there is no way you and your wife can't afford a house or a condo. I am 23 yrs old and I ALONE pull in a meager $56k (meager compared to the salary you must command to be in the "high" tax bracket you claim). I have owned my own home for over year. My house was built in 1998, and is only a few miles outside of a major metro area.
Well, that's dandy for you. I take it we are not neighbors - as the average cost of a home in my town is $1,000,000 dollars. Condos range 500K+
These are not mansions or even new homes, mind you, these are 30-40 year old tract homes in average nothing-special neighborhoods.
Yes, maybe I should move - but I'd also assume that you didn't move from out of state just to be able to afford your swell place. You're also single, which is less restricting.
(and no, I make nowhere near 200K but I'm in one of the highest brackets)
cry me a river. go tell that to the single mom raising 5 kids and barely able to make rent.
*sniff*
Hate to say it, but nearly all of the women I've met like this jumped head-first into these situations.
I.e. they latch on to some obvious loser deadbeat, screw him, move in with him, have kids, have more kids, etc.
And when he bails, they act like "I can't believe this has happened to me!"
Sorry, I do my best to help the women I know who are on this path; but there comes a point when they have to take responsibility for their actions. I need to raise kids myself.
I'm seriously not trolling, but don't most tax cuts in the U.S. benefit the richer and not the poorer?
My biggest grief against Democrats/Liberals in regards to taxes is this:
When they say the "rich", it sounds as if they're talking about multi-millionaires. However, they're actually talking about about anyone in the highest tax-brackets. My wife are I are in this catagory, although we are FAR from rich (i.e. I can't even afford a house/condo on what we make). So the thought of any tax increases are fucking ludicrous to me, as I make an effort to NOT be a burden on anyone else, as well as planning for the future without counting on Social Security. More of the services they propose to fund with tax increases will give me no benefit.
If they'd talk straight about taxes, I'd be more willing to vote for them.
China, along with most Middle Eastern and Asian countries, has a high risk of having an AIDS related disaster of a scope way beyond what we now see in Africa
Not being a racist troll here, but from my experience, culturally Asians seem to be a lot less promiscuous, which would imply that this disaster doesn't seem so imminent.
I have a feeling that if someone from 1956 read this headline, they would imagine to mean something like:
"Dateline 2006 - Captain Stern of the Space Patrol will attempt on Saturday to jump the 500 Parsecs from Planet Earth to the Star Sirius using his newly invented Atomic Graviton Boots."
When you're hiring someone, it's absolutely CRITICAL not to pay someone enough to be "comfortable". It removes all motivation, and makes for unmotivated and uninterested employees.
Well, theres a limit to this thinking though. It's not possible to make enough at my current company to even but a shitty condo where we are located. The end result for is not motivation, it's de-motivation. I.e. "what the hell am I even working for if I can't even afford to live here?" Everybody's different, but if I was "comfortable", I'd be more apt to stay and work harder.
Nope, it doesn't work for me. (Why's there 2 politics sections listed?)
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They own your children's bodies for the purposes of warfare.
When will you start taking what is yours back again?
Funny, you could change that to read:
"They own your children's bodies for the purposes of welfare.
When will you start taking what is yours back again?"
And then it accurately reflects my feelings on the left and their misguided idealism.
All I can say is this: The unmotivated hippy stoner living in his RV across the street from me has a Kerry/Edwards poster in his window. But, when I drive through the insanely rich neighborhood a few miles from here, they have Kerry posters too... Hmm... However, the small business owners, middle class types, and generally the people I know and respect for their can-do, hard-working attitudes all vote Rebublican.
Sorry man, Kerry's a rich pig to0 - his wife alone is one of the 400 richest people in America. He's been in politics a hell of a lot longer than Bush, but haven't heard of anything impressive done by this great warrior of the proletariat..
Thus, a (comparatively well-to-do) American making $75,000 a year would probably be expected to pay a fairly hefty tax rate, say 30-35%. It'd keep you from buying a lot of nifty toys, and you'll probably need to settle on a humbler house than you'd otherwise want, but it's not really not that hard a price to pay.
Hmm, let's see, I make almost that. Where I live, that gets me exactly jack-shit. I rent a place about 50 yards from the freaking freight train, with bums living in the bushes, etc. I drive the same old car I drove in college, married, no kids.
Don't fucking tell me I should pay more in taxes, I'm already sketching on being able to take care of my family and raise kids on my salary. Maybe that's alot in idaho or wherever BFE you live, but it's not for me.
Yeah, one person I used to work with who was hired by Google was nothing special in the slightest, and was slated to be fired by my company in a layoff (due to lack of tech skills, that is).
Sort of off topic, but can any Chicagoans explain this Daley family thing? Is this like some dynasty that won't die?
I'm surprised this family is still around and in power, am I missing something as to how great they are or something?
Speak of the devil, I did this the other weekend using a $15 stunt kite and my digital camera, a Sony P32 (got it for only $90 at Target, so I felt it was worth the risk)
The video on this little cam is great, 640x480 at 24fps (though it actually seems more like 15fps, some frames are doubled). With a 128M memory stick, I can get 5 minutes of video and audio. Viewing the results on TV is great, it's almost DVCam quality.
I'd love to post the videos here (some flyovers at the beach), but my department's sysadmin would be pissed if I uploaded the 20+M mpgs. There's audio too, but it's basically wind noise, and not very interesting.
If people would just sit back and realize that they are ok right where they are they would be alot less stressed. Life is like a dance or a song. You wouldn't dance to get to a spot on the floor or play to get to the end of the song.
You don't have a family and kids do you?
Working hard to buy a home so your family can have stability: good
Working hard to live in a good neighborhood so your family doesn't live next to drunk homeless guys: good
Working hard so your wife doesn't have to work (and keeping kids out of daycare): good
etc...
That's not capitalism, that's common sense and being responsible. And sorry, I don't trust the government enough to let them try and provide those things for me via social programs.
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there is no way you and your wife can't afford a house or a condo. I am 23 yrs old and I ALONE pull in a meager $56k (meager compared to the salary you must command to be in the "high" tax bracket you claim). I have owned my own home for over year. My house was built in 1998, and is only a few miles outside of a major metro area.
Well, that's dandy for you. I take it we are not neighbors - as the average cost of a home in my town is $1,000,000 dollars. Condos range 500K+
These are not mansions or even new homes, mind you, these are 30-40 year old tract homes in average nothing-special neighborhoods.
Yes, maybe I should move - but I'd also assume that you didn't move from out of state just to be able to afford your swell place. You're also single, which is less restricting.
(and no, I make nowhere near 200K but I'm in one of the highest brackets)
You must live in California
Bingo
And to the people who say "it's time to move", well, easier said than done. And I sure the heck wouldn't move just to be able to pay more in taxes.
cry me a river. go tell that to the single mom raising 5 kids and barely able to make rent.
*sniff*
Hate to say it, but nearly all of the women I've met like this jumped head-first into these situations.
I.e. they latch on to some obvious loser deadbeat, screw him, move in with him, have kids, have more kids, etc.
And when he bails, they act like "I can't believe this has happened to me!"
Sorry, I do my best to help the women I know who are on this path; but there comes a point when they have to take responsibility for their actions. I need to raise kids myself.
I'm seriously not trolling, but don't most tax cuts in the U.S. benefit the richer and not the poorer?
My biggest grief against Democrats/Liberals in regards to taxes is this:
When they say the "rich", it sounds as if they're talking about multi-millionaires. However, they're actually talking about about anyone in the highest tax-brackets. My wife are I are in this catagory, although we are FAR from rich (i.e. I can't even afford a house/condo on what we make). So the thought of any tax increases are fucking ludicrous to me, as I make an effort to NOT be a burden on anyone else, as well as planning for the future without counting on Social Security. More of the services they propose to fund with tax increases will give me no benefit.
If they'd talk straight about taxes, I'd be more willing to vote for them.
http://ant.apache.org/
It's not just for Java.
Being turned down by asian chicks doesn't mean asian cultures are less promiscuous ;-)
:)
Cute, I guess I set myself up for that one. FWIW, I'm married to a Asian
Yeah, of course, they have large families, but they don't run around with multiple parters is what I'm getting at. Prolific != promiscuous
There are exceptions of course, i.e. Cambodia, which is getting slammed by AIDS.
China, along with most Middle Eastern and Asian countries, has a high risk of having an AIDS related disaster of a scope way beyond what we now see in Africa
Not being a racist troll here, but from my experience, culturally Asians seem to be a lot less promiscuous, which would imply that this disaster doesn't seem so imminent.
Stern Will Jump To Sirius In 2006
I have a feeling that if someone from 1956 read this headline, they would imagine to mean something like:
"Dateline 2006 - Captain Stern of the Space Patrol will attempt on Saturday to jump the 500 Parsecs from Planet Earth to the Star Sirius using his newly invented Atomic Graviton Boots."
yuck-yuck...
When you're hiring someone, it's absolutely CRITICAL not to pay someone enough to be "comfortable". It removes all motivation, and makes for unmotivated and uninterested employees.
Well, theres a limit to this thinking though. It's not possible to make enough at my current company to even but a shitty condo where we are located.
The end result for is not motivation, it's de-motivation. I.e. "what the hell am I even working for if I can't even afford to live here?"
Everybody's different, but if I was "comfortable", I'd be more apt to stay and work harder.
Food was grown by humankind for an awfully long time and rather successfully before the advent of pesticides and herbicide
Yeah, and a lot of people also fucking died from food shortages, which pesticides have helped prevent.
Nope, it doesn't work for me. (Why's there 2 politics sections listed?)
They own your children's bodies for the purposes of warfare.
When will you start taking what is yours back again?
Funny, you could change that to read:
"They own your children's bodies for the purposes of welfare.
When will you start taking what is yours back again?"
And then it accurately reflects my feelings on the left and their misguided idealism.
All I can say is this: The unmotivated hippy stoner living in his RV across the street from me has a Kerry/Edwards poster in his window. But, when I drive through the insanely rich neighborhood a few miles from here, they have Kerry posters too... Hmm...
However, the small business owners, middle class types, and generally the people I know and respect for their can-do, hard-working attitudes all vote Rebublican.
Sorry man, Kerry's a rich pig to0 - his wife alone is one of the 400 richest people in America.
He's been in politics a hell of a lot longer than Bush, but haven't heard of anything impressive done by this great warrior of the proletariat..
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Thus, a (comparatively well-to-do) American making $75,000 a year would probably be expected to pay a fairly hefty tax rate, say 30-35%. It'd keep you from buying a lot of nifty toys, and you'll probably need to settle on a humbler house than you'd otherwise want, but it's not really not that hard a price to pay.
Hmm, let's see, I make almost that. Where I live, that gets me exactly jack-shit. I rent a place about 50 yards from the freaking freight train, with bums living in the bushes, etc. I drive the same old car I drove in college, married, no kids.
Don't fucking tell me I should pay more in taxes, I'm already sketching on being able to take care of my family and raise kids on my salary.
Maybe that's alot in idaho or wherever BFE you live, but it's not for me.
Yeah, one person I used to work with who was hired by Google was nothing special in the slightest, and was slated to be fired by my company in a layoff (due to lack of tech skills, that is).
(http://www.britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm)
Cool, Anonymous Cowards have their own TLD now.
I'm looking forward to reading Aztecs used XML...
CHALCHIUHTLICUEML: The markup of running Water.
CHANTICOML: the markup of Hearth Fires and Volcanoes.
CHICOMECOATML: the markup of Corn and Fertility.
ITZPZPALOTML: the markup of Agriculture.
MACUILXOCHITLML: the markup of Music and Dance.
MICTLAML: the markup of the underworld and dead except warriors and women who died in labor.
MICTLANTECUHTLEML, the markup of the dead.
...the consensus was reached that "The Iron Giant" was the last great hand-animated film
Dude, the Iron Giant was cel-rendered CGI.
Sort of off topic, but can any Chicagoans explain this Daley family thing? Is this like some dynasty that won't die?
I'm surprised this family is still around and in power, am I missing something as to how great they are or something?
"At least Senator Kerry claims he will address the outsourcing issue"
(Emphasis mine) So what is/has the good senator been he doing about this now?
Let me guess... mmm... jack shit? What a shocker!
I first thought "28-Day Capacity" meant the contents disappear after 28 days, and that this was just another MPAA scheme. :)
Speak of the devil, I did this the other weekend using a $15 stunt kite and my digital camera, a Sony P32 (got it for only $90 at Target, so I felt it was worth the risk)
The video on this little cam is great, 640x480 at 24fps (though it actually seems more like 15fps, some frames are doubled). With a 128M memory stick, I can get 5 minutes of video and audio. Viewing the results on TV is great, it's almost DVCam quality.
I'd love to post the videos here (some flyovers at the beach), but my department's sysadmin would be pissed if I uploaded the 20+M mpgs. There's audio too, but it's basically wind noise, and not very interesting.
If people would just sit back and realize that they are ok right where they are they would be alot less stressed. Life is like a dance or a song. You wouldn't dance to get to a spot on the floor or play to get to the end of the song.
You don't have a family and kids do you?
Working hard to buy a home so your family can have stability: good
Working hard to live in a good neighborhood so your family doesn't live next to drunk homeless guys: good
Working hard so your wife doesn't have to work (and keeping kids out of daycare): good
etc...
That's not capitalism, that's common sense and being responsible.
And sorry, I don't trust the government enough to let them try and provide those things for me via social programs.
When I've checked my personal site's stats (small gardening site...
400-500 hits a day, ehh?
Sounds like a:
M A R I J U A N A site to me
Sorry, lost my mind for a moment, please mod me down to preserve this fine news site from my abusive post.