tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post4152607985356503560..comments2024-02-09T12:12:37.636-08:00Comments on best minimum wage job a middle aged guy ever had: Thursday thunks.Duncan McGearyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-5752556727104285852011-10-21T15:09:00.667-07:002011-10-21T15:09:00.667-07:00'flat tax' is just an open door for a fede...'flat tax' is just an open door for a federal sales tax<br /><br />as my cpa said 40 years ago, the vested interests in complex tax reported are some of the most powerful klusterfucks in the usa, given that lawyers control the political and legal system, and only lawyers become senators and presidents, ... these people will NEVER turn off their principal source of income, that is complexity is what makes the entire legal accounting system profitable,<br /><br />simplicity is bullshit, more complexity means more money, and the people running the usa will always make things more complex to insure continual revenue growthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-88106811444692442152011-10-20T14:14:15.386-07:002011-10-20T14:14:15.386-07:00Everyone that has an income should have to pay som...Everyone that has an income should have to pay some Federal income tax. Everyone uses the services provided by Federal income taxes. Everyone should have a stake in the game. It would be much harder to raise taxes, waste taxes, etc., if those who did so were beholden to all. As it is now, politicians seek desperately the votes of those who benefit, yet don't have to pay. And those people play a big part in voting for things that cost us a lot of money. It's because they get something for nothing. It all helps fuel corruption and waste. I'm much more frugal with my money than someone elses, and I would guess that you are, too!<br /><br />Oh, and also limit campaign contributions to, oh, say $50.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-63731599906661689892011-10-20T11:30:48.538-07:002011-10-20T11:30:48.538-07:00Here's my take on the flat tax idea:
If we wa...Here's my take on the flat tax idea:<br /><br />If we want to have government services, somebody has to pay for them. If you pay less, somebody else has to pay more. If somebody else pays less, you have to pay more.<br /><br />Alternatively, if everybody pays less that means total revenues are reduced and services have to be cut. The 1-percenters, who can afford to hire private security guards and send their kids to private schools, etc., can do without government services better than us 99-percenters can. So when government services are cut the 99-percenters indirectly pay for the tax cuts for the 1-percenters.<br /><br />Bottom line: A flat tax will mean the 99-percenters will pay a greater share of the total tax bill, directly or indirectly.<br /><br />Which is why the 1-percenters love the idea.H. Bruce Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14613347512240617956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-83159942212238875072011-10-20T10:32:04.180-07:002011-10-20T10:32:04.180-07:00In other words, it's all hype.In other words, it's all hype.Duncan McGearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-36279495542898331582011-10-20T10:31:36.537-07:002011-10-20T10:31:36.537-07:00Selling for "desperation" prices is so s...Selling for "desperation" prices is so stupid that no legitimate retailer would do it and stay in business.<br /><br />The example they use; a 249.99 bracelet that is selling for 24.99 postage and handling?<br /><br />It's worth 24.99, folks. Maybe they're paying for the postage -- but as they point out, they get 1/3rd add on sales so that's taken care of.<br /><br />I don't believe anymore that any blowout sale is a blowout sale. <br /><br />They are regular prices constructed to LOOK like a discount.<br /><br />If a furniture store is always 50% off, the 50% off price is the real price.<br /><br />If Walmart offer a 600.00 T.V. for 400.00 it's because they shaved money off the production, not because they shaved their margins.<br /><br />The only thing unbelievable about this Crazy Eddie deals is the American public's unending credulity.Duncan McGearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.com