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tbn.al
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Say it any way you want but both my kids make way more than me due at least in part to a wonderful college education partly funded by other people's lottery tickets. I get a smile every time I think about it. The other stuff, taxes etc., would happen anyway, unless I moved to the other side of the world.
I am fortunate to have a great job that feeds my family well, but music feeds my soul.
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Woohoo, we won the Powerball!
Literally, got just the one, single, Powerball.
$4.
Back to work tomorrow...
Literally, got just the one, single, Powerball.
$4.
Back to work tomorrow...
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Three Valves
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Did you ever wonder how people went to college 20 years ago, before the interstate underclass rip off became legal??tbn.al wrote:Say it any way you want but both my kids make way more than me due at least in part to a wonderful college education partly funded by other people's lottery tickets. I get a smile every time I think about it. The other stuff, taxes etc., would happen anyway, unless I moved to the other side of the world.
Do you remember when the sales tax was going to be "only" 2% and be for the good of the children, and old folks, don't forget the old folks!!
How about when that bridge and road toll was only temporary??
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Don't spend your winnings all in one place...bort wrote:Woohoo, we won the Powerball!
Literally, got just the one, single, Powerball.
$4.
Back to work tomorrow...
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tbn.al
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I was there dude. Got my bachelor's in 1969 and worked nights in a gas station and pizza parlor to pay for my room and board/books(about $400 a semester). My folks could only afford the tuition,($110). I wouldn't allow my kids to work. I wanted them to spend 100% of their energy on studies. Fortunately they did exactly that and came out of college well prepared for a prosperous life ahead.Three Valves wrote: Did you ever wonder how people went to college 20 years ago, before the interstate underclass rip off became legal??
Do you remember when the sales tax was going to be "only" 2% and be for the good of the children, and old folks, don't forget the old folks!!
How about when that bridge and road toll was only temporary??
I always had sales tax, at least 3% I think.
GA400 in Atlanta comes to mind. They just tore down the toll booths last year. Seriously, no more toll because the road was paid off.
I am fortunate to have a great job that feeds my family well, but music feeds my soul.
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1) What is it now??tbn.al wrote:
I always had sales tax, at least 3% I think.
GA400 in Atlanta comes to mind. They just tore down the toll booths last year. Seriously, no more toll because the road was paid off.
In Delaware there is none, there is still none but there are 3 casinos all ripping off the hard working citizens.
There used to be two auto plants there, both closed (GM and Chrysler)
Of course, the Banksters are taken care of....
2) That should be National News!!
Our tolls were reduced after Larry Hogan was elected in Maryland
http://www.mdta.maryland.gov/Toll_Rates ... Index.html" target="_blank
I guess that's Progress!!
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I remember when the Harbor tunnels were $1. I was in high school, and we thought it was funny to pay in pennies. 
I also remember when the Maryland sales tax rate jumped from 5% to 6%, which I think was either shortly before or after I moved to NYC... where the sales tax rate was nearly 10%. Forget about Chicago...
I also remember when the Maryland sales tax rate jumped from 5% to 6%, which I think was either shortly before or after I moved to NYC... where the sales tax rate was nearly 10%. Forget about Chicago...
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Who says you can't make money playing the tuba.
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The political machine said was "only" a 1% increase.bort wrote:
I also remember when the Maryland sales tax rate jumped from 5% to 6%, which I think was either shortly before or after I moved to NYC...
Um, that's a 20% increase!!
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Three Valves wrote:Um, that's a 20% increase!!
Or a -20% DECREASE!...
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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I recall them selling it as a plus ungood neutral tax.windshieldbug wrote:Three Valves wrote:Um, that's a 20% increase!!
Or a -20% DECREASE!...![]()
Definitely good for the kids, old people, and the environment.
Don't for get the environment!!
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tbn.al
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What????? We old folks still have to pay the tax just like everyone else and I don't see any benefits that we get that don't apply to everyone else.Three Valves wrote:
Definitely good for the old people!
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Can it, you Naive!!tbn.al wrote:What????? We old folks still have to pay the tax just like everyone else and I don't see any benefits that we get that don't apply to everyone else.Three Valves wrote:
Definitely good for the old people!
WE know what's best for YOU!!
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tbn.al
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Not very nice comment, that. I choose to love you anyway.
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Uh.... did you mean 'knave'? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/knaveThree Valves wrote:... Can it, you Naive!! ....
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Nave??
2 nave
noun
Definition of nave
: the main part of the interior of a church; especially : the long narrow central hall in a cruciform church that rises higher than the aisles flanking it to form a clerestory
2 nave
noun
Definition of nave
: the main part of the interior of a church; especially : the long narrow central hall in a cruciform church that rises higher than the aisles flanking it to form a clerestory
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NAV?
Definition: [crh] See: Net asset value
Definition: [crh] See: Net asset value
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I believe 'Naive' is an adjectival noun, not a typo. Unfortunately the sarcasm here was missed by some.Three Valves wrote:Can it, you Naive!!tbn.al wrote:What????? We old folks still have to pay the tax just like everyone else and I don't see any benefits that we get that don't apply to everyone else.Three Valves wrote:
Definitely good for the old people!
WE know what's best for YOU!!
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tbn.al
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Yeah, I think mine was too. Some people just can't take a joke.................gwwilk wrote:Unfortunately the sarcasm here was missed by some.
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My post is pure irony, just in case anyone doesn't see that.
