Funny bit, Doreen.
My grandmother once told me of a British lady saying, "Oh skit," in frustration after having it explained to her over and over how we pronounce schedule here in America.
Peace,
Barry
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- May 7th, 2010, 10:06 pm
- Forum: Rant, Rage & Laugh
- Topic: Fluctuations
- Replies: 2
- Views: 886
- May 7th, 2010, 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of unemployment
- Replies: 103
- Views: 6392
In short, no income tax applies for a couple’s first $1,600 each month. Even if this were factual, about which I have my doubts, that barely covers the mortgage for most folks. What about food, car insurance, car payment, electricity, water, fuel, gasoline, college tuition, phone, internet, cable T...
- May 7th, 2010, 9:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of unemployment
- Replies: 103
- Views: 6392
Here's a thought...Gov't., be it state or federal, wants to attract businesses to their locale. For simplification, let's use states. Businesses need quality employees, educated, responsible, dependable people. But such people, the majority of whom have children, might be averse to living in a local...
- May 7th, 2010, 12:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of unemployment
- Replies: 103
- Views: 6392
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html The first sentence of Article 1, Section 2, (the powers of Congress) of the US Constitution, stated that Congress had the power to levy direct taxes apportioned among the states. This sentence was nullified by the 14th Amendment. Sentence four of Section 9 (t...
- May 6th, 2010, 7:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of unemployment
- Replies: 103
- Views: 6392
This was your entire answer. Whatever taxations were used pre 1913 So, to be clear... How did the gov't manage to collect enough revenue to run things before the 16th Amendment, without committing "economic suicide"? How was taxation handled by the gov't before the 16th Amendment, without committing...
- May 6th, 2010, 2:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of unemployment
- Replies: 103
- Views: 6392
- May 5th, 2010, 6:33 pm
- Forum: Artstalk
- Topic: Grateful Dead Spirit of Creation
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1924
Grateful Dead Spirit of Creation
This is a poster from an SDS Ball in 1969, at the University of Utah Union Ballroom. I got it in the early 90's, back when I made and sold tie-dyes. A friend introduced me to a young woman visiting him who had this poster. She said her dad was the photographer and her brother was the model, and she ...
- May 5th, 2010, 11:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of unemployment
- Replies: 103
- Views: 6392
I got your message, NS. And that's a very astute observation on business and taxes. I thank you for it. Yes, businesses will always pass on to the consumer (in price increases) whatever taxes they pay. Have you ever heard of one passing on tax cuts in the form of price decreases? As for John & Mary,...
- May 5th, 2010, 11:32 am
- Forum: Culture, Politics, Philosophy
- Topic: Global awareness
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1170
When I was a boy, like seven or so, I was with my mom and dad in Chinatown in San Francisco. There was a woman speaking Chinese, not a word of which could I understand. I remember the confusion, the wishing I could "hear" what she was saying. Then she laughed, and it was like all the sudden I knew C...
- May 4th, 2010, 5:22 pm
- Forum: Music, Spoken Word & Video
- Topic: Living With Roommates - Video Series
- Replies: 6
- Views: 843
- May 4th, 2010, 12:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of unemployment
- Replies: 103
- Views: 6392
Okay, NS, try this one on for size... Businesses are taxed on their profit alone, quite often a very small percentage of their overall receipts, or cash-flow. Three percent is considered an acceptable profit margin in a business. So if a business has annual gross receipts of, say, $70,000 (to keep i...
- May 3rd, 2010, 8:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of unemployment
- Replies: 103
- Views: 6392
It is my personal belief that some sort of high-money powered group behind the scenes, paid it's way in to run the country to their benefit. . . I believe BHO will allow this group of ignorant thugs that have been imbalancing the American system of capitalism for the past few decades to reveal them...
- May 3rd, 2010, 7:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: how supply siders view education
- Replies: 3
- Views: 518
Excellent points, sweet, very astute. As to your comments regarding Reagan and supply-side, trickle down economics vis a vi saving versus spending, let's not forget it was during the Reagan administration that personal savings accounts were taxed as income for the first time, taxed once as payroll d...
- May 2nd, 2010, 4:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of unemployment
- Replies: 103
- Views: 6392
We got a guy running for governor here in Oregon on the slogan, "We don't need more taxes; we need more taxpayers," the theory being, provide incentives for business to locate in our state (meaning tax them little or nothing at all) and they will locate there, providing more jobs, allowing more peop...
- April 29th, 2010, 9:26 pm
- Forum: Constantine
- Topic: epigram #1
- Replies: 8
- Views: 948