Taxes...

[Voyageur]

What part of it? The closer stuff is a lot younger.

you are correct. what is closer to where? have you heard of frames of reference?

 

[BeSafe]

can anyone explain what time it is, in this image?

All of it

 

[Voyageur]

All of it

you win. the images provided by our tax funded science projects, are amazing. can anyone think of another innovation funded by our hard earned and taxed income?

 

[Voyageur]

 

[Raz'r]

you win. the images provided by our tax funded science projects, are amazing. can anyone think of another innovation funded by our hard earned and taxed income?

Social Security

 

[Monkey]

Social Security

I wouldn’t use that as a glowing example. Great idea, but screwed over by politicians.

 

[basketcase]

I know most on this forum are liberal and honestly believe that it is OK to spend, spend, spend, get into debt and then tax to try to make ends meet. S'OK, there are all sorts of idiots.

But I just finished my taxes. Yah, I worked hard and invested and now have lots of money in my retirement account. Now that I'm old I take the money out (Government makes you do this). You know what I have to do with that money? ALL of it goes to state and federal taxes. I paid more in taxes last year than I earned in the first 5 years of working as a teacher. And Yah, I paid back my student loans. And Yah, I give 10% of my income to charity...

Just bitchin'. Love this country, country allowed me to work hard and become millionaire-Navy trained me in nuclear power, scholarships and loans got me through college. Smart investing and spending got me where I don't worry about money running out before dying...so I pay. BUT, 100% of everything I saved goes to taxes, seems excessive.

Hey.... Someone has to pay for Space Force.

 

[Monkey]

Hey.... Someone has to pay for Space Force.

I know it’s fun to mock, but this is one of the extremely few, and I mean few, things Trump did that was actually logical and made sense. Does your grandpa sit around bitching about the Air Force not being part of the Army? How about the Marines being “mostly” separated from the Navy? It’s actually a logical split.

I’ll assume he made that decision using a Magic 8-ball that a toddler had to assist him with, but still stand by the logic that the “space force” mockers kind of look stupid.

 

[Raz'r]

I wouldn’t use that as a glowing example. Great idea, but screwed over by politicians.

lotsa old folks get to eat and keep a roof over their head. It works. Demographics are going to challenge it, but it works.

 

[Raz'r]

I know it’s fun to mock, but this is one of the extremely few, and I mean few, things Trump did that was actually logical and made sense. Does your grandpa sit around bitching about the Air Force not being part of the Army? How about the Marines being “mostly” separated from the Navy? It’s actually a logical split.

I’ll assume he made that decision using a Magic 8-ball that a toddler had to assist him with, but still stand by the logic that the “space force” mockers kind of look stupid.

My step-father actually did bitch about the Army Air Corp being split off, and he was a proud Marine. I don't know why he gave a shit about it. He loved raggin on swabbies too.

 

[basketcase]

I know it’s fun to mock, but this is one of the extremely few, and I mean few, things Trump did that was actually logical and made sense. Does your grandpa sit around bitching about the Air Force not being part of the Army? How about the Marines being “mostly” separated from the Navy? It’s actually a logical split.

I’ll assume he made that decision using a Magic 8-ball that a toddler had to assist him with, but still stand by the logic that the “space force” mockers kind of look stupid.

If there are aliens, then we have been broadcasting tv shows into space for decades. Im sure that after a few episodes of the old Star Trek, they wont want to fuck with us. Captain Kirk either kicking green ass, or fucking green ass......
When I was working in Albuquerque, the local pub was a place called 'bombs away '. Owned by ex military personnel. There were a lot of Space Force guys, in uniform, in the pub. I always wanted to ask why they were wearing the wrong camouflage..... Shouldn't it be all black with white dots?

 

[Monkey]

lotsa old folks get to eat and keep a roof over their head. It works. Demographics are going to challenge it, but it works.

For now…. What about the folks like me who keep shoveling money into it while also being told it’ll be a shitshow by the time we’re eligible for it? It is literally a government enforced Ponzi scheme.

I’m not suggesting dumping it. I’m just saying it’s a hot mess.

 

[Raz'r]

For now…. What about the folks like me who keep shoveling money into it while also being told it’ll be a shitshow by the time we’re eligible for it? It is literally a government enforced Ponzi scheme.

I’m not suggesting dumping it. I’m just saying it’s a hot mess.

Yep, welcome immigration. They will be the folks paying you back. It's inevitable.

Or we can implode our economy and safety net. Up to us to choose.

 

[Monkey]

If there are aliens, then we have been broadcasting tv shows into space for decades. Im sure that after a few episodes of the old Star Trek, they wont want to fuck with us. Captain Kirk either kicking green ass, or fucking green ass......
When I was working in Albuquerque, the local pub was a place called 'bombs away '. Owned by ex military personnel. There were a lot of Space Force guys, in uniform, in the pub. I always wanted to ask why they were wearing the wrong camouflage..... Shouldn't it be all black with white dots?

Hey dummy, you sail right? How does your GPS work? How does a satphone work?

Those are just the friendly satellites us regular folk use. There’s a serious amount of national security toys bobbing around in space.

If you remove Trump from the equation, it’s a logical spin off for the armed forces.

 

[basketcase]

Hey dummy, you sail right? How does your GPS work? How does a satphone work?

Those are just the friendly satellites us regular folk use. There’s a serious amount of national security toys bobbing around in space.

If you remove Trump from the equation, it’s a logical spin off for the armed forces.

Dummy.... Come on man. For fucks sake, take a joke.

 

[Monkey]

Dummy.... Come on man. For fucks sake, take a joke.

Nope. Just because you believed in the GI Joe version, doesn’t mean everyone did. Poor arguments get made fun of.

You had at least 14,237 credible examples of that assclown embarrassing himself that you could have gone with. (That number is made up, but seems reasonable)

 

[Voyageur]

entropy is always increasing. that is why the donald is going to do the perp walk. it takes more money that he can grift to keep the marbles stacked. boo hoo.

 

[El Borracho]

I know most on this forum are liberal and honestly believe that it is OK to spend, spend, spend, get into debt and then tax to try to make ends meet. S'OK, there are all sorts of idiots.

But I just finished my taxes. Yah, I worked hard and invested and now have lots of money in my retirement account. Now that I'm old I take the money out (Government makes you do this). You know what I have to do with that money? ALL of it goes to state and federal taxes. I paid more in taxes last year than I earned in the first 5 years of working as a teacher. And Yah, I paid back my student loans. And Yah, I give 10% of my income to charity...

Just bitchin'. Love this country, country allowed me to work hard and become millionaire-Navy trained me in nuclear power, scholarships and loans got me through college. Smart investing and spending got me where I don't worry about money running out before dying...so I pay. BUT, 100% of everything I saved goes to taxes, seems excessive.

You are doing something wrong. The tax code highly favors the idle wealthy class. Obviously you did something wrong? Or perhaps like many of the wealthy you are merely whining about your effective tax rate of 10% — thinking you deserve lower? Unbecoming of a millionaire when so many have so much less.

I continue to revel in my international jet-set yachtie lifestyle while sending the IRS 100 page tax returns explaining in detail how it is that live below the US poverty line income. But I have professional help as my computer geek background, like your nuclear power and teaching expertise, does zilch for finance and taxes.

You should be posting about what a great system US capitalism is, not whining about being a millionaire.

Go Bernie!

 

[SloopJonB]

I know it’s fun to mock, but this is one of the extremely few, and I mean few, things Trump did that was actually logical and made sense. Does your grandpa sit around bitching about the Air Force not being part of the Army? How about the Marines being “mostly” separated from the Navy? It’s actually a logical split.

I’ll assume he made that decision using a Magic 8-ball that a toddler had to assist him with, but still stand by the logic that the “space force” mockers kind of look stupid.

You never heard of Nasa being civilian to ensure "the peaceful use of space"?

It was a Republican who said and did that.

 

[El Borracho]

Not sure I understand your point. Smart investing in my IRA built the money into a couple million from the 200K or so invested over 30 years (compounded)--for example, I bought MacDonalds at 90...I used the dogs of the dow approach. 100% of those savings going to taxes means when I take money out of my IRA (as required) all of it goes to paying taxes for the year (of course I have other income including miniscule social security which also goes to taxes). No fuckups, just exorbitant cost of government--but then, I can't afford to build an aircraft carrier so some of it does go to good purposes.

That makes no sense at all. How can it be that your primary income, the IRA distribution, is taxed at 100%?