[$tinkle]

if you've ever wondered what michael steele looks like in civilian garb:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/04/16/nbc_reporter_to_black_man_at_tea_party_have_you_ever_felt_uncomfortable.html

 

[dante]

At the tea party protest yesterday in WI I saw 2 black people: One was a speaker, and the other was a counter-protester. On the flip side the most racist thing I saw was a caricature of Obama, complete with huge ears and lips. Guess all of those leftist infiltrators must have stayed home...

 

[stevew]

On the flip side the most racist thing I saw was a caricature of Obama, complete with huge ears and lips.

i guess you don't see to many political cartoons?

or

 

[$tinkle]

there oughtta be a thread

 

[kidwoo]

there oughtta be a thread about the difference between making fun of stupidity and making fun of someone's race

I agree. There are nuances you could certainly do well to note.

 

[$tinkle]

"if you want to know what water is, don't ask a fish" - confucius

who's racist now?

 

[kidwoo]

Um what?

I'm lost now

 

[rockofullr]

"if you want to know what water is, don't ask a fish" - confucius

who's racist now?

confucius?

 

[Sandwich]

confusedus?

 

[MikeD]

Yes, this was among the sheaf of papers I handed out here in the hangar. Taking a sign downtown with that would probably blow my cover.

Can someone explain "marginal tax rate" to my small, reptilian brain? I can barely fill out my own tax paperwork, and that's without owning any property or having any significant investments beyond a retirement plan and two bank accounts.

 

[dante]

Can someone explain "marginal tax rate" to my small, reptilian brain? I can barely fill out my own tax paperwork, and that's without owning any property or having any significant investments beyond a retirement plan and two bank accounts.

It's the highest tax rate you pay on your income. Since everything is staggered, you don't pay that amount on *everything* you earn:

Tax Rate / Married Couples Filing Jointly / Most Single Filers
10% Not over $16,750 Not over $8,375
15% $16,750 – $68,000 $8,375 – $34,000
25% $68,000 – $137,300 $34,000 – $82,400
28% $137,300 – $209,250 $82,400 – $171,850
33% $209,250 – $373,650 $171,850 – $373,650
35% Over $373,650 Over $373,650

So if you're making 100,000 taxable income as a couple, your "marginal tax rate" is 25%. However, you only pay 10% on the first $16,750 of taxable income (after all deductions, credits, etc), 15% on the amount between 16,750 and 68,000, and 25% on the amount between 68,000 and 100,000. If you made $68,001 you'd technically be in the 25% marginal tax rate, even though you'd only pay 25% on that $1 you made over 68,000. Everything else would be taxed at the lower rates.

It's far easier to just talk about marginal tax rates since "actual" tax rates mean doing math (taxes paid divided by gross income).

 

[Westy]

Shot from our local Tea Bagger tax day tea party. I lol'd

 

[jimmydean]

Shot from our local Tea Bagger tax day tea party. I lol'd

I think that dude in the chair is dead.

 

[Westy]

I think that dude in the chair is dead.

Only because of the ObamaCare DeathPanel.

 

[LOOnatic]

That looks like a happy uplifting bunch to mingle with
The ol lady with the pink slip sign looks familiar from one of those crabcore videos.
Wheres Arkayne damit

 

[X3pilot]

I think that dude in the chair is dead.

That's Cheney in the chair and Rumsfeld standing behind him.

 

[$tinkle]

i was going to say Wm F buckley jr., but not sure who else dedicated a trapper keeper to him in h.s.

 

[valve bouncer]

You can bet that tea cup comes with milk and 2 white sugars.

 

[stevew]

i was going to say Wm F buckley jr., but not sure who else dedicated a trapper keeper to him in h.s.

watch him give reagan sh*t....