All categories - 24 July 2006

2006-07-24 15:18:56 · 19 answers · asked by ? 6 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-07-24 15:18:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Car Audio

http://news.yahoo.com/comics/peanuts

In the event that someone changes this on me, it is Peanuts cartoon, re: the future.

2006-07-24 15:18:52 · 9 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6 in Other - Society & Culture

Actually I heard a lot about Mary kay's product from this site.Are they good & are they available in India?

2006-07-24 15:18:49 · 15 answers · asked by Ash S 1 in Makeup

should I refinance, trade car in ?

2006-07-24 15:18:46 · 8 answers · asked by lee s 1 in Personal Finance

I am looking for a career that includes these things that I find very important for being productive and happy with a career...A flexible work schedual, working with people and helping people....im not all that good with talking in large groups...I can make decisions pretty well...im not very good at math...can you guys help me figure a good career out

2006-07-24 15:18:46 · 5 answers · asked by Jess C 1 in Careers & Employment

Bible (The Old One, before Jesus was born) and Jewish Hollybook is found a long time before masehi. Qur'an is found 600 after christ. What u think? Islam is a very brave, great, clever and trully, madly, deeply COPYCAT....

2006-07-24 15:18:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Bottom line, most of these questions are stupid. However, sometimes people need to talk because they are scared or don't feel that there is anyone else out there. Some want reasurrance, some want to know if others have had similar experiences. Not everybody on this forum is under the age of 18 either. So if you are sick of hearing about whether or not someone might be pregnant, join another section.

2006-07-24 15:18:41 · 5 answers · asked by somebody 2 in Pregnancy

So far, in modern literature, these creatures are not really present, save for Harry Potter. So, excluding Harry Potter, what books have phoenixes in them?

2006-07-24 15:18:39 · 9 answers · asked by Opinion Girl 4 in Books & Authors

It is necessary to review the facts and figures on the class inequality of the Bush tax cut plan, since the White House and the Republican congressional leadership have launched a campaign of lies and distortions, relying on the acquiescence of an uncritical and reactionary media.

The most basic distortion is that Bush will cut taxes “across the board.” The White House plan actually ignores those taxes that place the greatest burden on the working class, such as the payroll tax and excise taxes. Bush's plan targets those taxes, including the estate tax and the federal income tax, where the wealthy pay the largest share. This selectivity insures that the tax cut automatically favors the richest taxpayers.

Three quarters of all US households pay more in federal payroll taxes, which fund Social Security and Medicare, than they pay in federal income taxes. But there has been no proposal from Bush for any cut in this tax, which is by far the most regressive tax imposed by the federal government.

Unlike the income tax, which is graduated, the payroll tax is calculated as a flat percentage of income. Moreover, the payroll tax is levied only on the first $70,000 or so in income. This ceiling means that for high income taxpayers, the payroll tax is a much lower proportion of their income than for middle and lower income families—barely 1 percent for a millionaire, compared to 15.3 percent for the average worker.

By maintaining unchanged the tax which weighs most heavily on working people and cutting those taxes which affect the rich, the Bush plan amounts to a redistribution of income from the bottom to the top. According to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), the top 1 percent of income earners would get a bigger tax cut than the bottom 80 percent of all taxpayers combined.

These upper income families currently pay 20 percent of all federal taxes, but they would get 36 percent of the Bush tax cut. This is under conditions where the top 1 percent has seen their incomes grow by 40.4 percent over the past decade, compared to a 5.2 percent increase for the bottom 90 percent.

Bush is targeting his tax cut so that these wealthy families—with an average pretax income of over $800,000 in 1998, and an average after-tax income of nearly $600,000—would receive tax cuts of more than $60,000 apiece. In effect, the federal government will send a check to every member of the top 1 percent which is larger than the annual pretax income of the average American family. Meanwhile, the average family will get a cut of about $720. For the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers, the average reduction would be only $256.

Many low-income working families will receive nothing. According to CBPP figures, over 12 million families with 24 million children, one of every three children in the US, will receive no tax cut at all, including more than half of black and Hispanic children.

George W. and Laura Bush will be more fortunate. Based on their income tax records released during the presidential campaign, the president and first lady stand to gain $100,000 a year once the tax cut plan is fully phased in—a nice piece of change added to their family income of over $3 million a year.

Bush claims that his plan would eliminate the income tax burden for millions of lower-income working class families. This is another piece of sophistry. As the CBPP explained: “a two-parent family of four with income of $26,000 would indeed have its income taxes eliminated under the Bush plan, which is being portrayed as a 100 percent reduction in taxes. The family, however, owes only $20 in income taxes under current law.”

The legislation adopted by the House of Representatives March 8 is an illustration of the class logic of Bush's program. It compresses the current five-bracket rate structure into four and reduces the rates gradually over the next five years. When the full cut is phased in completely in 2006, the top income tax rate will fall from 39.6 percent to 33 percent. The lowest rate will fall from 15 percent to 10 percent.

Income taxes will decline by $958 billion over the next 10 years, with nearly half this amount accruing to the wealthiest 1 percent of taxpayers. For working families, the bill will provide either no benefits at all, if they are among the millions of low-income families who pay no income tax, or a cut averaging a few hundred dollars for those of middle income.

The House voted down a Democratic counterproposal, which would have cost $585 billion over 10 years. This alternative, while introduced as a political maneuver, nonetheless spotlights the narrow social interests behind the tax cut drive. House Democrats deliberately drew up a bill that provides the same or slightly larger tax cuts than the White House bill for every income group below the top 5 percent of all taxpayers.

Virtually the entire difference between the two bills lies in the treatment of the top 1 percent, who would receive $10.6 billion in tax reduction, 2 percent of the total, under the Democratic bill, and $424 billion in tax reduction, or 44.3 percent of the total, under the Republican bill. This brazen class legislation in favor of the top 1 percent—one million families with taxable incomes over $1 million each—won unanimous Republican support.

See Also:
Bush tax cut campaign piles lie upon lie
[13 March 2001]
US central bank chief boosts Bush tax cut for the wealthy
[27 January 2001]

2006-07-24 15:18:36 · 4 answers · asked by tough as hell 3 in Government

2006-07-24 15:18:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Personal Finance

Environment is one-tenth science and nine-tenths politics?

2006-07-24 15:18:34 · 2 answers · asked by abjad 4 in Other - Social Science

Do you think he is still the king?

2006-07-24 15:18:31 · 5 answers · asked by Derek L 2 in Celebrities

Recently, my husband and I purchased a home. Since we moved into our house, we realize that setting up a budget and sacrificing certain things were necessary. Our friends continue to plan outings that are beyond our budget. I've mentionned it a couple of times that money's tight and we can't do all the things we used to do anymore. We don't want to go out and eat all the time because we have other things we'd rather pay for. This summer is harder than ever. I am unemployed for two months until the school year starts again. I do not get paid for the summer and we're currently living on 1 income. for 2 months.

Our friends don't get it. They continue planning birthdays and outings that make our eyes grow wider and wider. Last time we went out, they planned to go the restaurant, then we landed in a coffee shop where coffee was 10$ and a slice of cake was 15$.

What should we do if they don't get it? We try so hard to go along with all they do , but we just can't afford it anymore.

2006-07-24 15:18:27 · 7 answers · asked by bonjovifan 3 in Friends

2006-07-24 15:18:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Entertainment

Why do guys want u to be faithful to them, when they are not faithful to you?

2006-07-24 15:18:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

2006-07-24 15:18:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - News & Events

Please just give a simple answer , I am kinda doing my own survey.

2006-07-24 15:18:22 · 9 answers · asked by luvinmjc 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Bush was considered a moderate Republican, but he has acted too much like he's still a frat boy attached to the far right.

2006-07-24 15:18:16 · 11 answers · asked by up.tobat 5 in Other - Politics & Government

I'm fasting meat for 30 days and need some good recipes for main dishes that my family will enjoy as well. Best site gets 10 points!

2006-07-24 15:18:12 · 7 answers · asked by Joy 2 in Vegetarian & Vegan

2006-07-24 15:18:02 · 25 answers · asked by lkyalvin 3 in FIFA World Cup (TM)

I always felt that a liquor store would be good since you don't have to work too hard at it. None of the product goes bad like it would in Subway etc. This is me brain-storming. I need someone's advice on how to get started. How much money does the inventory cost? Do you lease the store or own it?

2006-07-24 15:18:01 · 4 answers · asked by Jugal T 1 in Small Business

im engaged

2006-07-24 15:17:59 · 19 answers · asked by Angel_Anton 6 in Polls & Surveys

2006-07-24 15:17:53 · 37 answers · asked by Walsingham 2 in Etiquette

Hello, I have an intelligent 2 year old and she's really sweet except occasionally she'll throw a fit then sometimes it turns into hysteria where she's screaming uncontrollably. These times I cannot get her settled down. She gets to the point where she is uncontrollable. I've tried putting her to bed when she does this, she won't talk to me and tell me if she hurts but she'll just be saying random things or something she really wants, like a wet wipe to wipe her hands. For example; and these happen both when she's tired and when she's not; tonight she is screaming and asking for a wetwipe. it's about an hour and a half past her bedtime. I put her to bed at her normal bedtime and I've been in there three times. Once to tell her it's time to sleep, once to wipe her off with a wet wipe like she asked. (we skipped the bath tonight, so she is sticky) and once more to tell her it was time for sleep. I told her I loved her and haven't been back since. She has screamed for up to two

2006-07-24 15:17:51 · 21 answers · asked by Teal_Guillemot 1 in Toddler & Preschooler

2006-07-24 15:17:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Friends

My 12 year old son, Bobby (little Bob) is being harrased via AOL Instant Messenger. He says that a 17 year old boy is calling him names and making fun of the way he looks. So I told my son to move away from the keyboard and let me try talking to this 17 year old, and then the 17 year old boy started attacking me via Instant Messenger, and started calling me names such as the b-word, the c-word, the mf-word and a combination of all of the above in one largely emotionally charged message. What is the best way for me to resolve this and to seek an apology from this boy ?

2006-07-24 15:17:46 · 33 answers · asked by cindybin201 1 in Internet

2006-07-24 15:17:45 · 7 answers · asked by fortyounce95 2 in Television