tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4127833298881948946..comments2024-03-28T17:08:38.428-05:00Comments on Althouse: At the Talking Rat Café...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76000925232478454542019-02-11T19:20:48.883-06:002019-02-11T19:20:48.883-06:00Blogger Trumpit said...
"More money needs to ...<br />Blogger Trumpit said...<br />"More money needs to be spent on research on abortifacients, drugs that induce a miscarriage/labor such as RU-486. Giving women more control over their bodies demands this kind of research and widespread availability of the medications."<br /><br />If only we could find the cause of all these unwanted pregnancies.... You know. prevent them before they take root.<br />Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24470695632042599962019-02-11T18:01:41.061-06:002019-02-11T18:01:41.061-06:00More money needs to be spent on research on aborti...<i>More money needs to be spent on research on abortifacients, drugs that induce a miscarriage/labor such as RU-486. Giving women more control over their bodies demands this kind of research and widespread availability of the medications.</i><br /><br />Whatever women's freedom is about, it shouldn't mean taking powerful hormones that treat a woman's healthy body as if it is diseased.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36230653532525004392019-02-11T17:58:22.555-06:002019-02-11T17:58:22.555-06:00Explain it to me as if I were a small child.
Gala...<i>Explain it to me as if I were a small child.</i><br /><br />Galaxy Quest.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25034579482190829952019-02-11T17:27:21.952-06:002019-02-11T17:27:21.952-06:00The left is taking a real beating about the phony ...The left is taking a real beating about the phony reporting on this. MSNBC spent a segment explaining that 80%+ of the tax payers got a tax cut, and if you did not spend time filling out a new W4 you may not have the same refunds you have had in the past, but you did pay less income tax, due to President Trumps tax cuts.iowan2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14716635412314020236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24847622954639595692019-02-11T17:23:37.189-06:002019-02-11T17:23:37.189-06:00Who has a direct line to President Trump, or one o...Who has a direct line to President Trump, or one of his advisors???<br />Get to them quick, and have the IRS re-jigger the withholding tax charts. Set the charts up to have workers take more taxes out of their paychecks. Then have them get $4000 tax returns 12 months from now. <br />President Trump can tell them that he got them ANOTHER tax cut.<br /> <br />To top it off, there will be a massive cash infusion into the economy<br /><br />( I learned all this from Inga!)<br /><br />(abusing the tax payers is just fine, per Inga. Its not what is real, perception is what mattters)<br />iowan2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14716635412314020236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85486410246621542272019-02-11T17:04:36.336-06:002019-02-11T17:04:36.336-06:00I’ve been hearing from people who are shocked that...<i>I’ve been hearing from people who are shocked that they are paying taxes or not getting a refund this year, while not getting more in their paychecks during the year. You figure it out.</i><br /><br />People are good at telling stories someone once commented.<br /><br />Everybody - everybody - is either getting more in their paychecks/or getting a larger refund. Either or. Nobody is paying more and getting less back.<br /><br />That was the whole point of the tax cuts.Jim athttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271099587684174816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40263713740202452132019-02-11T16:59:15.770-06:002019-02-11T16:59:15.770-06:00What you fail to understand is that there are many...<i>What you fail to understand is that there are many many Trump voters that won’t be seeing their big tax refund. </i><br /><br />And what you continue to fail to understand with your cherry-picking is that people are taking home more in their current paychecks. And other people are starting to recognize just how much they're actually paying in state and local taxes they can no longer write off.<br /><br />That's not Trump's problem, nor will he be blamed. The local pols who impose those taxes are the ones currently trying to shift the blame.Jim athttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271099587684174816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84549925602492667442019-02-11T16:51:11.075-06:002019-02-11T16:51:11.075-06:00Love the descriptions of Seattle's "bruta...<i>Love the descriptions of Seattle's "brutal winter" - temps in the 20's and 30's.</i><br /><br />Well, south of Olympia we had a low of 11 degrees the other night and we currently have 18 inches of snow. So, it's not really a day at the beach.Jim athttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271099587684174816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63134986043497721142019-02-11T09:23:31.899-06:002019-02-11T09:23:31.899-06:00"Typhus is caused by fleas, or lice (everyone..."Typhus is caused by fleas, or lice (everyone start scratching their heads now), not rats."<br /><br />The bacterium is transmitted by fleas and lice, true, but it's the rats who carry the fleas around with them, in little rat suitcases, as they travel from town to town looking for cheese and tickles.Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82090396807374805892019-02-11T08:33:46.695-06:002019-02-11T08:33:46.695-06:00"If you can't see Mt. Rainier it's ra..."If you can't see Mt. Rainier it's raining; if you can see it, it isn't raining - yet."Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011701168912339784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26469571998462444422019-02-11T08:32:59.048-06:002019-02-11T08:32:59.048-06:00Hagar said: 'You have been lending money to th...Hagar said: 'You have been lending money to the federal government at 0% interest which is a very foolish thing to do. The sensible thing is to adjust your W4 so that you will owe a small amount at tax time.'<br /><br />I've done that for years. Have a friend who gets a couple thousand dollar refund every year, and I always ask her why she lends that much money to the government at 0%. She can't understand what I mean, even when I explain it. What can you do.alanc709https://www.blogger.com/profile/17431953668013394966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81088470746493627692019-02-11T08:09:17.912-06:002019-02-11T08:09:17.912-06:00I hope that is a typhus-free rat
Typhus is caused...<i>I hope that is a typhus-free rat<br /><br /></i>Typhus is caused by fleas, or lice (everyone start scratching their heads now), not rats.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24490873355063606782019-02-11T07:54:24.185-06:002019-02-11T07:54:24.185-06:00I'm glad my Tacoma-resident daughter will be w...I'm glad my Tacoma-resident daughter will be working from home today. mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5828760181397082792019-02-11T07:46:24.149-06:002019-02-11T07:46:24.149-06:00I pity the dumbass named Mark who can’t understand...<i>I pity the dumbass named Mark who can’t understand what has happened under Trump’s big shiny Tax Cuts Law.</i><br /><br />I am curious how Trump’s tax law didn’t lower taxes for working people. Explain it to me as if I were a small child.tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83268850781751372442019-02-11T06:43:46.659-06:002019-02-11T06:43:46.659-06:00And "Trollstigveien Road" works out to &...And "Trollstigveien Road" works out to "Trollroadroad Road." Sheesh!Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011701168912339784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85530100727911195292019-02-11T06:41:29.909-06:002019-02-11T06:41:29.909-06:00Poulsbo grew up around my greatgrandfather's c...Poulsbo grew up around my greatgrandfather's country store.<br /><br />And the spelling is correct. Poul is an old Danish spelling for Paul, or rather, Pål.Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011701168912339784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89585248440649011942019-02-11T06:38:23.745-06:002019-02-11T06:38:23.745-06:00If the lefties will kill perfectly healthy babies ...If the lefties will kill perfectly healthy babies at the front end, you know they won't think twice about killing the medically needy on the downside of life (read: the elderly). <br /><br />Older lefties approaching medicare age, who are all-in for Medicare for all, are just plain stooopid. Humperdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765464624483404218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78016622358021715692019-02-11T06:37:13.618-06:002019-02-11T06:37:13.618-06:00You are a sucker if you get a large tax refund. Yo...You are a sucker if you get a large tax refund. You have been lending money to the federal government at 0% interest which is a very foolish thing to do. The sensible thing is to adjust your W4 so that you will <i>owe</i> a small amount at tax time.<br /><br />Beyond Inga's comprehension, I know, but that is what you want to do.Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011701168912339784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39707279343275195952019-02-11T06:35:20.340-06:002019-02-11T06:35:20.340-06:00Fretting about taxes? I say we focus on how tax re...Fretting about taxes? I say we focus on how tax revenue is used, for example, training law enforcement officers the difference between a taser and a gun.<br /><br />"A York County, Penn., police officer has been charged with simple assault for shooting a handcuffed suspect in the back seat of a patrol car. Officer Stuart Lee Harrison says he thought he was reaching for his Taser and did not realize he had pulled out his gun until he heard the shot."stevewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253727732365900942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18090190153146280572019-02-11T05:43:15.221-06:002019-02-11T05:43:15.221-06:00I hope that is a typhus-free rat and not one of th...I hope that is a typhus-free rat and not one of the nasty infectious type that they have at the Los Angeles City Hall.Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736461252925227611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22064585542813777492019-02-11T05:04:53.755-06:002019-02-11T05:04:53.755-06:00The witholding issue is independent of comparisons...The witholding issue is independent of comparisons between the new tax law and the old and is only a function of proper witholding. I have an MST in the house and we find it dufficult to imagine a scenario where a household or individual would have more witholding and less after income tax income for 2018. That return will need have lost a meaningful group of deductions starting with a big salt deduction but there will need to be life change events as well - to the point it isn’t an apples to apples comparison. If anyone knows different I’m curious to know...<br /><br />Net net we’ll do flat to slightly better- loss of salt, gain of lower brackets is kind of a wash and we’re not eligible for the new business rate since small business accountants are now greedy wall street investment bankers. We do our own quarterly witholding so the tables weren’t a factor.rehajmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554135440560051175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52572899953538429912019-02-11T02:18:07.551-06:002019-02-11T02:18:07.551-06:00More money needs to be spent on research on aborti...More money needs to be spent on research on abortifacients, drugs that induce a miscarriage/labor such as RU-486. Giving women more control over their bodies demands this kind of research and widespread availability of the medications. Trumpithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02252672877713167746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21458764847782755402019-02-11T00:04:48.332-06:002019-02-11T00:04:48.332-06:00I take Inga's point that most people are too u...<i>I take Inga's point that most people are too unsophisticated to understand that the number that matters is how much total tax you pay over the year, not how much is withheld from paychecks/returned at the end of the year.</i><br /><br />Hell a lot of people consider tax refunds as found money, not realizing that it was simply their money that they were letting the government borrow interest free.Gahriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72936521014949299772019-02-10T23:57:01.078-06:002019-02-10T23:57:01.078-06:00I didn't realize how lucky I was growing up. ...I didn't realize how lucky I was growing up. We'd take the Bremerton ferry, or drive up to Winslow, to spend the day in Seattle or go to concerts. When I was back home recently I shared the Vashon ferry with a rowdy group of kids who went to high school on the island but lived in West Seattle-what a kickass way to get to school every day. The WSF system is one of the most delightful (and often really damn cold; let's call a spade a spade) ways to get around for people lucky enough to live there and I took it 100% for granted before I grew up and moved away. Might return someday for good, but they say you can never go home again. I don't know. <br /><br />One of my high school boyfriends and I used to run into Central Market and buy hot soup from the deli and a loaf of French bread and eat it in the graveyard at the Lutheran church in Poulsbo. Beautiful, peaceful, wonderful place. I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325799399154580481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7529223587877246422019-02-10T23:38:26.573-06:002019-02-10T23:38:26.573-06:00I spend more than a quarter of my time on Bainbrid...I spend more than a quarter of my time on Bainbridge.<br /><br />I think its an amazing way to live close to downtown, but seemingly a hundred miles away.Sprezzaturahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859397164637821056noreply@blogger.com