KaskadskyjKozak

Funny thing about revolutions and killing off the "rich" - guys doing stuff paid for by the "rich" suddenly have no clientele. Fucking landlords. Oops, that guy paid me 2K last year for some tree work.

Jim just likes his little left-wing narratives way too much. I like how he extrapolates to the point of ridiculous and projects too. so cute. I'd say I've provided a good summary for a family of four and their tax burden for feds, local, and state - and providing you with the source of information - which shows a tax burden in the teens -- no where near the 30% you claim. If that really is the case I'd suggest you trot over to H&R Block next season as you are fumbling your tax returns. Or let me do it -- I manage our funds quite successfully. H&R block: trained monkeys typing data into TurboTax. Yeah, sounds like a plan. I doubt you're much higher on the evolutionary scale.

Would that cover the insurance and possible law suit resulting from falling off a ladder in his yard? I'm sure he'd say "no thanks"

Jim just likes his little left-wing narratives way too much. I like how he extrapolates to the point of ridiculous and projects too. so cute.

I haven't made 60K since like 1995.

In the past, say, 5-10 years ago, I paid 12-15% in Federal Income Tax obligations alone. I pay much more now. As for my point it was that ALL taxes combined are what matters, and I count Medicare/etc deductions that I pay and from which I will derive no benefit. That's a tax. So are gasoline taxes, property tax, sales tax, utilities - everything. 0.5% here, 1.0% there - nickel and dimed to death which easily will run up to 25% for someone in the middle class to upper middle class. Sales tax alone is almost 10% in WA and if you spend 25% of your annual income on taxable items that's 2.5%. I also count "use fees" which should be paid out of my taxes but are just another trick the gov't employees to suck out money from the citizens. Ditto for GoCard fees to cross the 520 and other taxes - whether called that or not.

I guarantee you are paying nowhere near 30% of your income in taxes. Show us some numbers dude - otherwise it's more emergency arm waving You are fucking kidding me right? I'm going to post my personal income here for fodder from the douche buckets and shitheels that crawl out from their rocks repeatedly to snipe and shit everywhere in spray - you know the LCD forum on a climbing web site. BTW, your "guarantee" fails. Because your *ASSUMPTIONS* are faulty.

Stunning libtard arrogance on display here. You have no clue re my taxes. And now teachers have the audacity to agitate for a 7.5% tax on capital gains? When it's possible to fund education without any tax increases? I think that's called "greedy math." And no, it's not about the kids. Thank God Republicans control the state Senate. FW, I'll bet Jim thinks 25%-30% of your income in taxes is "low", 'cos libtards believe in socialism, and would like to see the aggregate tax rate around 50-60% for all the peons in the middle class. And I am talking about all taxes in the aggregate: federal income, real estate, utilities taxes, gasoline, cigarettes and alcohol, sales tax and so on and so on and so on

Why is it that teachers aren't paid more? Do we not value them like other developed nations? And hour wise they work more than 9 months. It's between 50 and 60 hrs week. I have a couple teacher friends. Coming back from Smith on a Sunday with one of them, he asked me to drive. Then he graded papers for 2 hours. Other nations have school 12 months a year, not 9. Are you factoring that in?

I vote R to oppose dipshits like you

Oh - chiming in on the teacher pay thing, I can't imagine, by any stretch of the imagination, someone thinking that teachers are over-paid. I work in the private sector and have had 5 years with the feds - but that's now over 25 years in the private sector. My spouse with an MS in a science field left the private and went into teaching 18 years ago. While she doesn't regret it she says she doubled her hours and halved her pay going to teach. With an MS in her field and 18 years teaching she makes decent pay - but particularly if you figure it out on a per hour basis - even including the six week summer break - it's modest. Younger teachers, particularly with families are in a bit more of a pinch. The gravy train argument is a nice conservative fairy tale. It's been a fact for decades that teachers are not paid exhorbitant salaries. And let's not forget they work 9 months of the year, not 12. People who go into teaching know what they are going to get in terms of pay and do it anyways. The endless whining about this gets old. If you want to go for money, pick a different career.

How much do you spend a month on cigarettes?

Yeah, all the disgruntled stoners will suddenly get off the couch and march in the streets LOL 4000 pissed off (mainly) libturds managed to encircle the state capitol on Saturday...perhaps they just had an extra big bowl of Wheaties that morning? Wow, sounds like not just a storm, but a winter gale! 4000! Holy crap! Beware rich fat cats, batten down the hatches!

oooh, the storm is threatenin' our very lives today...

Be careful, they'll be hurling Doritos as stoner ninja throwing stars.

Yeah, all the disgruntled stoners will suddenly get off the couch and march in the streets LOL

Did YOU also vote against the 87 billion until you voted FOR it, Alpine-Kindergarten?

Also, Mercy Corps is a great organization that responds quickly to these crises and is a reputable organization with a low overhead: http://www.mercycorps.org/

that's my brand, but to be sure, we're all sayign basically the same thing - it's a tragedy and we hope there will be help for this afflicted nation - if, to do that, the media needs to focus on the plight of affluent westerners, so be it, but i would hope they play a faint second fiddle to the citizens of that fantastic land Of course the people of that land are suffering more than the handful of visitors, but would the American (Western) population pay 1/10th of as much attention to this story if some of their own were not affected as well? Would cc.com'ers? I'm sure a few earthquakes have occurred over the years that have not elicited a peep on this forum because they occurred in an area climbers do not frequent. The fact that trekkers and climbers go to Nepal makes us care more about the place and people than if they did not. Just human nature. Mother Earth can be cruel. Again, positive thoughts headed to all those there.

Most likely they were trekkers. I know quit a few folks that have done such treks. Middle class, sure. Professionals with jobs that allow them to go on a trek, sure. But "yuppies"... so crass and assinine (Ivan!). Let's hope all that are affected by this disaster get some relief.

and of course, let's not fail to consider which party was controlling the purse strings during each of the above administrations.

and how much was b-ho's deficit? you seem to have omitted that... Obummers was Inherited but in case no one has told you the economy is recovering and it's a little early to be worried about who is running for POTUS inherited. LOL typical libtard rationalization.

and how much was b-ho's deficit? you seem to have omitted that...

When I moved to Bellingham in 200, there were two parking enforcement officers, now there are 6. So the system has to pay for itself. I just had to pay a ticket in Sumas. It has population of 1300. Please explain, why Sumas has to have it's own Police, Court and a Prosecutor office? There are 6 cops! WTF? So you create this bureaucracy, and then you have an "uncle Viny" with a badge try to catch Canadians. There are also revenue cuts. But having 6 cops, own court and a prosecutor's office I see as plain fucking ridiculous. Most likely they could sniff an asshole a mile away. You should mask your stench.