tiny little wee town.
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
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.
msbelle - May 03, 2005 11:27:21 am PDT #992 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
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.
bon bon - May 03, 2005 11:29:38 am PDT #995 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
It can also be a sales tax or a VAT.
But that's not really what people are proposing-- an income tax that exempts savings would encourage savings and would be administered pretty much as IRAs are now.
Aims - May 03, 2005 11:29:48 am PDT #996 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
John, there's a message for you in F2F.
Gudanov - May 03, 2005 11:34:29 am PDT #997 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
But that's not really what people are proposing-- an income tax that exempts savings would encourage savings and would be administered pretty much as IRAs are now.
Something like tax-exempt CDs or something. I think something like that is fine as long as adjustments are made to prevent the tax burden from moving downward. Course right now, we need some big spending cuts and some tax increases just to break even.
tommyrot - May 03, 2005 11:35:08 am PDT #998 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK, now I'm totally earwormed:
I'm looking over
My dead dog Rover
That I overran with the mower
One leg is missing
The other is gone
Third leg is scattered
All over the lawn
No need explaining
The one remaining
I forget the rest....
Kathy A - May 03, 2005 11:36:12 am PDT #999 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
...is hanging on the bathroom door
I'm looking over
My dead dog Rover
That I ran over with the mower!
Kathy A - May 03, 2005 11:37:36 am PDT #1000 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Oh, and cereal for the SLUUT!
Hayden - May 03, 2005 11:38:09 am PDT #1001 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
A consumption tax would necessitate a shift of tax burden away from wealthier Americans to middle and working class people, because wealthier people save more of their income. All sales taxes and value-added taxes are consumption taxes.
This is 10 years old, but the flat taxes discussed herein are still floating around the wingnut side of DC: [link]