A consumption tax is just an income tax - savings.
It can also be a sales tax or a VAT.
Let me guess. We're in a hurry.
Inara ,'Serenity'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
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.
Tom Scola - May 03, 2005 11:13:04 am PDT #985 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
sarameg - May 03, 2005 11:13:41 am PDT #986 of 10001
msbelle!
Finally looked this up: 2003 estimate 628,670 people in the city. That's not for the whole metro area, obviously, but I told you! (er except I'm seeing estimates of 2.5 for the metro area not including DC. But whatever!) The state has 5.5 million all told.
shrift - May 03, 2005 11:16:29 am PDT #987 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I think Tuesday just kicked my ass and took its name back.
Stupid Tuesday. I like my name better, anyway.
Gudanov - May 03, 2005 11:18:57 am PDT #988 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
It can also be a sales tax or a VAT.
That seems to be coming up a bit lately. I don't know that you can really make it work without really putting it to the lower and middle class. You can exempt things like food, clothing, and medicine but then you need like a 30-40% tax. That would be kinda tough. Sure, you aren't paying income taxes but people with lower incomes don't pay all that much income tax as it is.
Fred Pete - May 03, 2005 11:21:16 am PDT #989 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Am I the only one who heard this at conventions back in the '80s?
One thing remaining that needs no explaining,
There's less where there once was more.
I'm looking over a small gray boulder
That was Alderaan before!
Calli - May 03, 2005 11:23:45 am PDT #990 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yes, that's it!
Hayden - May 03, 2005 11:27:18 am PDT #991 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Citizens for Tax Justice on the proposed national sales tax: [link]
msbelle - May 03, 2005 11:27:21 am PDT #992 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
tiny little wee town.
JohnSweden - May 03, 2005 11:27:30 am PDT #993 of 10001
I can't even.
Another wacky baseball injury this year (remember the guy who hurt his leg celebrating a victory):
Finally, here's one of the great baseball injuries of modern times:
Twins shortstop Jason Bartlett got hurt during the Twins' series in Detroit last week. But the bad news is, he did it on a day they got snowed out and without leaving the hotel.
Bartlett was trying to rotate the TV in his room so he could watch a basketball game, got a finger caught under the TV – and ripped off a fingernail.
Ow.
libkitty - May 03, 2005 11:28:34 am PDT #994 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Ouch. And yet, pretty funny for me.