Oooh. Pretty.
I'm usually pretty good about not clicking through to clothes porn, lest the PTB here think I'm wasting resources by shopping at work, but, but, oooooh.
I said I'm sorry. I've made mistakes, but fear was never one of them.
Lilah ,'Conviction (1)'
Spike's Bitches 26: Damn right I'm impure!
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
libkitty - Sep 16, 2005 3:36:42 pm PDT #3489 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Sean K - Sep 16, 2005 3:45:11 pm PDT #3490 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I agree with Laura above and would totally be in favor of a flat tax. Just X% and that's what they get. I would be far less grouchy about it that way.
The problem with a flat tax is that it's unfair to poor people. People with greater ability should bear a greater percentage of the tax burden.
vw bug - Sep 16, 2005 3:46:54 pm PDT #3491 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Aimee, that dress is gorgeous. I second your want!
Anne W. - Sep 16, 2005 3:47:12 pm PDT #3492 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That is a very Aimee dress.
libkitty - Sep 16, 2005 3:49:24 pm PDT #3493 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
The problem with a flat tax is that it's unfair to poor people. People with greater ability should bear a greater percentage of the tax burden.
This is why I want a graduated tax, but lower and with no deductions. Then it would be easier and people with lots of accountants (read, rich people) wouldn't get all the breaks. I think I'm in a minority of one, maybe two, on this though.
Trudy Booth - Sep 16, 2005 3:56:19 pm PDT #3494 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The problem with a flat tax is that it's unfair to poor people. People with greater ability should bear a greater percentage of the tax burden.
yeah. and then if you start doing it flat in stages you just slippery slope your way back into a complicated tax code.
Trudy Booth - Sep 16, 2005 4:04:38 pm PDT #3495 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Seany, do you still have that recipe I sent you? Tuns out it was on my work computer.
Sean K - Sep 16, 2005 4:12:09 pm PDT #3496 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
This is why I want a graduated tax, but lower and with no deductions. Then it would be easier and people with lots of accountants (read, rich people) wouldn't get all the breaks. I think I'm in a minority of one, maybe two, on this though.
I'm all for getting rid of the massively complicated deductions, but there's probably a really convincing argument for keeping them that I'm not aware of.
Seany, do you still have that recipe I sent you? Tuns out it was on my work computer.
I think I do, but it's packed away in one of the six or so boxes piled behind me. If it's important, I'll try to put a priority on digging it out some time this weekend.
Cashmere - Sep 16, 2005 4:14:57 pm PDT #3497 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I think, with local, state, federal, social security and medicaid we're looking at a 38% tax rate. They do blow.
The problem with a flat tax is that it's unfair to poor people. People with greater ability should bear a greater percentage of the tax burden.
As much as taxes blow, the flat tax blows more.
Aimee, that dress is fantabulous!!! I want it!
I swear I spent half the day not knowing what day of the week it was. Freak-y.
Hil R. - Sep 16, 2005 4:15:55 pm PDT #3498 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just got back from seeing Jonathan Kozol speak. That man is amazing.
And now, I'm back in "I should forget about grad school and go teach" mode again. There's a Math for America recruiting poster that I walk by every day, and it keeps looking like a better and better idea.