WTF in America
Jul 3rd 2018, 4:14 pm
#7157
Peace onion
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Re: WTF in America
4th July , Independence day , leaves me scratching my head.
I never knew what it was about until I got a visa and came to the states, it seems its for celebration for breaking away from the British rule and becoming established as an independent country, good for them, but was it for tax reasons? i pay more salary tax here than i did in the UK, at least 10% including medical anyway. is that wrong to think like that?
I never knew what it was about until I got a visa and came to the states, it seems its for celebration for breaking away from the British rule and becoming established as an independent country, good for them, but was it for tax reasons? i pay more salary tax here than i did in the UK, at least 10% including medical anyway. is that wrong to think like that?
It was many things; throwing off the yoke of tyranny of the British, taxation without representation, and the - then - unheard of notion that all men are created equal.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Jul 3rd 2018, 4:23 pm
#7158
I have a comma problem
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Jul 3rd 2018, 5:04 pm
#7159
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Re: WTF in America
Jul 3rd 2018, 5:07 pm
#7160
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Jul 3rd 2018, 5:27 pm
#7161
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Re: WTF in America
4th July , Independence day , leaves me scratching my head.
I never knew what it was about until I got a visa and came to the states, it seems its for celebration for breaking away from the British rule and becoming established as an independent country, good for them, but was it for tax reasons? i pay more salary tax here than i did in the UK, at least 10% including medical anyway. is that wrong to think like that?
I never knew what it was about until I got a visa and came to the states, it seems its for celebration for breaking away from the British rule and becoming established as an independent country, good for them, but was it for tax reasons? i pay more salary tax here than i did in the UK, at least 10% including medical anyway. is that wrong to think like that?
Jul 3rd 2018, 6:31 pm
#7163
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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Jul 3rd 2018, 6:33 pm
#7164
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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Re: WTF in America
For you maybe, for me it just means one less day that I get paid. that sounds F%#ked being an exempt employee.
Jul 3rd 2018, 6:51 pm
#7165
I have a comma problem
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Jul 3rd 2018, 7:04 pm
#7166
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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Re: WTF in America
Not all bad. I did "work from home" yesterday. Managed to cut the grass, trim some trees, change out some weak outlets, while still working.
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Jul 3rd 2018, 7:08 pm
#7167
I have a comma problem
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Location: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
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Re: WTF in America
Should still get paid for the national holiday though, even if you do manage to get a little back here and there.
Jul 3rd 2018, 7:16 pm
#7168
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Re: WTF in America
If that's true how were the Founding Fathers to know? All they knew was that there were no representatives from the colonies in London to hear their voice heard so they just said **** it we're leaving
Jul 3rd 2018, 8:24 pm
#7169
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Nov 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
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Re: WTF in America
Sweet baby Jesus. Read the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights, and the Federalist papers.
..., and the - then - unheard of notion that all men are created equal.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. ....
..., and the - then - unheard of notion that all men are created equal.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. ....
Jul 4th 2018, 1:27 pm
#7170
Magnificently Withering
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Location: Oakville, ON
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Re: WTF in America
I think I figured out how to drive in Paris; at least it's the rule I stuck to, and it worked pretty well. The leading car in the race - and it's always a race, isn't it? - has the right of way. Once clearly in the lead, in the outside lane for instance, you may cut across all the inside lanes - as long as your indicator is on, of course. The other drivers will let you - at least, in my experience. But if you're not leading the field, you've no chance of being allowed to cut across even one lane, and you'll have to stay in your lane going round and round the Arc de Triomphe until you die. Even after that, probably. Does that ring a bell with anybody?