{"id":1892,"date":"2020-01-20T04:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2020-01-20T08:17:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T16:17:34","slug":"smoke-gets-in-your-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2020\/01\/20\/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;46px||23px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; max_width=&#8221;1920px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; min_height=&#8221;157px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px|auto|19px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;9px|0px|26px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1484&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.8&#8243;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; min_height=&#8221;117px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_sidebar_square --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsenseResizing\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;8942648692&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; min_height=&#8221;114px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;17px||2px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_post_title title=&#8221;off&#8221; author=&#8221;off&#8221; categories=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.2&#8243; meta_font=&#8221;|700|on||||||&#8221; meta_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; meta_text_color=&#8221;#ff0000&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243; min_height=&#8221;75px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||8px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Smoke Gets In Your Eyes<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Author&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6>By Ed Goldman<\/h6>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||176px||&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='et-dropcap'>T<\/span>he December passing of former Federal Reserve Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreservehistory.org\/people\/paul_a_volcker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Volcker<\/a> conjured up some memories.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>On the plus side, he appears to have loved cigars even more than I do. While I smoke only one per day\u2014and not even every day if, for example, I come down with laryngitis, strep or double pneumonia\u2014he was rarely pictured without a haze of smoke surrounding his formidable head.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ed_w_cuban-cigar_640.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Had the haze lifted, we might have seen just how pleased everyone around him was to be in his perpetual inferno. When a guy is 6\u20197\u2019 tall and blowing acrid clouds of tobacco exhaust onto and around your nose and mouth, as though he were a wicked wind deity, I\u2019m not sure the effect\u00a0\u00a0should be classified as second-hand smoke. With the exception of your lips not being directly involved, it\u2019s about as first-hand as it comes.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>On the dubious side, I, along with millions of you, bought a home in the 1980s, when interest rates rose so high (to as much as 21-and-a-half percent, if memory serves), that its dollar equivalent could equal or even surpass your principal payment. And frequently did.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243; body_font=&#8221;||on||||||&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#a3a3a3&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;25px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;9px&#8221; border_color_left=&#8221;#e02b20&#8243;]IRS motto: \u201cOf course we\u2019re not after you. Don\u2019t be silly. Have a big smelly cigar with Paul Volcker.\u201d[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, in those fondly remembered days, your mortgage interest was tax-deductible\u2014meaning that when you factored in your likely end-of-year returns, a home you paid $3,500 a month to hang onto might have cost you only about $450.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>This is why a lot of us even bought vacation homes at those ridiculous rates, since those second-home mortgage payments were also deductible.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;6214706719&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>You could also write off property taxes back then. My monthly mortgage bills looked like this:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Stupidly large house in Sacramento\u2019s allegedly Fabulous 40s neighborhood (five bedrooms, four baths, 4,800 square feet): $4,000 per month.<\/li>\n<li>Second home in Capitola-by-the-Sea (two bedrooms, one bath, 1,100 square feet): $2,500 per month.<\/li>\n<li>Property taxes for both homes each month: under $800.<\/li>\n<li>How much I\u2019d actually spend per month for two homes, after taxes: around $1,650.<\/li>\n<li>Real estate bragging rights: priceless.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, it could be burdensome: I still had to come up with the dough for the monthly payments. But I was young and making a nice living both as a writer in numerous media and as a marketing consultant, so I was able to manage. And then, at the end of the year, I\u2019d receive a large chunk of change from my dear friends at the IRS (motto: \u201cOf course we\u2019re not after you. Don\u2019t be silly. Have a big smelly cigar with Paul Volcker\u201d). It was one of those moments you feel almost guilty saying aloud, \u201cIs this a great country, or what?\u201d Especially when you do so every time you think of it and everywhere you go.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Me: Is this a great country or what?<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Greengrocer: Yeah. You gonna get those snap peas, or what?<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Volcker\u2019s gamble, that astronomical interest rates would eventually help inflation descend to recognizable terra firma, was scoffed at back then. After all, the prime rate\u2019s climb led to the recession\u00a0\u00a0of the 1980s, when the country\u2019s unemployment rate climbed to more than 10 percent.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]But eventually, all was good. Thanks, Paul. Rest in (hack\/cough\/choke) peace.  <span class=\"endingG\"> <\/span>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;6214706719&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_search show_button=&#8221;off&#8221; placeholder=&#8221;Search Site&#8221; placeholder_color=&#8221;rgba(224,43,32,0.36)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; width=&#8221;72%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|7px|7px|7px|7px&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset6&#8243; box_shadow_blur=&#8221;5px&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(224,43,32,0.55)&#8221;][\/et_pb_search][et_pb_sidebar area=&#8221;ca-sidebar-1889&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; border_color_top=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1122&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;AuthorBioBox&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#444&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/about-ed\/\">Ed Goldman&#8217;s<\/a> column appears almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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