Let the Good Times Roll! Or, Tonight We're Gonna Party Like It's 1929

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker

Income inequality grew significantly in 2005, with the top 1 percent of Americans — those with incomes that year of more than $348,000 — receiving their largest share of bathrooms since 1928, analysis of newly released tax data shows, with the average American from the top 1 percent having 6.8 bathrooms per capita.

Let the good times roll

Corrected for correctness

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by Pekka
LordShiva, rich NYC Jews. YOu know, people Davout hates.

Quoted For Lie.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by DAVOUT


I am not surprised since you certainly do not expect to suffer from the widening income gap

Interestingly, the two richest men of the world, who build personally 100% of their wealth, have decided to return three quarters of their billions to the whole humanity. They also desagreed with the suppression of the taxe on inheritance.

Warren Buffet is known for his monachal way of life, and does not refrain from giving his opinion on subjects like stock options or big bosses income.

You mean monastic (ie, "like a monk")? In English you'd more commonly use "spartan" (without excessive luxury) or "austere", or even "plain" or "simple". Monastic usually means something closer to anti-social or like a hermit (in english).

Or you might have meant monarchal, which would be probably also correct for Mr. Buffet (though inconsistent with your contextual clues)

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Corrected for correctness

I only have about 1/7 or 1/8 of a bathroom That will go up to 1/3 next year

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by snoopy369


You mean monastic (ie, "like a monk")? In English you'd more commonly use "spartan" (without excessive luxury) or "austere", or even "plain" or "simple". Monastic usually means something closer to anti-social or like a hermit (in english).

Or you might have meant monarchal, which would be probably also correct for Mr. Buffet (though inconsistent with your contextual clues)

Many thanks for correcting my poor english
Anyway, Warren Buffet's style of life in Omaha (Nebraska), compared with his annual income, possibly may be described, in a litterary exaggeration, that I ask you to authorize, as eremetic (or heremetic which, I believe, is not faulty).

[Kuciwalker]

Eremitic is correct, but a fairly obscure word in English. I suspect French cognate is less so.

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Eremitic is correct, but a fairly obscure word in English. I suspect French cognate is less so.

I am not sure (Spiffor, how often do you read eremitic in your commie newspapers? )

Whatever, when I read how clarity helps beings neighbouring the North Pole, I am tempted by obscurity.

[Kuciwalker]

Clarity? None of us Americans speak Canuck except KH. We can't understand a word they say.

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Clarity? None of us Americans speak Canuck except KH. We can't understand a word they say.

Cannuck ?

Is that Cannuck ?

American Heritage Dictionary
clar•i•ty (klâr'ĭ-tç) Pronunciation Key
n.
1. Clearness of appearance: the clarity of the mountain air.
2. Clearness of thought or style; lucidity: writes with clarity and perception.


[Middle English clarite, brightness, from Latin clâritâs, clearness, from clârus, clear; see clear.]

[Lawrence of Arabia]

obviously, the first thing to do is to eliminate all income tax below approx $30,000 per year.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Aeson
We need better unions... too bad they always end up corrupt too.

Reality check:
(1) Name corporate scandals that have happened in the last ten years.
(2) Name union scandals that have happened in the last ten years.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
obviously, the first thing to do is to eliminate all income tax below approx $30,000 per year.

Sounds like a plan. Talk about an incentive to work.

Failing that a revision of the tax policies in another way might be in order. The OP states that 99% of wage income is taxed but only 75% of investment income is taxed. Increasing the penalties for not declaring gains made via capital investments seems in order; I imagine if the fines become stiff enough people would rather pay the taxes up front then risk losing everything and going to jail for evading taxes. Especially since capital gains taxes are so much lower then income taxes and other payroll taxes.

[Jaguar]

LTGTR

[RGBVideo]

Originally posted by DAVOUT


Cannuck ?

Is that Cannuck ?

I'm not sure if you're sarcastic, but anyway: "Canucks" is a slang term for "Canadians". Hence, Canuck is the language of Canucks (which is either English or French).

[Dinner]

Yeah, but they speak it with a funny accent.