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I'm sure everyone here is familiar with the observable fact that the force exerted on a moving object by the fluid it is moving through is nonlinearly proportional to the velocity of that object. The explanation for this phenomenon is simple -- as the object moves faster, not only are more...

Story here I'm puzzled as to why his company wants him back. There must be plenty of well-qualified unemployed people who aren't religious lunatics who'd jump at the chance of filling the vacancy.

This is not a health care thread, (Don't hit me Darat) but it is inspired by it. Lots of people think the government should use taxes to pay for health care. So what DO you think the government (and here I mean any government, not just the US) should pay for? I've included twenty options, pick...

Tax men strike out against the McCourts From the LA Times

I am hearing alot about how the current crisis is really affecting the ability of small businesses to get the credit they need to remain in business. So, why does Obama want to raise taxes on the income rates that are dominated by small business owners, and squeeze them further? How can this...

WTF?!! http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-lake-bluff-church-17-jul17,0,5397208.story

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7270358.stm Marks & Spencer seems to have taken the lead in levying a 5p charge on plastic shopping bags effective in May. The government seems to be hoping that public opinion will be sufficiently supportive of this type of measure so that compulsion is...

So... A long time ago, Steve Forbes ran a campaign which contained a major plank about doing a flat income tax: 10%, no deductions for anything. At the time, my reaction was that any tax plan coming from someone as wealthy as Steve couldn't be good. Heh. Great critical thinking. :rolleyes...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,244759,00.html Will he be allowed out to vote for Badnarik in the next election?

This is a joke, right? Seriously - is this supposed to be a joke? The source appears to be a Russian newspaper and the only other confirmations I can find all appear to be blogs that all lead back to the same Russian newspaper.

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/021807/DOU_BCDIQ7UM.046.php Our state is, apparently, rumored to do a gross receipt tax. Yet another tax on businesses. This seems like taxing abusiness twice in its income, unless I am missing something. Fair or unfair?

Tis the season for giving tax policy questions. I've used a bit of Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as a model for a progressive taxation scheme and adaped it for inflation. See: 1954 IRS Code - Wikipedia NextAmount TaxRate AmountTaxed TaxTally IncomeRemaining $0,010,000 000% $0,000,000...

It is more than apparent the United States cannot continue to run huge budget deficits and spend like drunken sailors in Washington. I have a solution that has been proposed throughout the Accounting circles for eons with little political dialogue. My plan is simple; eliminate income taxes on...

The Austrian school of economics teaches us to view people as generally belonging to either the group of net tax payers, or the group of net tax consumers. There can not be any such thing as a "fair" tax, because any kind of tax, be it income tax, social security tax, sales tax, inheritance...

Is it still being tauted, I thought it was agood idea, and there seemed to be a lot of support for it. A flat tax upon all income, including the 501c, churches and capital gains. You make money , you pay taxes. No more exemptions, hopefully. Although the Earned Income Credit , and all sorts of...

I have a feeling this guy isn't going to be elected... Sorry. I'm new here and cant post links (?!) yet. I have a feeling that this guy dosn't know his American history too well. http://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/183912.html http://www.starovertexas.com/ To add linkage.

Amendment XVI The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration. How do the Tax dodgers explain away the 16th when the claim that the tax is...

Any smart people here know what TAM expenses I can deduct?

I'm structuring this post so that the most relevant information is at the beginning and least relevant at the end, so you can read as much or as little as you like and still get the basic gist of what I am saying. Idea: Eliminate all federal income taxes. And maybe other federal taxes like...

Perhaps I am wrong, but my understanding is that lottery winnings are taxable in the US. Now, suppose that there is a "Lunch with a Celebrity" lottery. There are some particular celebrities who have contracts with the lottery organization. The winner of the lottery gets to choose any one of...

Or maybe my tired brain has another non-sequtor. That can't be right. What am I missing? So?

This article got me thinking about the dark side of technology, it just makes it easier for us to be taxed. This scheme is to use satelite tracking to charge a fee per mile of roadway traveled in Britain. Being an American I don't see the attraction of such a system myself as it not only...

Whenever we discuss prohibition of drugs, some (often me) beings up the obvious comparison of the harmful effect of drugs and fast food. Well fast food is not being prohibited (yet) but the move is afoot to tax the hell out of it...

More: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/04/MNGM393GPK1.DTL

I'm feeling curious, but lazy. Kerry repeated one of the mantras of his campaign last night. American workers should not have to pay to oursource their own jobs. What's the real story on this tax break for companies moving jobs overseas? I don't think any congresscritter would support "House...

Do they get out of all taxes?? Like sales and property taxes? What is the reasoning behind that. When a church burns does the fire department not come?? If they are getting these services why should they avoid the taxes.

This idea has taken on the depth and aura of a bumper sticker. Does anyone have any data that shows, let's say by income quintiles, what people have deen paying in taxes as a percentage of income over 10 or more years? I would define taxes as all payments to government, national and local.

"Democrats have the popular misconception that somehow the Bush tax cut unfairly benefit the rich." I hear this all the time from the rep talking heads. Is there ANY evidence for this??? Because everything that I find tells me exactly the opposite. From all kinds of sources...

This is something that I really find irritating! As the price of oil goes up- so the price of petrol goes up- so the amount of revenue the gov gains from the sale of it goes up. Any fule kno that higher fuel prices = economic slowdown. So why doesnt the government regulate is fuel tax to...

Can anybody help me find a breakdown of which UK taxes are used to pay what? It seems to me that the council tax pays for just about everything I thought income and National Insurance paid for. Which kind of raises the question- wtf is all the non-council-tax tax for? Thank you, zikomo, muchos...