Still, on matters of tax policy, you'd sort of like the anointed experts to have their facts right, and not indulge in misleading characterizations of the impact of that policy. Unfortunately, Bartiromo can't resist getting a little hysterical:
The income tax is also in for a bump. Bartiromo says, "Right now [it] is 35 percent, Obama wants to take that to 39 percent . . . We're talking about people who make over $200,000. That's not rich. So it's actually going to impact more people than you may think."
Bartiromo's suggestion that $200K per annum income is "not rich," and that an increased tax on those who earn that much represents some sort of widespread impact on mainstream earners is flatly false. The facts are these: in 2005, the national median income was a mere $44,389. And, according to the 2006 U.S. Census data on household income, households earning $200K or more represent a slim 3.5% of all households. That means that over 95% of all American households would likely prefer to have the problem Obama would impose on the nations' elite earners.
You don't have kids and a mortgage MAF.He's just not saving enough or something
150k won't get you a decent house where I live. Maybe a condo.I guess if you determine richness by ability to afford a decent house, then yeah, the limit can get quite a bit higher depending on where you live.
I guess I'm gonna have to reconfigure my class definitions. Is middle class the ability to own a decent home in a good area? If so, I guess Eric P is right and I am lower class scum as long as I stay in Arlington :'(
Though what does that make the people who make half what I do and still get by?
New Yorkers are base sodomites, so they should be taxed accordingly.
That proves that you're a sodomite, doesn't it?New Yorkers are base sodomites, so they should be taxed accordingly.
SUCK MY BUTT! :maf
i think the term is the working poor.:yuck
and hey, arlington. could be worse
could be fairfax
That proves that you're a sodomite, doesn't it?New Yorkers are base sodomites, so they should be taxed accordingly.
SUCK MY BUTT! :maf
i live above my means with books.
so many books
:(
yeah, alexandria isn't too bad. close enough to the city with out many of the city issues.Is Aftertime the place on King Street that's about the size of a walk-in closet? Neat shop. I haven't been to any in Arlington (doesn't seem like there are any very near me anyway), but there's a good shop in Georgetown called Big Planet Comics. They seem to focus on bound books more than floppies and toys. There is a lot of superhero stuff, but it's big enough that there's more to it. I haven't noticed any absences when I've been browsing there, though I'm probably not all that familiar with too much stuff off the beaten path.
you know any good comic shops up near you? down here we just have aftertime comics and if i'm looking for capes, i'm set, but that's all they really carry
200k isn't rich? :lol :lol :lol :lol What fucking planet are these people on?
yeah, alexandria isn't too bad. close enough to the city with out many of the city issues.Is Aftertime the place on King Street that's about the size of a walk-in closet? Neat shop. I haven't been to any in Arlington (doesn't seem like there are any very near me anyway), but there's a good shop in Georgetown called Big Planet Comics. They seem to focus on bound books more than floppies and toys. There is a lot of superhero stuff, but it's big enough that there's more to it. I haven't noticed any absences when I've been browsing there, though I'm probably not all that familiar with too much stuff off the beaten path.
you know any good comic shops up near you? down here we just have aftertime comics and if i'm looking for capes, i'm set, but that's all they really carry
http://www.bigplanetcomics.com/ is their site, I might have to stop in for their July 4th sale. 20% off ain't bad. I will definitely be walking there on the fourth though :lol
BTW further local yokel discussion of this nature might as well be done in PMs, this thread is for class warfare :gun
i am an iconOH SHIT I didn't even realize I was talking to an icon :bow
the plebes must suffer my petty amusements
i am an icon
the plebes must suffer my petty amusements
i live above my means with books.
so many books
:(
Not where I live.
Same thing as always?
What public office does Maria Bartiromo hold again?
What public office does Maria Bartiromo hold again?
Secretary of Hot and Sexy
I'd like to enter her tax bracket!
I can sorta understand how that might not be so much if you're in New York or Beverly Hills, but fuck, I'd happily take that shit in a heartbeat! :punch
I can sorta understand how that might not be so much if you're in New York or Beverly Hills, but fuck, I'd happily take that shit in a heartbeat! :punch
self control! lord knows I need it :/
I think it more often means loan debt from schooling than it meens property possession. The idea that we MUST own property is silly.
abrader, can we be best friends? :)
I can sorta understand how that might not be so much if you're in New York or Beverly Hills, but fuck, I'd happily take that shit in a heartbeat! :punch
IDK man, I'm in NY and if I was making 200k a year I'd feel filthy rich.
Wealthy means more than a salary--it also means possession of property, an absence of debt, etc. My ex-GF made literally twice as much as me, but due to unfortunate circumstances had a lot of debt she was paying off; this meant that in practical terms, I was more "wealthy"--I had more money I could spend, more I could invest, etc. Still, it was weird having to loan her money every once in a while when she overextended her bank account.