[CoLoCo] Tax Time Again

[TJ Heaney]

Ok, Paul,

If we had it my way, I'd hire you as head of HR for screening applicants for
women who are allowed to serve me those fruity drinks with the little
umbrellas in them...

Sound better? ;)

TJ
"Now with 50% more tangents"

On Jan 18, 2008 1:29 PM, Paul Schwartz <pmjs1115 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Works for you. "It's nice to be the king!" One of the greatest truisms
> ever discovered by Hollywood.
>
> Paul
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: TJ Heaney <tjheaney at gmail.com>
> To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-co at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:02:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Tax Time Again
>
> I like my method of taxation:
>
> 50% of all money gets taxed,
>
> IRS sends me the taxed amount taken from everybody
>
> I retire to Bora Bora.
>
> TJ
>
> On Jan 18, 2008 12:59 PM, Paul Schwartz < pmjs1115 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: David L. Willson <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
> > > To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-co at lists.ubuntu.com
> > >
> > > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:37:58 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Tax Time Again
> > >
> > > > From: Jim Hutchinson
> > > > > To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community
> > > Team
> > >
> >
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:53:46 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Tax Time Again
> > > > >
> > > > > On Jan 17, 2008 8:07 PM, Collins Richey  wrote:
> > > > > > On Jan 17, 2008 5:09 PM, W S  wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Of course, the bigger issue is why we have such a
> > > complicated
> > >
> >  tax
> > > > > > > system in the first place? >:)  I mean, seriously, I want
> > > > > a
> > > > >
> > > >  post-card
> > > > > > > I can mail in and be done with my taxes in 15 minutes.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sorry, I can't resist the opportunity for a little
> > > political
> > >
> >  humor. I
> > > > > > know of a party that can accomplish that in no time, even
> > > without
> > >
> >  the
> > > > > > need for a postcard. Just send us all you earned, and we'll
> > > > > > redistribute it to those who really deserve it. .
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Or conversely, keep all your money and learn how to put your
> > > own
> > >
> >  fires
> > > > > out, catch criminals, build your own roads, etc., etc.
> > > > > --
> > > > Wouldn't be too bad if they would cut out all the etc stuff.
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > >
> > > I have no problem with "etc", since "etc" includes education and some
> > > few other things that need to be as "equal opportunity" as we can
> > > manage, but I WANT THAT POSTCARD!  As a computer geek, I'm tired of
> > > being paying more tax because I'm not a tax geek.  I want simple,
> > fair,
> > > and sustainable.
> > >
> > > That said, aren't we pretty far afield?  Aren't we, in fact,
> > discussing
> > > one of the two "forbidden" topics?  I know CLUE-talk
> > > specifically
> > >
> >  allows
> > > this sort of thing, and I've gotten into some pretty high fun
> > > there,
> > >
> >  but
> > > I wasn't aware that the these subjects were fair game on the CoLoCo
> > > list.
> > Probably pretty far off-topic. Even itellectually superior computer
> > geeks will have a hard time contructing a "fair" approach to taxation and
> > redistribution. However, I feel that whenever the collector's share is big
> > enough to either want to make me quit my efforts or drive me to a different
> > venue, it's clearly not serving the general good.
> >
> > JMNSHO
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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