I've always wondered, since estate tax doesn't kick in until a fairly ginormous amount ($1 million last time I checked, and it wouldn't surprise me if this Congress had raised it since then), don't most of the people whose estates are big enough to get eaten up have access to lawyers, trusts, and so forth? It seems to me that the government would actually see very little income from the estate tax, though I've no idea if reality bears this out.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 14, 2005 6:58:23 am PDT #5599 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Lee - Apr 14, 2005 7:00:32 am PDT #5600 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thanks ita, except for the pffft about something being wrong.
I just don't have room for the vcr in my media cabinet. I may try to set up my vcr on my stereo cabinet and have connected from there, but I don't know if it will work.
That reminds me, I am going to need about 3 people to help me move the media cabinet closer to the wall once everything is connected. I should plan a housewarming party.
Gudanov - Apr 14, 2005 7:01:25 am PDT #5601 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I think there actually is some significant revenue from the estate tax, but it's been awhile since I've heard the figures.
Aims - Apr 14, 2005 7:02:00 am PDT #5602 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I am going to need about 3 people to help me move the media cabinet closer to the wall once everything is connected.
You might not have that problem if you had bought a new one. IJS. *w*
§ ita § - Apr 14, 2005 7:02:04 am PDT #5603 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is it a new media cabinet, Perkins? With sides on?
Lee - Apr 14, 2005 7:03:53 am PDT #5604 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Nope, the old one, but it has sides. (I mean the big armoire thing, not the short one my stereo is on.)
§ ita § - Apr 14, 2005 7:06:36 am PDT #5605 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you have new hardware? Why doesn't the VCR fit now?
Do you keep the doors closed when you're not watching the box?
Gudanov - Apr 14, 2005 7:07:09 am PDT #5606 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Those papers are funny.
Lee - Apr 14, 2005 7:10:19 am PDT #5607 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Ah-- this isn't new. I haven't had a connected VCR since I got my TiVo, since that takes up what used to be the VCR space.
I usually leave the doors open.
§ ita § - Apr 14, 2005 7:13:25 am PDT #5608 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't had a connected VCR since I got my TiVo
So you've been wrong all this time? I can't believe I hadn't realised.
I've probably spent way too much time thinking about TV furniture. And for all that, I ended up improvising. I'm way too lazy to use doors anyway. And I'd feel like the armoire was holding me back from a 65" TV.
Yeah, that's what'd stop me getting one.