Minimum wage earners don't have tax shelters because they don't have any tax liability to shelter their income from. Not that they don't give the government an interest free loan in terms of tax withholding and then waiting for that rebate (which some call 'free money' funny enough.)
Ironically, 50% of the wage earners in the US pay 97% of the taxes. And the top 3% pay over half the income taxes in the US. Learn more here.
You've only made it a year? Ptth. Wuss.;p It took me five years of tech support, a forced move and another couple years of tech support to realize there were other valid things I could be doing with my life.
I think that proves the OP is smarter than you. Take a while. Think about it...
Point to any 'Palestine' that has ever existed as a country. You can't. It is akin to pointing to the kingdom of Huns or Franks - no wait, they did have countries. Hmmm, how about the Heshemites? How's that? No wait, they had countries. So, it's a cultural reference based on English understanding of religious strife from 2500+ years ago. And they have never had a unifying cultural achievement or sovereign state. Why do they need one again?
The land was stolen after WW2, declared a Jewish state and the Jews moved there. The babble has been proven wrong countless times, they have zero claim to the land and the Jews have more in common with Gypsies than they do any of the mid-east region.
You need a history lesson. Google 'Sykes-Picot' and the fall of the Ottoman empire. Jews bought the land for pennies an acre. The local Arab inhabitants (Ottoman subjects nicknamed 'Palestinian' because this was supposedly the Biblical land of 'Philistine') thought the land worthless. After the kibbutz es started reaping the harvest, and the hydroelectric brought power...then the so-called 'Palestinians' realized the inherent value of the land and wanted it back. Of course, the Jews who bought it and worked to transform the land thought this utter bullshit. So the 'Palestinians' (again, a nickname, not a real culture) agreed to the Egyptian and Jordanian overtures to ally with them an invade Israel. They tried twice and lost horribly both times. That's right, they started wars and lost them...hence the 'occupied territories'. What's curious is that the Jordanians and Egyptians won't give the 'Palestinian' refugees harbor, but keep them in camps and have done so for almost 50 years. What does that tell you about these backstabbing, culture less, savages?
And I have to read idiots like you who got their history from the back of a matchbook or some anti-US/anti-Israel history prof or news reporter. Read up and come back when you have a clue.
Id rather be someone like that, then a transitory pop icon like Elvis.
Come on, now. Do you know how much pussy Elvis got? Seriously? Watch Elvis on Tour and you'll see what I mean. Besides, Elvis has had staying power and a significant effect on culture...not unlike van Gogh who was trying quite hard to gain his own fame, or at least commercial success. Because it took his widow years after his death to make it happen, doesn't mean popularity was unimportant to his ultimate recognition.
This is just like the guy busted in CT for photographing the police. It's a classic abuse of power.
No it isn't, RTFA.
And the idiots of this country still think Bush is doing a good job and the Patriot Act is a good thing as well.
Check his poll numbers. He's got @37% support. If the Patriot Act is that oppressive/unpopular, surely a Democrat controlled congress can/should/will overturn it.
Now that I've admitted to not being an experienced Linux user, do I lose my Slashdot privileges? I hope not, I like it here.
No. Look at my 'newbie' handle, from back when I was first learning about Linux back in the late 90's. It was Red Hat 4 or 5 using AfterStep as a window manager, I think. Everybody starts somewhere. Folks here are pretty forbearing as long as you're not an asshole about a distro or pretend something that is not the case. Reason I recommended MEPIS is it's based on Ubuntu and tries to keep it simple - one app for each function. It also includes all of the codecs you'll likely want without having to use Automatix. UbuntuStudio looks groovy, though, so thanks for the heads up.
Russia and France disagreed with the 18th measure before the UN. They signed on to the other 17. I guess they didn't want to lose that oil money they were getting from Saddam. Russia had two generals design the defenses of Baghdad. And the Iraqis were firing French anti-tank weapons at US troops. Nice folks, them. Now Russia is giving Iran anti-aircraft missiles and nuke technology. Hang on, this next one should be fun.
when he asserted (correctly) that they had no true authority over him as the UN didn't sanction the US to remove a government. We were allowed in Iraq under the auspices of finding WMDs. The UN just happened to turn a blind eye when we took it to the conclusion.
You don't need UN sanction to remove a government. Look at Bosnia circa 1998.
You went from a mostly harmless slightly loud giant with too much money to an antogonistic bully who doesn't have the sense not to spend himself into massive debt. I don't think you've been paying much attention.
By increasing spending on social programs like prescription Medicare and schooling? As for the bullying, we removed the Taliban and finished the Gulf War that Bush and Clinton had not finished. Do you think we should wait for Canada to keep the terrorists at bay? With what? Snowballs?
while fighting against any number of predominantly-Muslim foes in the name of fighting terrorism
Predominately? Meaning to 'surpass others in appearance'? What others are there? What I love is that we still have folks in Bosnia protecting Kosovar Albanians (Muslims) without either a UN mandate or congressional authorization and nobody says a peep. So much for gratitude.
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I loved 'Clocks'. Oh wait, Codeplay...not Coldplay.
Nevermind.
Oh look. A duck.
The 'hybrid' term had me scratching my head, too.
I am wondering if it's meant to imply that it is somehow 'environmentally friendly'. I don't know.
Using some form of flash/caching along with memory and disk drives is not, shall we say, new so I'm wondering what it's a 'hybrid' of exactly.
Just because he's French (heauxmeaux), doesn't mean he's gay.
*rolls eyes*
Amen to that. From the summary:
Who epitomizes that better than Dvorak?
The top 3% of earners are also in the top 50% of earners.
And yes, a significant amount (not 47%) of wage earners get more in tax rebates than they pay in taxes. It's called the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Minimum wage earners don't have tax shelters because they don't have any tax liability to shelter their income from. Not that they don't give the government an interest free loan in terms of tax withholding and then waiting for that rebate (which some call 'free money' funny enough.)
Ironically, 50% of the wage earners in the US pay 97% of the taxes. And the top 3% pay over half the income taxes in the US. Learn more here.
You've only made it a year? Ptth. Wuss. ;p It took me five years of tech support, a forced move and another couple years of tech support to realize there were other valid things I could be doing with my life.
I think that proves the OP is smarter than you.
Take a while.
Think about it...
Actually, that 'k' is a subsection, thus 401(k).
Regards.
Point to any 'Palestine' that has ever existed as a country.
You can't.
It is akin to pointing to the kingdom of Huns or Franks - no wait, they did have countries.
Hmmm, how about the Heshemites? How's that? No wait, they had countries.
So, it's a cultural reference based on English understanding of religious strife from 2500+ years ago.
And they have never had a unifying cultural achievement or sovereign state.
Why do they need one again?
The land was stolen after WW2, declared a Jewish state and the Jews moved there. The babble has been proven wrong countless times, they have zero claim to the land and the Jews have more in common with Gypsies than they do any of the mid-east region.
You need a history lesson. Google 'Sykes-Picot' and the fall of the Ottoman empire.
Jews bought the land for pennies an acre. The local Arab inhabitants (Ottoman subjects nicknamed 'Palestinian' because this was supposedly the Biblical land of 'Philistine') thought the land worthless.
After the kibbutz es started reaping the harvest, and the hydroelectric brought power...then the so-called 'Palestinians' realized the inherent value of the land and wanted it back. Of course, the Jews who bought it and worked to transform the land thought this utter bullshit.
So the 'Palestinians' (again, a nickname, not a real culture) agreed to the Egyptian and Jordanian overtures to ally with them an invade Israel. They tried twice and lost horribly both times.
That's right, they started wars and lost them...hence the 'occupied territories'.
What's curious is that the Jordanians and Egyptians won't give the 'Palestinian' refugees harbor, but keep them in camps and have done so for almost 50 years.
What does that tell you about these backstabbing, culture less, savages?
And I have to read idiots like you who got their history from the back of a matchbook or some anti-US/anti-Israel history prof or news reporter.
Read up and come back when you have a clue.
Id rather be someone like that, then a transitory pop icon like Elvis.
Come on, now. Do you know how much pussy Elvis got? Seriously?
Watch Elvis on Tour and you'll see what I mean.
Besides, Elvis has had staying power and a significant effect on culture...not unlike van Gogh who was trying quite hard to gain his own fame, or at least commercial success. Because it took his widow years after his death to make it happen, doesn't mean popularity was unimportant to his ultimate recognition.
Too funny that Chinese labour gets better treatment under Communist rule than US labour gets under the current Corporatist setup.
As long as the game developers don't try to openly practice religion or have to work in manufacturing, they should be fine.
No it isn't, RTFA.
Check his poll numbers. He's got @37% support. If the Patriot Act is that oppressive/unpopular, surely a Democrat controlled congress can/should/will overturn it.
The only real way to have a universal format is for the world to only use one distribution
You must be new here.
For the love of God, make it stop!
What are you talking about - work/life balance?
*posts from a BlackBerry Pearl*
Now that I've admitted to not being an experienced Linux user, do I lose my Slashdot privileges? I hope not, I like it here.
No. Look at my 'newbie' handle, from back when I was first learning about Linux back in the late 90's. It was Red Hat 4 or 5 using AfterStep as a window manager, I think. Everybody starts somewhere. Folks here are pretty forbearing as long as you're not an asshole about a distro or pretend something that is not the case.
Reason I recommended MEPIS is it's based on Ubuntu and tries to keep it simple - one app for each function. It also includes all of the codecs you'll likely want without having to use Automatix. UbuntuStudio looks groovy, though, so thanks for the heads up.
I'm not looking for a distro fight, but have you tried MEPIS and found it lacking something?
Does that go to eleven?
Russia and France disagreed with the 18th measure before the UN. They signed on to the other 17. I guess they didn't want to lose that oil money they were getting from Saddam.
Russia had two generals design the defenses of Baghdad.
And the Iraqis were firing French anti-tank weapons at US troops.
Nice folks, them.
Now Russia is giving Iran anti-aircraft missiles and nuke technology.
Hang on, this next one should be fun.
Really. How long has that been?
I'm wondering if my Vista DVD will get to my house quicker.
when he asserted (correctly) that they had no true authority over him as the UN didn't sanction the US to remove a government. We were allowed in Iraq under the auspices of finding WMDs. The UN just happened to turn a blind eye when we took it to the conclusion.
You don't need UN sanction to remove a government. Look at Bosnia circa 1998.
You went from a mostly harmless slightly loud giant with too much money to an antogonistic bully who doesn't have the sense not to spend himself into massive debt. I don't think you've been paying much attention.
By increasing spending on social programs like prescription Medicare and schooling?
As for the bullying, we removed the Taliban and finished the Gulf War that Bush and Clinton had not finished.
Do you think we should wait for Canada to keep the terrorists at bay? With what? Snowballs?
while fighting against any number of predominantly-Muslim foes in the name of fighting terrorism
Predominately? Meaning to 'surpass others in appearance'? What others are there?
What I love is that we still have folks in Bosnia protecting Kosovar Albanians (Muslims) without either a UN mandate or congressional authorization and nobody says a peep.
So much for gratitude.