Kimmo

International comparison (personal income tax) Comparison of taxes paid by a household earning the country's average wage (as of 2005) single/married Australia 28.3% 16.0% Korea 17.3% 16.2% Austria 47.4% 35.5% Luxembourg 35.3% 12.2% Belgium 55.4% 40.3% Mexico 18.2% 18.2% Canada 31.6% 21.5% Netherlands 38.6% 29.1% Czech Republic 43.8% 27.1% New Zealand 20.5% 14.5% Denmark 41.4% 29.6% Norway 37.3% 29.6% Finland 44.6% 38.4% Poland 43.6% 42.1% France 50.1% 41.7% Portugal 36.2% 26.6% Germany 51.8% 35.7% Slovakia 38.3% 23.2% Greece 38.8% 39.2% Spain 39.0% 33.4% Hungary 50.5% 39.9% Sweden 47.9% 42.4% Iceland 29.0% 11.0% Switzerland 29.5% 18.6% Ireland 25.7% 8.1% Turkey 42.7% 42.7% Italy 45.4% 35.2% United Kingdom 33.5% 27.1% Japan 27.7% 24.9% United States 29.1% 11.9% Source: OECD, 2005 data [2] overlooking the fact that too much gets ignored when "average" wage is calculated (including the wage itself), the above still shows a couple of interesting facts: 1. you don't have to pay much more than our middle class tax rate to have an actual sense of security, ie. universal health, generous social safety nets, etc. 2. we subsidize child production way too heavily. if anything, it should be the other way around (although i'm ok with even steven).

all i know is i'm gonna start taking politics more seriously. seriously.

so my friend hears the koan "what is the sound of one hand clapping?" and to figure it out, he goes out and has unprotected sex with a friggin' prostitute. Fool.

i insist on a cape for my own ass. my ass is a beautiful thing to behold, yes, but i feel....vulnerable. especially since i've been outed. my identity, that is. not that there is anything else to out, mind you. this is an example of MOMENTUM!!!!

and which method is the default, if no choice is made. i'd guess lethal injection, since no risk of heads popping off.

don't pretend ignorance, seattle art guy. i think you have a good idea for a tattoo.

I wonder what kind of pay-off is involved?

to deny a critique of "statistics" (as it is used in the political process and other processes) is anti-intellectual demagoguery.

your threats have been noted.

aren't we all corporations in the end, really? if you think about it.... and when corporations lose, WE lose. because WE are corporations. do not vote against yourself: vote for corporations.

i'm afraid that the actual polarity between our views would be insufficient to fire up a screed from these quarters, since i tend to exhibit some similar tendencies of view as poop and brainfog. really? well maybe not. they are just a little too passionate about lonely choss piles in the woods. and richard simmons. plus, i'd hate to get all formal on a subject that i don't see as all that important. i just don't think a post of mine on cc.com would have many repercussions in the larger world. MOMENTUM!

MOMENTUM!

DO NOT MAKE FUN OF THE MOMENTUM. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MOMENTUM. MOMENTUM!

or they develop something which might be called a "work ethic" once they are actually inspired by something beyond the simple need for a job. maybe the kids you see simply aren't inspired or haven't found inspiration yet, and having someone tell them they are "lazy" or somesuch nonsense turns them off even more?

i can live with the term being used for college students, but even then, it's one of those rather recent terms, like double tall skim vanilla latte. i prefer "student". hmmmm and did i learn a lot in college? i think the larger college context taught me more than learning any specific data points or cognitive skills. oh i guess i learned how to spell nietzsche. i suppose there were some other things, if'n i start recollecting.

In the real world of work, people who never play hooky are valuable employees. I've missed about 2 days in 7 years at this job. I'm proud of the fact that I don't play hooky, and I don't get sick...knock on wood. My students know they can depend on Professor Webster to be there everyday, on time, prepared to work. When it dumps 10 inches of powder...I still come to work. If that bothers you, I'm sorry. I have a strong work ethic, and it has kept me fully employed for 38 years with a variety of employers. Yes, I've missed out on a lot of fun...but the benefits are a paid off house, car and credits cards. I also get 7 weeks off, paid. When we try to hire teachers, most of them don't work out because they do not have a strong work ethic. They skip out and let our clients (the students) down. All employers need reliable employees, not flakes. I do agree that working weekends so you can save money and retire early is not good. You have to climb when you are still relatively young and healthy. I have always envied people who take vast amounts of time off, or play the system to get their climbing and leisure paid for by uncle sam. However, I can't bring myself to do it. I think it's cheating, and not carrying your weight. An honest days work, for an honest days pay makes me feel good, and look forward to the weekend. except for the students as "clients" part: kinda orwellian.

WRONG! Nothing is not nature. "nothing" is simply a concept, "created" by man. therefore "nothing"= nature (what is "nothing", what is "nature": what is "what"?).

There you go again.

everything is nature. nothing is nature. what a paradox!

hey he was fishing for "purity" here, and suggestions were simply given as to what that might mean. many suggestions. many many oh boy. don't say that bolting it on lead wouldn't be more engaging both intellectually and emotionally. IF it needs bolts. "needs". hmph. so one might conflate "purity" with "commitment" and "engagement", i suppose....and if one does, undoubtedly rap-bolting would be less "pure".

so he wants to climb with a "pure" style, does he? yet all you can do is moan and whine about those who suggest a "pure" style potentially might entail eschewing bolts.... strange canuckian logic you've been dealin' out in yer posts.

u don't really like muffdiving all that much, do you?

"since the alternatives will invevitably fare worse." now there's a creative thinker!

"bolt the motherfucker, eh!" "giv'er eh!" "now can we go get drunk, eh?"

i'm not sure what that says about your judgment, given that the thread is about marc's uncertainly around his judgment. kinda funny, no?