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From: Davoud on 6 Apr 2010 19:13 Davoud: > So you just filled out the 1040EZ form so that Uncle Sam could keep more > of your earnings... right? Gave it to charities that help the poor (70%) environmental-protection advocates (20%) and progressive political organizations (10%). Percentages approximate. Davoud -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
From: Jeffrey Goldberg on 6 Apr 2010 23:12 Davoud wrote: > Warren Oates >> The Yanks still have Saturday mail (useful if you live near the border). > > Enjoy it while you can. The USPS is going to phase out Saturday > deliveries and, I believe, close the post offices on Saturdays. This is > known as a "cost-cutting measure." This is also an important safety/security measure. Now people can only go postal Monday through Friday. -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://goldmark.org/jeff/ I rarely read HTML or poorly quoting posts Reply-To address is valid
From: Nick Naym on 7 Apr 2010 00:09 In article D4OdnVc3g8EmPSbWnZ2dnUVZ_oqdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com, Kurt Ullman at kurtullman(a)yahoo.com wrote on 4/6/10 4:59 PM: > In article <060420101641318852%star(a)sky.net>, Davoud <star(a)sky.net> > wrote: > >> >> One wonders how deeply the U.S. will cut costs -- close the National >> Parks, close the schools, close the Interstates, stop the medical >> research... before the American people realize that too much spending >> is only a tiny part of the problem, and that the main issue is that the >> upper-middle-classes upward through the super-rich are not paying >> enough income tax. > It is actually ALL of it. Look at the revenues vs spending. Rev > has gone up less than the average \7% PER YEAR that spending has > increased over the last 20 years or so. IRS figures also show that those > in the top 5% are paying a higher share of the taxes than they were > before the Bush Tax cuts (largely because a whole group of people at the > bottom went off the roles entirely. >> >> My wife and I are not among the super-rich (by a _very_ long shot!), >> but we have a sufficiently high income to be under-taxed, thanks in >> part to cuts in public services and thanks in part to the heavy taxes >> the poor (read: poorly educated) pay in the form of lottery-ticket >> purchases. For state legislators, wealthy lawyers most, to rob the poor >> in this way is nothing short of criminal, IMO. > Then yo may feel free to pay more in taxes, etc. Otherwise you're > saying that because you feel you should more so should I. I don't agree > with you. Try walking in the shoes of a poor person with no hope for real economic improvement. Perhaps you're perspective would then change. -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Eric on 7 Apr 2010 07:11 In article <060420101641318852%star(a)sky.net>, Davoud <star(a)sky.net> wrote: > Warren Oates > > All my London friends accused me of having > > a "posh" bank. Of course the cheque book was about a yard long and had > > foils and counterfoils and I still have no idea what a "crossed cheque" > > is all about. > > I lived outside the U.S. for nearly 30 years and I also have no idea > what a "crossed cheque" is -- in spite of having heard the term used > countless times. A cheque with two parallel lines across the short dimension with the words "not negotiable" (and possibly "account payee only") written between them. A crossed cheque must be paid into a bank account and cannot be cashed over the counter. It provides additional protection against possible fraudulent negotiation of a cheque. Used to be standard practice in British Commonwealth countries, however cheques are now pretty much obsolete.
From: Kurt Ullman on 7 Apr 2010 07:58
In article <C7E17D9D.583DF%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > Then yo may feel free to pay more in taxes, etc. Otherwise you're > > saying that because you feel you should more so should I. I don't agree > > with you. > > Try walking in the shoes of a poor person with no hope for real economic > improvement. Perhaps you're perspective would then change. Perhaps not. -- I get off on '57 Chevys I get off on screamin' guitars --Eric Clapton |