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.
No power in the 'verse can stop me.
River ,'War Stories'
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.