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Payroll taxes are different from income taxes, though both are withheld from an employee's paycheck by the employer. Payroll taxes are Social Security (10.4%) and Medicare (2.9%), though if you are employed, the employer pays slightly more than half of that (self-employed evil businessmen pay...

This only applies if your total tax refund is greater than your total withholding for the year. And that 47% number is a bit disingenuous, as it only counts income tax and not FICA/SS... though supposedly, FICA and SS aren't tax programs, but payments on future benefits. Whether it actually...

Now, Charlie, you seem like a decent guy, and I think that your concern is probably honest. But I don't know why you seem to enjoy creating discord around here. You know very well that I never said racism is over, but you put those words in my mouth anyway. So I go back to that old chestnut...

But I thought racial discrimination was already prohibited by the civil rights act? Why pass multiple laws that prohibit the same thing? Or is "affirmative action" the name for policies implemented to comply with the CRA? "Affirmative action" sounds to me like it was so named because the intent...

It may not be racist, per se, but it is prejudiced. It pre-judges people based upon their role as a member of a group, rather than their strengths and weaknesses as an individual. Affirmative action seeks to solve a problem (I won't hire you because you're this race/sex/ethnicity/sexual...

I think of a "shot" as something that should be downed all at once. Some liquors don't meet that definition, even for the same quantity as a shot: good whiskies, for instance, are meant to be sipped. Or downed all at once. Whatever works for you. :D Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

CG, take it from a long-time lurker (since image comics boards), you are anything but mediocre. Rock on.

If, as Ben Franklin (apparently never) said, "beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy," then the corollary must also be true that "men inevitably twist and corrupt the good things that God gives to them." Hence, light beer.

And assuming that minorities can't make it in the big bad world because they're minorities, and therefore need special consideration, isn't racist (correction: bigoted)?

So, came up here on business, discovered that Alaska Amber and Glenfiddich make a fine enough combination to make me unlurk long enough to make this post. Okay, Back to lurking. -Nick P.S. any typos you see are solely the fault of the Tapatalk and Swype combo, and not my current state of...

What would you guys think about this: 1) Enable the poor/rural to register for a reduced cost or free voter ID through the mail, much like passports are handled. Go get a passport-style photo at Walgreen's or wherever, and send in your documentation. Receive your ID in 4-6 weeks. Yes, I know...

I lived in a home for two years in Virginia that had a clause like this in the lease, except mine was a $30 deductible with a $300/year cap. The owner told me that it was standard for all his properties because he had a lot of Section 8 tenants who would call him for ridiculous things like...

Hell, yes. Gimme a large five-way, please. That's chili, spaghetti, cheese, beans, and onions, you pervs. Get your minds out of the gutter. Wait, forgot who I was speaking to.never mind about the gutter comment. .......Maybe I should post in the drunk thread next. Sent from my SPH-D710 using...

My guess is that the random nature of some internet forums (especially ones like Halforums, where there's not really one particular subject or interest around which the forum revolves) is very appealing to the brains of those affected by AD(H)D. Such as myself, for instance (scored an 82 on...

I think I was about two-thirds of the way through Snow Crash before I realized that it was written in present tense. Maybe that was because it was an audiobook, though.

/delurk 5th convert. Just so you know :) I drive a ton for work (41k miles in the last 17 months) so I downloaded the Dresden Files audiobooks from the local library and consumed all 13 in six weeks. Soon as my Audible subscription rolls over I'll be getting Side Jobs. Anybody ever read...

Not much can bring me out of lurker land, but I heard this on Pandora last week and immediately bought the album. This isn't the song I heard there (there's not a good video of that one), but it's my favorite from the album.

Does being invested not count as "in circulation?" I rather doubt the nation's wealthy are sitting on piles of cash like Scrooge McDuck. Even if the money is in a CD in a bank somewhere, it seems to me that the bank would then have more capital to loan, which would count as "returning it to...

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