You identified why the “rich” prefer sales taxes to income taxes. They only get taxed on what they spend, so if they hoard their wealth (or use loopholes) they pay no taxes. Plus political leadership is eliminating all the estate taxes so they can pass along that hoarded wealth to their heirs tax free. It creates an…

You’re somewhat describing a VAT. Your scheme also runs the problem of who by/how “essential” is decided. We already have problems, for example, with feminine hygiene products in some states being taxed.

Either way, I think high taxes on rent income (interest, dividends, capital gains, etc...) as opposed to taxes on…

I spent the afternoon trying to convince my almost three year old niece (who hasn’t seen me outside of FaceTime since she was a newborn) that I am, in fact, related to her and am not a random scary stranger, but even I didn’t want to say “do you know who I am?” because it sounded douchey.

I’m guessing psychotic episode or bad reaction to narcotics.

“It’s just hard to believe the dog was nasty when she took Lamby to every green room with her when Girls was still a thing 4 years ago.”

Hey buddy! I have a great idea! Lets rag on something we don’t understand because it’s different!

So you’re saying that all the people who dress in mascot costumes for amusement parks are all mentally ill, or people who wear costumes for events are inept, or that anyone who makes a decision to like something that you don’t is demented and depraved.

Non-GMO people make my skin crawl. Almost as much as anti-vaxxers.

Unless you can emulate Batman’s voice— then you should emulate Batman’s voice.

Bah, I don’t gif a damn how it’s pronounced.

People were pronouncing it as GIF in the 90s as well. GIF is a image file format. JIF is peanut butter.

Did you often think about having relations with your grandmother, who you assosiated with peanut butter? That’s kinda weird...

No. The G doesn’t stand for Giraffe.

Thank you for making this point. I live in a major metropolitan area - you can see a symphony orchestra concert or an opera for under $30. People still have this impression that classical music (and by extension, musical theater) is for the snobby rich asshole people. The reality is that MANY pop/rock/etc acts command…

I looked it up, they start at $35 and go on up to a couple hundred dollars. But so do most concerts and sports tickets. Why is it people only express contempt for the ‘privileged’ choices of people who go to the theater (to see a damn timely play btw) and classical music, but rarely express the same for someone going…

Never had a problem cooking eggs. They are easy and fast. As for soft, medium and hard boiled. How hard is it? Put eggs in pot with water, bring to boil, turn off and put lid on. Let sit for 5 min for soft, let sit for 10-12 min for medium and 12-15 hard. I tend to like 11-12 min for my hard eggs, there is just…

Never had a problem cooking eggs. They are easy and fast. As for soft, medium and hard boiled. How hard is it? …

This is exactly why stadiums need to extend the protective netting for foul balls. The baby wouldn’t have been in any danger if a net was there to catch it.

I bet the mom would’ve been less pissed if he had at least introduced himself before grabbing her kid.

From a small town just across the border in Michigan, personal experience it seems like the number of stops in small towns would probably be higher but the search rate lower. Just a guess though.