state and my nations, its hard not to be spiteful. My state Illinois might be the worst in the nation. Completely broke, not paying their bills, and selling off all their revenue producing entities is leading our state to bankruptcy. And they wonder why businesses are moving the money overseas or at least keeping it there. And certainly not incorporating in Illinois anymore. And its a little different on my Internet business than the brick and mortar. The retail store uses a lot of infrastructure. Roads and services. But my domain business doesn’t use hardly anything. Everything is based on my privately owned infrastructure. But they want the same cut. Here are today’s names. Click to see current prices
L40.com I think we’ve all pretty much called BS on this auction. Can’t be real.
CountryArt.com No bidders. 19 years old. People specialize in country art. Folk art. Surprised there are no bidders
Flannerys.com Pretty popular Irish name and more than a couple entities with the name. Somebody had built the name out. 24,000 backlinks and 19 years old
No-Quarter.org 19 years old. All the bids coming because of the PR4 and the 190,000 backlinks
Scow.com This was listed before. Turns out its not a crooked cow but a boat
OfficeScape.com An upgrade name for a few companies. Office landscaping. 22 bidders
UJCB.com, ZSEB.com, UBLX.com, IRJH.com, OZPF.com and IGPJ.com A few nice bottom boats for you to peruse
WesternCollege.com Sounds official, even if it isn’t. It’s all about the implications
SexualSuccess.com I’ve been told the key is effort. No bidders
RabbitStop.com Millions of dollars in rabbit prevention sprays and powders. Trust me I sell a lot. Traffic and backlinks
SPDW.com W for worldwide and wetlands. Nice acronym for us Western type
DamnLiar.com Should be the name of a satirical domain blog. Ken O’Brien agrees
Wilox.com A 5L.com that’s under $25 at press time. Good value IMO
28Blue.com No value but my favorite play I ran on my 5th grade gym class football team. Scored every time
822808.com The zero keeps it cheap. Still over $100 at this time
855808.com and 899808.com Not doing nearly as well as the name above yet very similar
JCCJ.net Very nice LLLL.net This is one of the few LLLL.net that I would think about buying.com
JCCJ.org The dot org has bids and is up for auction as well
50Z.net, 70Z.net, 90z.net Own a whole series for under $100
PeacefulSlumber.com Nice marketing name for a mattress company or sleeping app
CWCP.cc I’m still buying LLLL.cc and since I keep losing all the auctions there is at least one other person that likes them too
HarborShack.com A few bids. I feel like I’ve been there to get oysters on the halfshell. Upgrade name for a few things
3133.info 3233.info 3633.info 3353.info All of these are at one bid at $20. These have been going for more than this lately and quite a few triple numbers that I didn’t list
KickGen.com Brand site type domain. One bidder at $12
21X.com Love the domain, not the reserve
eWebsite.com Getting a pretty good bid but there are some great comps to make bidders feel comfortable with the price
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LXL.com Acronym or not its an awesome LLL.com or an LXL.com
RGH.com Already at $40K
MortgageBroker.net Dot net or not, this is a money making name. 20 years old
HMSS.com Real purty LLLL.com. I think this break $2K easily. But I’m all rainbows and unicorns on Western LLLL.coms
NFHH.com This one is just as nice. People like SS more than HH but I’ll take either
NotFree.com Love this one. Not sure it has much value though. Every item that doesn’t have a price tag gets a response from customer “I guess it means its free. ha ha”
VirginiaBeachFront.com Nice real estate name. And we all know the value of beach front
LivingAlone.com Never ever have. Sounds lonely
ICGF.com I Crave Girlfriends. See above. Good western letters
Z222.com This may have been a four figure name a few months ago. Now just 6 bidders
SportsCars.net Nice keywords that are good enough to own and sell in the dot net IMO
LOMD.com Dr Larry Ogilve
Gramercy.net One of my favorite areas of NY. Gramercy Park
DifferentMusic.com No bidders. There are a lot of people that are always looking for different music merely because the want to be different. Once it becomes popular they move on. Or it could just be used to showcase up and coming artists
Caymans.org You think Taryn will bid on this one
Congratulations.org Such a nice positive name
NCKC.com These names with the C and end with the C are the names I get the most inquiries on
FunnyPets.com The whole Internet is built on them
Perceived.com Perception is more important than reality
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I’m sure you know, Illinois is so broke, they stopped sending out license plates renewals, they had to find a new ammo supplier for the CPD, and now they stopped sending out emissions reminders to save a dime.
How the heck am I supposed to know when my car needs an emissions test?
avoidillinois.com is available.
From the Illinois EPA website:
“NOTE: Illinois EPA has resumed mailing vehicle emissions test notices beginning April 6, 2016. Test notices will be retroactive to the first motorists that did not receive a test notice (motorists whose license plates expired at the end of March 2016). Motorists who have completed testing requirements will not receive one of the new test notices. ”
Isn’t there a sticker on the car that has the yearly inspection date on it? Maybe I’m just used to what they do in Texas. There used to be two windshield stickers — one for registration and one for inspection. There is now one sticker on the car that covers both. Inspection centers report electronically to the state when an inspection is done. You can’t get your yearly registration unless the inspection has been done. And you have to do all of this before the date on the windshield sticker passes. Of course, they mail you your yearly registration bill — so maybe the amount of mail is the same.
That must be the city of Chicago. Never seen or heard of a vehicle emission station in Illinois
My favorite Idea is a consumption tax. With a consumption tax everyone gets taxed, criminals, drug dealers, tourists, and you could leave things like food staples untaxed. The more money you have, the more you spend. The best part is removing the income tax would spur growth and productivity. No more watching how much you earn so as not to move into a higher tax bracket. How many times have you heard someone say “I’m not doing anymore overtime, I lose it all in taxes”.
But this will never happen. The income tax with all it’s intricacies, credits, and deductions, is more than just a tax levying mechanism. It has the ability to change behavior or elicit a particular action. If you can get a credit for buying energy efficient windows your more likely to buy those windows.
I left the peoples republic of IL along with my wife and kids in 2013. Being born and raised in and around the city I had no choice but to cross the great Mississippi and wander west to Arizona.
I do not miss IL for even a micro second. Miss my family sure, but my real estate taxes are almost per year what I used to pay per month, It is business friendly and the weather is nice for 9 months.
As a business owner I couldn’t take it anymore so I took my business and all my tax dollars and escaped the clutches of the dear leader (sorry the mayor).