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  • How much does the state government of California actually pay to the federal government? When we hear these things about states that pay more in federal taxes than they receive aren't we normally talking about the individuals and businesses filing their federal taxes and then some of that getting back to the state? Most of this isn't State money going to the feds. It's the state money of the individuals within the state sending in money.

    What taxes is the state collecting and then sending to the feds? At the state stops paying but the individuals keep paying then doesn't really make any difference? Are individuals going to risk going to prison for federal tax evasion?

  • Since about 2006 my voicemail message has been "for a faster response send me a text message." When I started my business I added my business name and rerecorded the rest. If a client can't send a text instead of call then I'm going to charge them more.

  • Look into the history of libertarians trying to set up paradises of like minded people to find out why this will fail. They start into the 19th century and just keep failing.

  • So buy an American make and model car in Europe and have it shipped home.

  • Smoking causes spontaneous human combustion. Which means it is not spontaneous.

  • Everyone that has ever gotten hungry at my house "There is no good here. Just stuff you make good with."

  • 'If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.'

  • Minimalism is for people that have enough money to solve any problem that comes up by buying the tools or hiring someone else to fix it. It isn't a lifestyle for the poor. It's a benefit of being rich.

  • Artificial grass. The headline says sunlight but the contents are all about artificial light. So it would need to be fake grass to be consistent

  • Scientific American offering up one data point as a miracle cure for a whole range of conditions. But it's not even selling sunlight as the cure, which is implied by the title, but artificial light paid for by your insurance.

    This is trash.

  • It was a long time ago and they were just guessing at what written language was even going to look like. That they got it in perfect English minus one word is remarkable.

  • Alexander Pope.

  • Nobody ever wants to talk about white collar on white collar crime.

  • 25k in a year is bartender tips. Definitely in the plebe zone. The company I run is service based. If this passes I will need to change my fee structure to rely on tips as much as possible. It could effectively wipe out almost all my income tax.

  • But why did it start in the Senate?

  • The Senate? And now it goes to the house? I have never understood why some things that seem money related start in the Senate when I think they should start in the house.

  • Risa @startrek.website

    How is this not the worst episode of DS9?

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    Aloysius Devadander Abercrombie is long for mud.

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    This is the Discovery Place

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    Drink all you want in a post scarcity society

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    Yar problem, not mine

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    Tig

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    As you wiiiiiiiish.

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    Two more in comments

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    From my collection of OC Trek memes. Not Princess Bride but close.

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    The Damars.

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    Riker Clan

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    Where did they go?

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    It's that time of year when Scotty's brain melts.