Thanatos340

Question: Why do women like men who Kiss Ass? Answer: Because they can turn around real fast!!

It was blue, It was green, It was Blue, It was Green, It was Blue, It was Green, It was Blue, It was green.. I pulled. JM Notes, "Needs to work on Arch!"

If you want to see something really neat, hit ALT F4 right now.

Ben Jones has been a congressman before. Served 89 to 93. He served on some fairly powerful committees while in office. This is almost as bad as some guy who made a career staring in movies with a chip named Gonzo running for president.

I have had no end of problems with my ex about skydiving. I first tried to get into skydiving in 1992. Did a couple static line jumps and the ex went ballistic because our daughter was on the way. She said I was being irresponsible, I finally gave in and quit. (We ended up splitting up that year anyway). I started a Tandem Progression in 97, she found out had the same response and succeeded in guilting me into quitting again. This year I showed her life insurance policies with General aviation riders in place to prove to her that she would still get money if I burned in. This time she finally let up (she just wanted to know if she could help pack the parachute for me for some strange reason). I am half way through AFF now and hope to be cleared for solo by the end of the month. The 10 year approach to skydiving (kinda like the 6 year bachelors degree). My 10 year old daughter is cool with me jumping but does not want to go to the DZ at all for some reason. I think Mom has told her I am going to kill myself of something. Thanatos340 No eternal reward shall forgive us now for the wasting of the dawn.

>Makes for a nightmare on me when April hits. The >only thing going for me is I'm single. If I got >married I would need to pop two right out of the >oven so I can at least get some dependant/child->care-credit goin' on. BADDDD Idea Man!!! Then she leaves you, takes all the tax exemptions with her and sticks you for Child Support (23% if 2 kids) and Alimony. Now you are left owing 45% in Taxes + 23% Child support + 20% Alimony. Oh and if you bought a house, she gets that too.

All that comes out of escrow. You never see it Plus property tax is also tax deductible. Now you have reduced your taxable income by 8K plus all mortgage interest (usually 80 to 90% of what your monthly payment is) and any closing costs. This will definitely drop you into a much lower tax bracket and put alot more money/jump tickets/new gear in your pocket. Bottom line, You Pay 1K a month House payment and get about $800 a month tax benefit. Best deal going.

Then look at it this way, If they didnt take so much from the bonuses, you would actually end up writing them a Big check at the end of the year. Your with-holdings are just a Big Savings account that you use to pay the taxes you owe at the end of the year. If they withheld too much, you get a refund. If you didnt put in enough, you write a check. Sounds like you need to find some more deductions. Easiest way is buy a house (even a cheap one) it is less than rent usually and actually gains value. For the first 10 years over 90% of your house payment will be tax deductable on most 30 year mortgages. Thanatos340 "Fast Cars, Easy Women and Good Beer!! Life is too short for anything less!"

>I just got a bonus for $5,500, take home was $3,150. That is just > plane wrong. So the withholding was $2,350. Depending on your taxable income at the end of the year, you will get most of that back. You could have also adjusted your Exemptions and not paid as much right now. You simply gave the Govt an Interest free loan for them to hold until the end of the year when you figure out how much you owe based on how much you made. It is always fun to walk around your office and ask others how much they paid in federal Tax last year and listen to them reply, "I didn’t pay, I actually got money back!".

The bottom line is that you must WORK to get the EIC. This should be a requirement for all assistance programs. On another Tangent: Wanna help the current system? Make Child Support Tax Deductible!! Most people do not realize that people who pay child support do not get any form of tax deduction for this. I have been Paying 19% of my Gross income to my ex for 11 years now and get no form of tax relief for this while she get the full deduction for my daughter (Which also means I dont get Head of Household or any other credit. Just good old single no dependants) The really screwed up thing is that Alimony is tax deductible and child support is not. That is just sick!!

I completely agree that there are MANY abuses of the system. But the EIC is a good idea. Get out and work for a living and we will help you out. It is much better than just sit at home and draw welfare. I am referring to the single parent with 1 or 2 children that could not work otherwise because of the cost of daycare. With this program, at least they can enter the workforce and develop some skill that may someday end the poverty cycle for them.

A few examples of how the Flat Tax shifts the Tax Burden. 1. Joe CEO Makes 1,000,0000 a year. Currently he is Taxed at 38% on Taxable Income Plus 33% on any Capitol Gains (With That much money, he is making capitol gains). Total federal Tax Burden after Loopholes and exemptions will be about 300K. Under a Flat Tax, He pay 15% of what he consumes. Probably not more than 100K to 200K per year total spent on consumables (rest is saved or invested). His Tax Burden is now 15 to 30 K per year. (10% of what it was at most) 2. Joe Middle Class Makes 60K per year After Loopholes, Deductions and Charity Contributions, his taxable income is 45K @23% for roughly 10K per year. Under Flat Tax: He Consumes 45K per year of income, his Tax is 6500. 2. Jane Single Mom Makes 26K per year (most of which goes for child care so she can work). After she files exemptions and EIC (Earned Income Credit) she actually gets back 1K more than she paid in. Federal Tax burden = None Under Flat Tax: She now has to pay (26K x 15%) $3900 per year in Taxes because you can bet she will be Consuming 100% of her income just to get by. The people with the least end up paying more while the people with most end up paying less. Thanatos340 "Fast Cars, Easy Women and Good Beer!! Life is too short for anything less!"

A flat Tax would shift the Tax burden in this country to the lower class significantly. Under the current structure, The lower income earners receive most of their income tax paid in back at the end of the year in a refund. Single Mothers even get back more than they paid in thanks to the Earned Income Credit (Yes, there are abuses of this but it still does a lot good for single moms trying to get out and work for a living.) This is also the only form of "Savings account" for most of them. Also you would be taking away incentive for charitable contributions. You take away the incentive to buy a home. The fact that Interest is Tax deductible on a Mortgage is what makes home ownership possible for many low to mid income families. Would the flat Tax apply to home purchases? if so you priced homes way outside of most low to mid income families. Now add 6 to 10 % State Tax on top of the 14% federal Flat Tax and you just created the largest inflation in history. Again you are only hurting the lowest income people by increasing the cost of living by atleast 20% (No they are not making more money because they get most of their money back at the end of year anyway.) I completely agree that our current system sucks, but a flat tax is not the answer but it sure sounds good until you look at the details. Thanatos340 "Fast Cars, Easy Women, And Good Beer!! Life is too short for anything less!!"

I wasted way too many hours of my life thanks to Ever-Crack oppps I mean Everquest when it first came out. Way too addictive game.

I work for a Software Development Company. We sell Maintenance and Engineering Software, (So all you enginner types Buy my Software so I can keep jumping!)

Just got from the doc myself for this exact same problem. Did my Lvl 5 AFF on Saturday and the ears hurt like hell. Also couldnt hear anything until today because of the ear Problem. Doc prescribed me some Nasonex and said it should clear up the fluid behind the ear drums.

A Blonde gets pulled over by the State Patrol for speeding. When the officer walks up to the Car window, he does not realize his Pants are unzipped. The Blonde sees this and says, "Damn!! Not another Breath-alyzer!!"

Worlds Greatest Pick up Line: Nice Shoes, Wanna F**K? (worked great in the late 80`s and early 90`s. Havent needed it much since then though)

I tried the patch once. It was a real pain. I couldn't keep the damn things lit!!

My Theory on Child Rearing: When they are born, Put them in an old wooden Barrel and feed them through the Bung Hole. When they hit the Teen Years, Plug the Hole!! (Actually I have a 10 yo Daughter and she is the best thing that ever happened to me. Keeps daddy in line, Something no one else has ever been able to do.)

I have some Video on VHS of my first Jump somewhere (Piglet 23 Round). I posted the story here a few months ago Here. I will see if I can get it transferred to MPG this weekend and put up to the FTP site. Great example of the right way and the wrong way to land a Round.

No Eternal Reward shall forgive us now for the wasting of the Dawn!! Live Fast, Die Young and leave a good looking corpse!! The secret to a happy Life = Fast cars, loose women, cheep booze and Blue Skies.

I believe that the root cause of Relationship problems has more to do with Change or the lack there-of. (/Begin Stereotype) Female evaluates potential mate. She looks for a guy that can be molded into her perfect partner. She knows he has a few flaws but feels that over time she can correct them. Male evaluates a potential mate. Finds a girl and likes her just the way she is. Over time, The Female changes and the Male does not. Man is left asking what happened to the great girl I started dating. Female left asking why wont he Grow Up! (/End Stereotype) When all else fails, Learn from the Penguins. Shinny Rocks can get you laid!!

My old Roommate and I used to compete to see who could get the Telemarketers to hang up on them the quickest. My record was about 22 seconds. It is much more fun to make them hang up on you. I had about 5 different Characters I would play whenever I was "lucky" enough to answer when a telemarketer called. The most effective was the Dirty Old man who was hard of hearing. If there was a female calling, all I would keep asking was what she wearing and then making her repeat herself louder and louder until she hung up. If it was a male on the other end (usually selling Vacations/timeshare places) all I would be interested in was whether or not it was one of those Nudie Resorts and if I could run around Nekkid. Whenever I got a call trying to sell me magazines and Newspapers, I would get very offended and demand to know if this was some kind of sick joke. After I got the telemarketer thoroughly confused, I would tell them that I was Blind and demand to speak to their boss. For those selling those damn FOP (Fraternal Order of Police) memberships/stickers, The Mega Stoner who didn’t understand anything would take over. Telemarketers can be a lot of fun if you have the right attitude.

1971 Hemi-Cuda Convertible. Only 14 ever built. 425 HP off the showroom floor. Thanatos340 "Beer? Boobies? Can I play?"