Does MA have anti beard laws on the books?
I think they became moot once gay marriage passed.
There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
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.
DXMachina - Jul 27, 2005 9:49:54 am PDT #3329 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Kathy A - Jul 27, 2005 9:51:07 am PDT #3330 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm constantly surprised when I go out and visit my mom and brother in NJ, and find out that they don't pay taxes for clothes or, I think, food. IL doesn't offer any kind of breaks, except for mags/newspapers, AFAIK.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 27, 2005 9:51:11 am PDT #3331 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
All of this tax stuff is scary as hell.
Waves a 1040 form at Kat
Topic!Cindy - Jul 27, 2005 9:55:10 am PDT #3332 of 10002
What is even happening?
::loves bon just a little bit more::
I'm all for the bon bon love, but I get nothing for being the bearer of good news?
I think my head just exploded.
My head used to explode when I worked at the grocery store. Food stamps could be used for food, so like Doritos could be paid for with foodstamps? Toilet paper? Not so much. What do you need more? I think there ought to be necessity stamps, in addition to food stamps. You need soap, and toilet paper in our society.
ChiKat - Jul 27, 2005 9:55:13 am PDT #3333 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I pay 8.75% on just about everything except for magazines and newspapers and still have to pay 3% income tax to the state.
Actually, you now pay 9%. It went up July 1. (not sure if that's for all of Cook County or just Chicago, tho)
P.M. Marc - Jul 27, 2005 9:55:43 am PDT #3334 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
That's what my sister told me, but when I looked at the sales receipt from my purchase at the Nordstorm Rack store near Pike Place Market, and saw that the "high sales tax" was only 8%,
IIRC, from doing my taxes this year and checking, we're at 8.8% for goods in Seattle, and 9.3% for dining.
juliana - Jul 27, 2005 9:55:45 am PDT #3335 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
IL doesn't offer any kind of breaks, except for mags/newspapers, AFAIK.
Which is why at least 3 families I know in Chicago-area come to MN for school clothes shopping. Sales tax here is 7.25%, climbing up to 10% in the 2 downtowns & the airport area, and 13% for liquor. However, we do not get taxed on clothes & non-prepared food.
-t - Jul 27, 2005 9:57:44 am PDT #3336 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I can buy bottled water tax free. Newspapers are taxed, but it's included in the published price (at least that's the way it shows up pn the receipt if yo buy one from Walgreens) And food is half a percentage point less than other things, or something similar. I think about half the sales tax goes to the state and half to the parish. A store I worked at got in trouble with the state for having a "We'll pay the sales tax" sale because the ads suggested people might want to avoid paying taxes.
Wow, I'm veering dangerously close to free asociation.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 27, 2005 9:58:34 am PDT #3337 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Huh, not feeling too bad about the 5% sales tax here (or the 5.something% up in ME).
We were Taxachusetts for what reason, again? I assume it must have been property or state income, 'cause it's been 5% sales since I've been here.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 27, 2005 10:00:31 am PDT #3338 of 10002
What is even happening?
The income tax was the main reason I think Frank, and in part, I think that's because our upstairs neighbor, NH, had no state income tax. Like Nutty said though, their property tax was through the roof.
Isn't the Maine state sales tax higher--like 8% or something? It always seems to me that the outlets in Kittery aren't that good of a deal, after I check out at the register.