Pennies on My Eyes Declared

He's in swingtown.....

@JohnRoberts -- and the Space Cowboy and the Gangster of Love....

@FourWalls With Maurice?

My countdown has begun!!!! Just over four years and I’ll be pension-living and income taxless!

@FourWalls I was going to say I hope the four years go fast but that may not be what you want - so I'll just wish you well.

The price you pay for being "rich."

We have all kinds of taxes (I’m sure that’s true in every country, though). The federal government takes income tax, Social Security tax, and Medicare tax. Then the state takes state income tax. Then the city takes two taxes, a city tax and a school tax. As that’s “all” of it, the tax system should be simple (e.g., “send us 10% of everything you make”), but if it were simple then all those IRS agents would have to get a real job. I think I remember reading that there’s a “viewing tax” on TV in England for watching TV. Here we have commercials, but there are taxes on cable and satellite subscriptions. I saw a video on You Tube that pointed out that in other countries the VAT is included in the cost (so if you see something that costs $5, you’re going to pay $5). In the US, though, sales tax is added to the cost (and the percentage varies by state, and even cities within states, and on what you’re buying). If you see something that says it “cost” $5, when you go to pay for it the sales tax will be added at the check-out. It’s like that “relationship status” option on Facebook: IT’S COMPLICATED.