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  The IRS took my money. :(

  by Elsewhere in

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  this year i owed money to the irs.

  (the result of cashing in some investments so i could put a down-payment on my first house... i owed taxes on the "income").

  i mailed off the check the other day and today i looked at my bank account online.

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  Tax Time! YAAAA! beks! long time no see!! Anywho couple of things when I ran down this thread. Gallup poll-61% believe tax code is fair. No duh! About 45% pay nothing. And my beef with with the EITC is that it is a refundable tax credit. All it is, is a wealth distribution system.

  And WOW, I agree with Sammielee! I've been away so long, did she switch to my side? She said, "I don't believe the total paid out on the EIC was anywhere near the total amount stolen from that average working family, by the wealthiest in the country." She is 100% right!! Have you seen how much your average member of the house and senator rakes in?!?!?!? I certainly would call them some of the wealthiest in the country!!
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  U.S. Auto Industry deserves the grave they dug for themselves

  by drew sagan in

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  i don't know how the folks here feel about u.s. automakers (aka the 'big three').

  nevertheless, right now there is a 'bailout' on the table for these folks who seem to have run what were potentially viable companies right into the toilet.

  there is an article over at boing boing that i just had to share.

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  Beks!
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  U.S. Auto Industry deserves the grave they dug for themselves

  by drew sagan in

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  i don't know how the folks here feel about u.s. automakers (aka the 'big three').

  nevertheless, right now there is a 'bailout' on the table for these folks who seem to have run what were potentially viable companies right into the toilet.

  there is an article over at boing boing that i just had to share.

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  Back from vaca! Big 3 bailout, are you kidding me?? They let the unions put the the noose around their neck, lettem' hang. When GM is paying out MORE to former employees then current ones, something is very wrong!
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  please pray for my husband

  by mrsjones5 in

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  i don't talk about this much here cuz this is a place where i can somewhat relieve the stress of my life but my hubby isn't doing very well.

  he had a bad night and thinks he had a couple of seizures.

  he's scared, i'm scared.

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  Sorry to here all that MrsJones. My thoughts are with the both of you! Hang in there.
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  Make Your Prediction:The Next President---- McCain or Obama???

  by minimus in

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  tuesday night, it will be 100% obama.. who do you think??

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  Defeat and resentment? Na, just being a realist, all is good my friend! Who ever is elected will be MY President. And I can promise you, you will never see from me the infantile hatred Bush had to deal just because he wasn't my guy. If Obama gets in, he will be followed and respected. And besides we have a very resilient country, we can endure a lot! If we can recover after 4 years of Carter, Obama will be ice cream!
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  Make Your Prediction:The Next President---- McCain or Obama???

  by minimus in

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  tuesday night, it will be 100% obama.. who do you think??

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  All that keep this election from being stolen talk is hilarious! The only proven, on the record groups that ARE trying to steal it are democrats, go figure. Here's what I think. Obama will win, convincingly, the popular vote, due to fact that the people on the receiving end of hand outs outnumber the people paying into the system. But the electoral vote will be very close with Obama squeaking by.
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  Big Oil, Big Money: One more reason the election is over

  by willyloman in

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  if the election wasn't already over, it is now.

  the middle class americans (and i'm one of them) have lost billions in home and stock equity in recent months, this, from cnn's website this morning, should put the final nail in the gop coffin:.

  exxon mobil breaks profit record, earns $14.8 billionexxon mobil corp. set a quarterly profit record for a u.s. company today, surging past analyst estimates, cnnmoney.com reports.

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  I agree with you Beks, trading practices plays a major role in it, mainly speculators. I'd love to line up those guys and....never mind. And I believe drilling is not the answer, but increasing refining capacity is. And I am huge on alternative power. I laugh each time I see the Texaco commercials claiming they are aggressively pursuing alternative sources! Come on, an oil company trying to get away for oil?!?! Two things I am excited about is wave technology and solar. There is finally in Portugal a power plant that uses the constant kinetic energy from ocean waves to drive the generators and they have full time power on the grid now. And solar, huge! Advancements have been made with "black silicon". What's unique about it is it has the capacity to recognize rays that are not visible on the spectrum, mainly ultraviolet. Long story short, it can charge the cells even on cloudy days! U-V rays penetrate clouds whereas visible rays that have been used can not. Man, I got side-tracked!
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  ZZ Top - Your Favorite Songs from them ? Those Texas Bad Boys ?

  by flipper in

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  great rock and roll and blues guitarists !

  loved the cool look with the beards and the tunes !

  here's a list of 10 of my favorites !

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  hehe Each time I try slide it sounds like I'm killing a small animal! Running through some pinch harmonics, I play through a noise gate filter. It cuts the background noise, then just remember where the sweet spots are. I'm really trying to learn the Dimebag squeals!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cxw1YDVcyU
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  Republicans and the "Redistribution of Wealth"

  by LDH in

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  blah blah blah.

  http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2004/09/red_states_feed.html.

  that's what most posts say.

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  Well it looked good on paper! But seriously, it's only fair to present all the facts.
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  ZZ Top - Your Favorite Songs from them ? Those Texas Bad Boys ?

  by flipper in

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  great rock and roll and blues guitarists !

  loved the cool look with the beards and the tunes !

  here's a list of 10 of my favorites !

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  Man, blues slide is tough! You mentioning harmonics though perked my ears up! I've been playing for awhile, but I just got a ESP with a pair of EMG's in it. It's my first experience with active pick-ups that hot. So I've been playing around with false and pinch harmonics. I'm almost at the point of breaking windows!