Someone has to lose - either we spend extra money on the bottom of the barrel and find the occasional pearl, or we spend it on the achievers and give them a chance to change the world.
the red states with their low tax ideals have very few good schools
There are plenty of good schools for those who want to pay for one; the lower population density means you don't need nearly as many. And that's the whole point of the low-tax, low-service model: you don't pay for everyone to get everything, and people instead can spend their money where they want.
Doctors don't even recognize these diseases anymore. I had whooping cough as a medical student, nobody ever picked up on it. I didn't figure it out myself until I was studying for final exams in pediatrics and really looked at the symptom list.
I went to a private high school in a red state. Virtually indistinguishable from the education my college classmates received in public schools in those northeastern suburbs, except that my parents only had to pay tuition for the years I went there, not every year of their lives.
It's English. You can't out-weird English. As James Nicoll said,
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
Surprisingly fewer calories to run than to walk, and that's why you eat the fatty bits first. There's a reason that Prometheus covered the bones in fat...
DSM-IV criteria require symptoms to be present for six months before a diagnosis of schizophrenia can be made, but you might choose to treat after a single psychotic break.
But since schizophrenia has a kindling effect - the more episodes you have, the more likely you are to have one in the future - there is plenty of reason to believe that delaying onset is a valuable thing.
Actually, lung cancer doesn't really take off until people have around 30-40 pack-years (i.e., 1 pack per day for 30-40 years or 2 packs per day for 15-20) of exposure. Even very heavy pot smokers don't usually hit those quantities of total smoked plant.
Also the time period during which drug therapy for schizophrenia became available. Schizophrenia is one of several neurologic diseases which exhibits a "kindling" effect - the more psychotic breaks you have, the more likely you are to have one in the future.
They were taken out of power, but a quick look at the appearance of the population of Mexico and Peru will tell you that the Aztec and Inca were not wiped out. The natives of New England largely were, Foxwoods notwithstanding.
Well, actually, the HIV thing is a little different. Certain diseases are mandatory reports - you have to inform the state Health Department about the diagnosis, and in the case of STD's they will want to investigate all your sexual contacts and treat them.
I try to point out to people that it's not that the medical establishment is always right, it's that 99+% of the time, the person who says "you've got it all wrong!" is the crazy one. Hard odds to overcome.
Incidentally, the hypothetical married couple that pay exactly 15% on federal income tax income make at least $113875 before tax, if my BOTEC is correct.
You don't understand how tax rates work. Everyone (until AMT kicks in) pays 10% on their first hunk of income (for convenience, let's use the married filing jointly numbers).
So their first $18150 of adjusted gross income (which takes out any deductions, like mortgage interest or just the standard deduction, meaning that at least the first $12400 in income for this couple has no taxes at all) generates a total of $1815 in tax liability. Then they pay 15% of income earned up to $73800, which generates (73800-18150)*0.15 = $8347.50 in tax liability.
A couple earning $73800 in taxable income, which means at least $86200 in total income, pays $1815 + $8347.50 in federal income tax, or $10162.50, not $73800*0.15 = $11070; their effective tax rate is 11.8% over all their income.
If the same couple increase their taxable income to $148850, the top of the 25% bracket, and remember that is at least $161250 before taxes, they will pay (148850-73800)*0.25 = $18762.50 in additional federal tax, for a total of $28925 in federal income tax, making an effective federal income tax rate of 17.9% across all their income.
Working stiffs pay nothing like 25 to 33% in federal taxes. That may be their top marginal rate, but it's not applied to their whole income. I pay 26% overall (AMT rate) to the Feds. That's from the first dollar. And you'd better believe I work for it.
There are a lot of perks to his job. Of course, the flip side is that he has to make decisions that materially affect the lives of millions of people, including ones that involve some of them being sent to their death.
The basic inability to get things done was lamented by Nixon. In his case, he used the full might of the presidency and it still took over a year to get a temporary building erected on Pennsylvania Avenue in WW2 for the Navy torn down.
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Someone has to lose - either we spend extra money on the bottom of the barrel and find the occasional pearl, or we spend it on the achievers and give them a chance to change the world.
the red states with their low tax ideals have very few good schools
There are plenty of good schools for those who want to pay for one; the lower population density means you don't need nearly as many. And that's the whole point of the low-tax, low-service model: you don't pay for everyone to get everything, and people instead can spend their money where they want.
Doctors don't even recognize these diseases anymore. I had whooping cough as a medical student, nobody ever picked up on it. I didn't figure it out myself until I was studying for final exams in pediatrics and really looked at the symptom list.
Heaven forbid that we should dedicate resources to those who are best able to benefit from them.
I went to a private high school in a red state. Virtually indistinguishable from the education my college classmates received in public schools in those northeastern suburbs, except that my parents only had to pay tuition for the years I went there, not every year of their lives.
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
Sorry, miswritten. Surprisingly fewer extra calories to run instead of walk. It's really about how far you travel, not how fast.
You should watch this. Livestock may end up saving us.
Surprisingly fewer calories to run than to walk, and that's why you eat the fatty bits first. There's a reason that Prometheus covered the bones in fat...
DSM-IV criteria require symptoms to be present for six months before a diagnosis of schizophrenia can be made, but you might choose to treat after a single psychotic break.
But since schizophrenia has a kindling effect - the more episodes you have, the more likely you are to have one in the future - there is plenty of reason to believe that delaying onset is a valuable thing.
Actually, lung cancer doesn't really take off until people have around 30-40 pack-years (i.e., 1 pack per day for 30-40 years or 2 packs per day for 15-20) of exposure. Even very heavy pot smokers don't usually hit those quantities of total smoked plant.
Also the time period during which drug therapy for schizophrenia became available. Schizophrenia is one of several neurologic diseases which exhibits a "kindling" effect - the more psychotic breaks you have, the more likely you are to have one in the future.
They were taken out of power, but a quick look at the appearance of the population of Mexico and Peru will tell you that the Aztec and Inca were not wiped out. The natives of New England largely were, Foxwoods notwithstanding.
If someone else is paying the bills...
Well, actually, the HIV thing is a little different. Certain diseases are mandatory reports - you have to inform the state Health Department about the diagnosis, and in the case of STD's they will want to investigate all your sexual contacts and treat them.
You ask me if I have a God complex? I AM GOD!
And the AMT can rot in hell. It was originally aimed at 155 returns, not everybody who lives in a two-professional household.
I try to point out to people that it's not that the medical establishment is always right, it's that 99+% of the time, the person who says "you've got it all wrong!" is the crazy one. Hard odds to overcome.
Incidentally, the hypothetical married couple that pay exactly 15% on federal income tax income make at least $113875 before tax, if my BOTEC is correct.
You don't understand how tax rates work. Everyone (until AMT kicks in) pays 10% on their first hunk of income (for convenience, let's use the married filing jointly numbers).
So their first $18150 of adjusted gross income (which takes out any deductions, like mortgage interest or just the standard deduction, meaning that at least the first $12400 in income for this couple has no taxes at all) generates a total of $1815 in tax liability. Then they pay 15% of income earned up to $73800, which generates (73800-18150)*0.15 = $8347.50 in tax liability.
A couple earning $73800 in taxable income, which means at least $86200 in total income, pays $1815 + $8347.50 in federal income tax, or $10162.50, not $73800*0.15 = $11070; their effective tax rate is 11.8% over all their income.
If the same couple increase their taxable income to $148850, the top of the 25% bracket, and remember that is at least $161250 before taxes, they will pay (148850-73800)*0.25 = $18762.50 in additional federal tax, for a total of $28925 in federal income tax, making an effective federal income tax rate of 17.9% across all their income.
Working stiffs pay nothing like 25 to 33% in federal taxes. That may be their top marginal rate, but it's not applied to their whole income. I pay 26% overall (AMT rate) to the Feds. That's from the first dollar. And you'd better believe I work for it.
There are a lot of perks to his job. Of course, the flip side is that he has to make decisions that materially affect the lives of millions of people, including ones that involve some of them being sent to their death.
The basic inability to get things done was lamented by Nixon. In his case, he used the full might of the presidency and it still took over a year to get a temporary building erected on Pennsylvania Avenue in WW2 for the Navy torn down.
Blame your legislators for mandatory reporting requirements.