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3:33:24 AM theological_noncognitivist: When you add up income, FICA, state, sales, excise and other taxes, Americans like myself pay close to 50%
3:33:31 AM retran: [456] you thought America handled hurricane Katrina poorly
3:33:43 AM retran: [457] look at China and how they're coping with a couple snowstorms
3:33:52 AM attilas_butler:
3:34:12 AM retran: [458] middle class pay higher percentage of taxes than the rich
3:34:13 AM duke2ofomnium: [4] That's not their fault. The giant pandas sabotaged the snowplows
3:34:15 AM retran: [459] ironically
3:34:20 AM gremlin_net: [30] theological_noncognitivist: I'm naturally English, and therefore a bit ashamed about making money. So i don't brag about it. To, you know, the IRS.
3:34:32 AM retran: [460] the more money you make by actually EARNING it, the higher percentage it gets taxed
3:34:51 AM retran: [461] gremlin, is that your strategy for avoiding tax? defrauding the IRS?
3:35:01 AM retran: [462] that's so clever
3:35:03 AM gremlin_net: [31] retran: Possibly.
3:35:06 AM buddymatkona: [96] under true socialism a guy like bill gates would finish school and easily produce his daily quota
3:35:22 AM retran: [463] there's a long line of folks like you who lost (effectively) everything
3:35:38 AM gremlin_net: [32] retran: If indeed that's what I'm doing, you mean.
3:35:42 AM retran: [464] i cant think of many things stupider than under-reporting to the IRS
3:36:11 AM retran: [465] i mean, leaving a bar drunk and driving your car
3:36:17 AM retran: [466] you have less chance of being caught for a DUI
3:36:20 AM retran: [467] than by the IRS
3:36:22 AM osirianmccloud: [44] bling bling
3:36:35 AM latin_of_light: Meh.
3:36:39 AM buddymatkona: [97] snoopy Did you know if you play a Vista CD backwards you hear satanic messages?
3:36:50 AM gremlin_net: [33] I can't think of many people who don't underreport to the IRS, granting that having someone buy you coffee technically counts as a form of income.
3:36:53 AM retran: [468] i like my CPA too
3:37:06 AM retran: [469] no it doesn't, gremlin
3:37:14 AM latin_of_light: Our nature is simply more consistent with capitalism.
3:37:17 AM buddymatkona: [98] But that's not the worst part. If you play it forwards, it installs Windows! THE HORROR!
3:37:35 AM retran: [470] that's a fun joke, buddy
3:37:36 AM osirianmccloud: [45] Grem, any gift counts dont it
3:37:40 AM gremlin_net: [34] retran: It does according to the taxcode. It doesn't have to be cash; free stuff also counts as stuff you've gained.
3:37:48 AM osirianmccloud: [46] no one pays gift tax at xmas
3:38:02 AM buddymatkona: [99] retran - it could be even worse (UNIX)
3:38:04 AM retran: [471] gremlin, you're not really in a place to claim expertise on tax code are you
3:38:08 AM latin_of_light: dead, for tiny communities and families.
3:38:16 AM another_real_o_1: [88] why won't they let snoopy live like a caveman?!
3:38:21 AM osirianmccloud: [47] I wonder if you could claim what you spent on xmas on your taxes
3:38:26 AM latin_of_light: For larger conglomerates of people, it seems to fail.
3:38:29 AM gremlin_net: [35] retran: I'm not claiming to be an expert; I'm claiming to know more about it than you do.
3:38:37 AM buddymatkona: [100] and of course everybody knows MAC users eat quiche
3:38:44 AM retran: [472] buddy, the sad part is, nobody back in the 90s understood that joke at least at my high school
3:38:54 AM gremlin_net: [36] retran: My lawyers and accountants are the experts. Though I have actually read the taxcodes.
3:39:09 AM retran: [473] gremlin, you're a liar and a tax cheat
3:39:16 AM theological_noncognitivist: Technically, if you paint a guy's porch for free in exchange for his tuning up your car, you both should report it on your income tax.
3:39:18 AM gremlin_net: [37] retran: Call a cop.
3:39:20 AM latin_of_light: There is an aspect of our natures that is competitive and can't be suppressed.
3:39:21 AM retran: [474] its not income to be given coffee
3:39:37 AM retran: [475] you probably dont even make any money
3:39:44 AM latin_of_light: I think that's probably why communism seems to fail whenever it is employed.
3:39:56 AM gremlin_net: [38] retran: Probably not; I probably remain alive through photosynthesis; good guess, Dummy.
3:39:58 AM duke2ofomnium: [5] A gift has to be of a certain value to become reportable income. Although it could become so in the aggregate.
3:40:07 AM another_real_o_1: [89] like retran never got 1099'd because he accepted free coffee from someone...
3:40:14 AM retran: [476] gremlin, if that's what you call mooching off relatives, sure
3:40:29 AM gremlin_net: [39] retran: Name a relative off which I mooch. Don't be wrong.
3:40:45 AM retran: [477] i'm not that interested in your personal life
3:40:49 AM gremlin_net: [40] And retran goes directly to hell for violating Exodus 20.16 for its dark lord satan.
3:40:51 AM retran: [478] just know ya dont got money
- retran will be ignored for 9999 days.
3:40:55 AM latin_of_light: I think socialism is an overall smarter investment.
3:40:58 AM gremlin_net: [41] It was wrong.
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