Interesting article.....
https://www.timesofisrael.com/it-tak...-russian-doll/
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Interesting article.....
https://www.timesofisrael.com/it-tak...-russian-doll/
Oh, that reminds me. Was driving through Louisiana yesterday, and came across a company office (some drilling company) that had proudly raised their corporate flag outside the front door. Prominently featuring the Stars and Bars.
It's been a while since I've seen that in public.
The South shall rise again! Or something like that.
The economy was doing just fine under Obama already, Trump is taking credit for something he did not cause. Moreover, his tariffs are actually hurting the economy, and the only reason the shit has not completely hit the fan is that he turbo-charged corporate earnings by the free money give-away he calls a tax reform, which most economists agree was (a) ineffective and (b) wasn't needed.
So do you think what Trump did will sooner or later have negative affects giving tax breaks?? He said as well as economist, that there will be some negative effects with the pressure on China, that was never kept in the dark..
And yes the economy was on the rise with Obama, but he still has increased and decreased the numbers accordingly since, Trump didn't make it any worse the way everyone other than his followers thought. And it always looks good when people think they are going to have an increase in revenue, even if it is a small amount...But if what you said could cause negative affects in the future that changes 2020 right??
Do you think it is possible Social/Government Health Care for all Cabby??
You live in a nice neighbourhood in Toronto. Therefore your house is probably worth in excessive of a million dollars. If own it outright you are therefore worth more than a million dollars which by most definitions makes you rich.
Sell that house, take that bounty and move to fucking PEI and live like a king, Rockefeller.
Full disclosure. Faced with that wall of text, that was all I read. Hopefully I didn't miss anything about you finally coming to your senses.
Taxes. ie Tax break for the middle class my ass.
https://www.fatherly.com/news/middle...rump-tax-hike/
I had to find a link to a site that wouldn't kneejerk tigger Shay but still spelled out some semblence of the truth of the situation.
I checked out the link Idol and bookmarked to make sure i don't miss the next UFO siting....
My point i was trying to make is they do have more tax exemptions that help every class citizen eg. the can write there mortgage off if they have one, plus they have things like "Homestead" with tax benefits as well. The better one is yes they do pay taxes on Gambling earnings, but they can also put that against there losses as well. We as Canadians that may have mortgages do not have that benefit nor our lottery or gambling earnings are tax free. To some people having a Mortgage in Canada, having a deductions may be beneficial, That's all....
And if a Canadian does gamble in a casino in the US and wins over a thousand dollars, it is taxed before payout... Saying if you put three dollars (progressive in a slot machine), and win over $998.00 , you are taxed on payout, the Americans, it is based on honor system, and used in some cases as a win/loss on there taxes......
You can read and think what you want, i have friends in the US that use these benefits, and are considered Middle Class to your standards....
End of subject for me, just didn't want to be rude and not reply to your post ;)...
Did you read the link i left on the Netflix series ??
A little information is a dangerous thing. See, your buddy capped the most important middle-class deductions in his tax-deform. So property taxes can now only be deducted up to $10,000 per year. Since Texas doesn't have an income tax and finances itsbudgetschools through property taxes, I just wrote a big fat check in excess of $15K to GovernorAsshatAbbott. Since I now can only deduct $10K, my tax payment at an assumed marginal rate of 25% just went up by $1,500.
Same thing for sales tax/income tax deductions.
Riddle me this, Batman: How does that help me and my fellow neighbors?
Ok i understand that issue on property tax that sucks!!! ,now, but is this applied to every state?? I am speaking of people that live in Florida and New York?? And I can tell you that One lady from Philadelphia actually moved to become a resident of Florida for the reasons of savings?? Is that false??
And Cabby i understand you are talking about property taxs, and it is not my business but lets assume you have merged that payment into a mortgage?? Again i am talking about a physical mortgage?? You can expense that on your taxes right??
And Are they not two different things?? They are here in Canada, and i do know you can apply your property taxes to a mortgage or you can pay them separately, some of my friends chose not to add it to there mortgage, something on how they charge interests?? I didn't really pay that much attention on the details??
Not sure how it works where you live vs other states??
So you do think that people that have very good Health Care plans from there employer would give it up?? I think it is possible, but the plan would have to be equivalent to the care they offer from there employer plan?? And of course no expense out of there pocket:D
Be interesting on how anyone can figure out how to pay for it?? I can't wait to see the math:)
Seriously, for someome who Idol claims is rich you really have no clue about money. :D
Yes, since the tax deform applies at the federal level, everyone in every state is affected. And while you may now say, but what about states that don't have high property tax rates because they have a state income tax, well, those people may still get hit because of high property valuations (New York? Los Angeles? Odd that this hits predominantly the "coastal elites" who did not vote for Trump).
And you seem to be under the misconception that you can deduct your mortgage payment. You can deduct the *interest* you pay on your mortgage, that's all. It doesn't matter if you combine your tax/mortgage payments and who you pay the money to, for tax purposes you still have to separate the two and are limited to those specific amounts. Your mortgage payment goes to your bank; your tax payment (ultimately) goes to the government. Two completely different things if you think about it.
Maybe someone from the UK should explain to you how the NHS (for better or for worse) provides universal health care to cover the basics and people still have the option to purchase additional insurance/benefits from private corporations like BUPA.
Since the additional coverage does not have to cover the basics, they are (or at least were when I lived there) relatively cheap.
Are you trying to make fun of me buddy:)
What do you need to know about money to be rich:unsure:, and i don't do my own taxes i pay an accountant to do it;), and someone else controls investments, and as long as i am making money he still has control and a job. And i didn't say i was rich did i ??
And just having common sense and knowing most mortgages are amortized over many years no?? In Florida and you become Homestead, most of them never pay there mortgages off because they get a break on there interest rates plus amortizations are longer , interest adds up and if you do have a mortgage it is nice to have any taxable savings no?? Canadians can't benefit from that, if you think what idol did say most people do have large mortgages here, to live in local areas starting at a million dollars and most people owe half of that, so five hundred thousand dollars, and writing off the interests on that would be a bonus to people here. And i am thinking a million can buy a few houses in places in the US no??. Plus your gambling earnings and losses as well. There is a few companies you can hire here that go after our deductions your Government takes off of us, and of course they take a fee, but it is worth going after at times.
I am sorry Cabby that i didn't explain my thoughts better to you, And if you save your money for home taxes and put it in the Bank as opposed to adding it to your mortgage you save the interest no?? To me if you borrow money you normally have to pay interest?? If you short term invest and collect interest isn't that more beneficial:D, and my friends that do add there home taxes to there mortgage because there actual monthly payment is less but they are paying more interest, is that wrong??
I am not sure how they assess your property taxes there either?? Here they use the running front lot footage and use a mill rate?? And it is fucking crazy how much we pay here compared to the US!!....
So you are talking in a sense a 2 tier system, Again that is not what the Democrats are speaking of they are saying FREE HEALTH CARE, so zero cost to all Americans for everything?? I can tell you we do not get that here!!, you break or sprain your leg you need crutches you pay, need to take an ambulance to the hospital you pay, you want or need non generic drugs you pay, want entertainment or room other than ward you pay, so what do you consider basics??
And as i said if you have a good job and your employer is paying for you to get preferential treatment health care they ain't going to give it up, and i know some of those have a stupid minimal deductible.. and does free health care include medications?? Here good jobs employer gives medicine plans as well as dental, I never hear if dental or optometrist are included in there plans as well??
Funny i am not sure how you immigration works with benefits?? I can tell you people on welfare or family benefits or new immigration here gets all of those things for free Dental, Eyes, Hospitalization, equipment, and the working or wealth taxes pay for that the way our system is set up..
Like i said Cabby will be interesting if someone ever gets voted into the White House that will implement this, The new Democratic Climate change/Environmental package i saw on the news looked very interesting too, I was thinking you could use the methane concept for fuel and strap the senate leader from Hawaii to a rocket and she can fly home like a circus clown, that is considering they are talking of eliminating planes:), she may have some stop over crash landings for it being a distance from Washington to back home, but they will figure something out to soften her landing..
Lets see how long it takes for the attacks back Tic Tok Tic Tok........
People shouldn't be able to purchase additonal health care on top of what the government provides as gives a certain class less incentive to insist the government program is the best it can possibly be. That and money alone shouldn't ever determine who lives and who dies. I mean I kinda hope we've progressed as a society a teeny tiny bit from Ancient Rome.
That's like saying who you know shouldn't influence or move you up in the line for care, MRI , CT scan?? And we know that true right, and never happens regardless of self wealth or faith or gender:noes: I am not sure what "ism" that falls into Idol??
Funny i remember having to wait for a government scheduled CT scan that was 8 months , but one visit to my Urologist it happened to get done within 2 days, and no bribe or money exchange, or even a round at one of his favorite golf courses. It Happen, just from personal charm and extreme patient pain!!. And funny it would have been done in one day, but there is no staff in the hospital that runs CT scans at night so i had to stay in the Emergency for 28 hours until the next day to get it, And lets not mention how long you have to wait for a bed to open because if you are not admitted no operation, if you want to do it as a outpatient, it will take months!!!, now ask why some people are addicted to opioids. The same with no scheduled surgery on weekends unless it is life threatening!!, and extreme pain is not consider life threatening, and the operating room sections are massive in the hospitals i have been into, and most of the time empty, because not enough OR nurses!!, and scheduled operations must be completed before 4Pm because again not enough nurses?? So when a OR schedule is made if a time est surgery goes over the time you will be bumped for the next day!!! Amazing on how many Canadians that graduate to become a nurse move across the US because it is easier to get a job there, yet Nurses are needed here big time in our Hospitals!!!!! Gov says not enough money in the budget to pay them!!
But i do know that in the US MRI's and CT scans have better hours and if you have a good job and paid health insurance , you don't wait 8 months to get one there, I am thinking with Socialists Health Care , those people just can't wait for it to happen:unsure:, Even know, and i sincerely say that is not fair to the rest, it is reality..
Here is a something to think about?? Say Idol someone from another Country comes here and has an emergency or accident?? And they go to a Canadian Hospital, they have to pay right?? So because they are paying big dollars with no Insurance (Or Use a Credit Card), do you think they are entitled to move ahead of the line of other true Canadian Citizens??
Another true story, My Mother-inlaw's blood went low in Florida one year, so she needed a blood transfusion, it was done the next day and costs three thousand dollars US, that needed to be paid up front. Now she had out of country insurance and got most of it back (not all) but she was treated right away in a private hospital, and she said it was unbelievable how the service there was amazing compared to here. I am thinking that if Americans do get paid insurance Health Care, i really don't think they will accept public/government run care if it is not the same treatment they have experienced... Just my opinion, nor saying i agree there should be double standards, a life is a life like you say, but when it is one of your own blood life's , you do think different. Really how many MRI's my wife got in the span she was in the Hospital, i can tell you for sure people got bumped because of it, and i do feel bad but.......
The same here try to see if a GP doctor here will take you on as a patient if you have multiple things wrong with you?? They don't, based on how the government pays them, they don't benefit monetarily, and are government salary capped.. The work around!! Open and own walk in clinics, pay new doctors x amount and take a piece of there gov cap greed again buddy:noes:
Have a lovely Monday, bar-stewards.
You know, I've been thinking about that, and I am not sure I agree completely. As long as it is ensured that everyone gets a standard/minimum that they need, who cares if someone else can buy a little extra. Clearly we don't want to make heart transplants something that is outside the scope of the "minimum", but if you want to pay extra to get a single room in the hospital instead of sharing it with other patients, or if you want to pay for Double-D implants after a masectomy...?
It's like marriage for all -- who gives a shit if gays and lesbians want to marry. It affects my own marriage precisely zero.
I think if someone has the money to pay for extra service, that is ok. But paying to get faster service is NOT ok. Unfortunately it is very hard to have a universal healthcare system when you have a large population that is unhealthy (Canada and UK finding that out). A big reason why the ACA costs a lot (and republicans have done everything in their power to make it fail). I think a Medicare-For-All system could work, if done right. Unfortunately there is too much fraud/corruption occurring currently (no real oversight going on, $$$). Get rid of all the health insurance companies and use that money to help fund healthcare and police the system. Pass a law to stop advertising of all drugs (prescription and OTC). Fix the patent system so big pharma can't cheat anymore. Many more things could be done to make healthcare affordable and efficient. Need to take profit out of the equation.
Thank you!!!
Exactly my point, , and Idols penis enlargement would be considered Elective Surgery, i think:unsure: and Megs Breast Implants would deter him from the young-lings , knowing now he can feel himself up that may fall into a grey area??.... Americans will have to see and read the final plan that goes to the floor for a vote;)...And also not really sure but be careful on the LGBTQ2 debates, not sure if it does affect Idol :lips::...
Get rid of Health Insurance Companies?? Or Plain Insurance companies?? Cars, Drugs, Dental, Vision?? All should be government controlled and paid for, you want to see chaos and corruption, just let that happen!!!!. i am trying to figure out the Lefts plan to sew cows asses up so it eliminates methane gases LOL!!
Interesting debates we are having here, the true Americans that are old enough to vote will see through all of this crap, and come out in droves to stop these fantasies from ever ruining a Capitalist Democracy Country;), If not?? G-D help anyone connected to the US, and especially us in Canada!!....
You Talk Big Pharma?? Do you know how things work?? How many meds never hit the public, but cost to invent or develop?? Jobs?? Economy??
I think we should get rid of everything??, people can go live in caves and live to the high age of 35?? When a drug here is approved and it is used by many, it is then made as a Generic and reduced in cost to the public, but if it costs x amount to invent/produce a drug it is a crazy price until the expense of the drug is recouped, again is there a profit?? Fucking right there is!!, Capitalism!! If you don't like it?? You could always go to a socialists country, and if you are not related to Putin or other dictators, good luck if you ever think you will see the meds you need??
The same here in Canada, if you can't afford drugs here, there is other avenues to get meds paid for, be it actual drug companies or charity organizations, and of course Government subsidies.. Do you not have Medicate in the US??
What amazes me MacGyver, you talk about Big Pharma and all these other things that are based on Democracy and Capitalism?? That is the USA??
why do you choose to live there otherwise?? And don't you find it strange that everyone is trying to get into the US?? and where are theses people coming from?? are they coming from Democracy States/Countries?? Is that not a clue that some things just don't work?? I never here line ups at the Border of Russia or other socialist Countries?? Is that not a hint??
Again lets be serious about that!!!! If it did affect your back and was authorized by a physician?? Here it would be covered!!, again would not be considered cosmetic, women here can get reductions done, if it is causing pain, and also they fix and make them even and pleasing:)
True story, how stupid is this!!!, for you to get a gastric bypass here, you have to be over 600 pounds, or have a heart issue!!, but then we won't talk about the wait list even if you do qualify for the surgery!!!! my brother was just under that and they wouldn't cover it, so he paid for a laparoscopic Band surgery, that was a big mistake!!! Fucked him up worse!!, but anyways I knew a few people that went across the border and got the bypass surgery done, and yes it was not cheap, but they paid monthly and got it done, it was life saving for them!!!..
Our system here is good and bad, again how they are going to implement it in the US if it ever happens in my lifetime will be very interesting...
And it is nice to see you buddy, and hope all is well;)
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Interesting find of the day....
"Funny how individuals with no money/property tell those individuals with money/property what to do"
It was spotted on the back of a 2019 Mercedes Maybach S600 :happy:
Actually the other way around in any way that effects non-snowflakes but I suppose if you're the sort of delusional fuck who puts that on a bumpersticker it makes for a better narrative.
"I drive a expensive car and I'm an ignoramus. Clearly it is I and not the homeless children who need your pity. Pity me, all those beneath me. Sad".
"Also, the slaves are giving me lip about not getting enough to eat again".
LOL!! I was waiting for a comment like that from you buddy:)
The comment was not on a car i made it up :lol:, I saw it in a comment section in a article about Bill Gates , that actually gives Billions of dollars, yes Billions of dollars to charity, and it was actually facts about trying to tax the rich and there is so many loopholes that it would be impossible for OAC's crazy ideas to work., let alone they will leave the US and take the jobs with them...
And i was thinking about that Idol... I am thinking All of those Billionaires may end up here in Canada, and the jobs as well, so US socialism may be a good thing:yup:. I am definitely thinking it is safer here than Mexico :01:
It is always nice to see you here buddy.....
I can't believe someone posted this!!:noes:
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Word of the day "Jingoism"........
It's a fun game! :D
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Very good Cabby:lol:
Then you add the "ism", now it is an epidemic game:D
Goes to show you how complex the English language is, showing that two words spelled the same with completely different meanings. It is kinda like all of Idol's post, a puzzle of what they really mean, like the genius who invented that game and why it was named that :idunno:
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I thought jingoisms were funny things that Jamie Foxx said.
Stop pretending that you're Donald Trump.
Oh well I suppose it was either 50K on this or something stupid.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/13/polit...tor/index.html
If i remember correctly i honestly think there was always one (golf simulator room), in the White House, Obama did use it, but of course CNN omitted that. Trump might of upgraded it to a new model....
I can tell you the good ones are really expensive!!, I played one that was in that price range, and it was amazing and fun, and at least it is accurate on the strikes, ball spin as well, but the putting is kind of dumb on most of them. When i play with friends we usually set 2 foot putts as gimmes :D
http://www.golfwing.ca/