Today's Tids Issue 2,764
Opening Stuff
Whack!
Can you hear it? Can you hear that cracking sound that feels like
power? A familiar sound that cuts through the almost silent murmur of
hands reaching into popcorn bags. The beautiful sound that overrides the
collective snaps of shelled peanuts. The rising shouts, "Get ya cold
beeeeer heaya!" The sounds of baseball, The harbinger of Spring. The
wizards with mitts. The brutes with bats. The throwers with magnificent
arms. Balls curving, jumping, whizzing. Yes the equipment truck just
left Boston and other major league cities, heading south and west for
spring training. Beautiful baseball is back. Whack! Can you hear that
crack of the bat? I can.
I'm having trouble writing the Tids these days, with all of these radio ads for chocolates. My mouth begins to water and eventually some moisture slips between the keys shorting out my computer. As they say, PTI.
The Question:
Where did the Federal get its money before the Income Tax Amendment?
The Headlines:
--Newport RI Named Only US Port Of Call City For 2014/15 Volvo Around The World Sailing Race.
--Continuing Low Interest For Bonds Has Investors Moving Back Into Stocks.
--Obama Names CEO Of Conservation Steward Company, REI (Recreation Euipoment Inc) Secretary Of Interior.
--Post Office To End Saturday Mail By August.
--Ahmadinejad Seeks "Axis" With Egypt.
--America Awaits Word This Morning Of Monopoly Piece Voted Out By Fans.
--Congress CBO Says Debt Could Be 77% Of GDP By 2022; US In For Slow Growth In 2013, And Some Debt Reduction.
--New Demonstrations In Tunisia ("Cradle Of Arab Spring") After Secular Leader Is Killed.
--Pacific Earthquake Generates Tsunami; Kills 6 In Solomons.
Some names being flipped on the table for GOP candidate in 2016 are Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio. Bush is a good guy, smart politician, but the populace just isn't going to elect a third Bush within 27 years. Christie has had to play the moderate to get things done in a Northeast State. But he's tougher than nails, and I think would make a great President. And I mean great. Marco Rubio is also pretty strong and has the potential of appealing to the broadest mixed group of Republican factions. That's the way I look at my personal slate, but you also have to throw in Rick Santorum who proved himself as a tough competitor last primary. I grew to like him again myself -- oh, let me rephrase that, he came back to that point where I had always liked him. But, he may be too conservative. Remember the Idea here is to beat Hillary.
There's something that always bothered me about having to buy special expensive gifts to show love. To express feelings. Love should just be there.
The Ford Fusion looks like a tough, well built, decently designed car to me. It seems to possess that same "feel" that European car makers have conveyed for years.
Or maybe, It's just the word "expensive" that gets in the way.
Word of the Day -- Illecebrous: Alluring, attractive, enticing; A great word for St. Valentine Day poems.
If I were allowed to only complain about one single thing about President Obama, it would be his constant damning of the rich by asking for higher taxes. Higher taxes have little or no impact on the big problems of the country. His constant barrage of the rich is classic socialism. Pure and simple. Forget the cliched replies by the haughty left.
TV Department:
--Smash came back last night, and it was good, Te storyline moved into new areas and a different kind of music. The Marilyn stuff was becoming boring to me. The one time sweet Katherine McPhee character is becomng annoying. --Tonight returns the Cold War spy drama The Americans on Fx at 10:00. Could be my new favorite.
Speaking of income redistribution, I'm going to the taxman today. It's the day that reminds you that you really aren't free, after all.
BTW, how come a Constitution laced with Freedoms allowed an amendment that took away a person's ability to spend their money as they wished? Huh?
The Conscience:
Chapter 14 continues.
I was breathing hard, and beginning to feel a little queazy. My bravado was fading fast. It must have n-been those booze bar nips that gave me the false imp[ression that i should be standing here under the shadow of a building that I know for sure harbors at least one possible hit-man, or thug. I reached into my hip pouch for a nip of, ah bourbon this time. Nice change I thought as I inhaled it. Oe n left in my rescue pack.
I stood stone still for a couple of moments enjoying the sensation of the liquid course through my body, and finally signalling ot my brain -- you are once again brave. I slid around, staying close to the wall to the side opposite the more populace walkway I just left. It was blacker here. A better place for a surprise mugging. I could see for several hundred feet in three directions, and I had just come from the fourth direction. I walked towards the middle of the building to a spot that looked like a door, ducking beneath two darkened windows as I went.
I was particularly brave now, knowing thatthe door was most possibly locked. I pt my hand on the latch. and lifted. The door popped open from the rpessure of being jammed shut. Shit! I thought. I inhaled deeply again, pulled the door open to body width and entered. I immediately backed to the black wall next to the door, awhile pulling the door shut. I could not see a thing. What did I expect to find, anyhow? Why am I here.
What was that? Every thing stopped including my heart. It couldn't be anybody, right? Nobody else would be standing in the dark? Would they? I decided to move before the bourbon wore off.
The Answer:
Before 1913, the Feds got their money from indirect taxation like tariff duties, corporate and various excise taxes. As it would be if we enacted a Value Added Tax over the current system. *Now get this: In 1894, Congress passed a law that would impose a 2% tax on people earning over $,000 (That was less than 1% of the population). However, barely a year after it was enacted, the Supreme Court declared the tax unconstitutional. In a 5-4 ruling in Pollack v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co., 158 US 601, the high court decided that the income tax, as a direct tax, was forbidden by Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution. This ruling prohibited direct taxes on individuals unless apportioned on the basis of the population of each state.
If we changed to a VAT, value added tax, the Government would become the chief promoters of conspicuous consumption, and US factories would be humming again!
So folks, that's why we have happy accountants. Unsung heroes who go to battle each spring to give hope to Americans everywhere. The guys in trenches with green eyeshades who really contribute every year, their own sweat and blood into making the Governemtn "Fair". It is why every hour before the taxman I put on the CD honor the men and women who make up the Legion of USA Tax Accountants:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGoJxZqyFAc
LUSATA all the way!
I'm having trouble writing the Tids these days, with all of these radio ads for chocolates. My mouth begins to water and eventually some moisture slips between the keys shorting out my computer. As they say, PTI.
The Question:
Where did the Federal get its money before the Income Tax Amendment?
The Headlines:
--Newport RI Named Only US Port Of Call City For 2014/15 Volvo Around The World Sailing Race.
--Continuing Low Interest For Bonds Has Investors Moving Back Into Stocks.
--Obama Names CEO Of Conservation Steward Company, REI (Recreation Euipoment Inc) Secretary Of Interior.
--Post Office To End Saturday Mail By August.
--Ahmadinejad Seeks "Axis" With Egypt.
--America Awaits Word This Morning Of Monopoly Piece Voted Out By Fans.
--Congress CBO Says Debt Could Be 77% Of GDP By 2022; US In For Slow Growth In 2013, And Some Debt Reduction.
--New Demonstrations In Tunisia ("Cradle Of Arab Spring") After Secular Leader Is Killed.
--Pacific Earthquake Generates Tsunami; Kills 6 In Solomons.
Some names being flipped on the table for GOP candidate in 2016 are Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio. Bush is a good guy, smart politician, but the populace just isn't going to elect a third Bush within 27 years. Christie has had to play the moderate to get things done in a Northeast State. But he's tougher than nails, and I think would make a great President. And I mean great. Marco Rubio is also pretty strong and has the potential of appealing to the broadest mixed group of Republican factions. That's the way I look at my personal slate, but you also have to throw in Rick Santorum who proved himself as a tough competitor last primary. I grew to like him again myself -- oh, let me rephrase that, he came back to that point where I had always liked him. But, he may be too conservative. Remember the Idea here is to beat Hillary.
There's something that always bothered me about having to buy special expensive gifts to show love. To express feelings. Love should just be there.
The Ford Fusion looks like a tough, well built, decently designed car to me. It seems to possess that same "feel" that European car makers have conveyed for years.
Or maybe, It's just the word "expensive" that gets in the way.
Word of the Day -- Illecebrous: Alluring, attractive, enticing; A great word for St. Valentine Day poems.
If I were allowed to only complain about one single thing about President Obama, it would be his constant damning of the rich by asking for higher taxes. Higher taxes have little or no impact on the big problems of the country. His constant barrage of the rich is classic socialism. Pure and simple. Forget the cliched replies by the haughty left.
TV Department:
--Smash came back last night, and it was good, Te storyline moved into new areas and a different kind of music. The Marilyn stuff was becoming boring to me. The one time sweet Katherine McPhee character is becomng annoying. --Tonight returns the Cold War spy drama The Americans on Fx at 10:00. Could be my new favorite.
Speaking of income redistribution, I'm going to the taxman today. It's the day that reminds you that you really aren't free, after all.
BTW, how come a Constitution laced with Freedoms allowed an amendment that took away a person's ability to spend their money as they wished? Huh?
The Conscience:
Chapter 14 continues.
I was breathing hard, and beginning to feel a little queazy. My bravado was fading fast. It must have n-been those booze bar nips that gave me the false imp[ression that i should be standing here under the shadow of a building that I know for sure harbors at least one possible hit-man, or thug. I reached into my hip pouch for a nip of, ah bourbon this time. Nice change I thought as I inhaled it. Oe n left in my rescue pack.
I stood stone still for a couple of moments enjoying the sensation of the liquid course through my body, and finally signalling ot my brain -- you are once again brave. I slid around, staying close to the wall to the side opposite the more populace walkway I just left. It was blacker here. A better place for a surprise mugging. I could see for several hundred feet in three directions, and I had just come from the fourth direction. I walked towards the middle of the building to a spot that looked like a door, ducking beneath two darkened windows as I went.
I was particularly brave now, knowing thatthe door was most possibly locked. I pt my hand on the latch. and lifted. The door popped open from the rpessure of being jammed shut. Shit! I thought. I inhaled deeply again, pulled the door open to body width and entered. I immediately backed to the black wall next to the door, awhile pulling the door shut. I could not see a thing. What did I expect to find, anyhow? Why am I here.
What was that? Every thing stopped including my heart. It couldn't be anybody, right? Nobody else would be standing in the dark? Would they? I decided to move before the bourbon wore off.
The Answer:
Before 1913, the Feds got their money from indirect taxation like tariff duties, corporate and various excise taxes. As it would be if we enacted a Value Added Tax over the current system. *Now get this: In 1894, Congress passed a law that would impose a 2% tax on people earning over $,000 (That was less than 1% of the population). However, barely a year after it was enacted, the Supreme Court declared the tax unconstitutional. In a 5-4 ruling in Pollack v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co., 158 US 601, the high court decided that the income tax, as a direct tax, was forbidden by Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution. This ruling prohibited direct taxes on individuals unless apportioned on the basis of the population of each state.
If we changed to a VAT, value added tax, the Government would become the chief promoters of conspicuous consumption, and US factories would be humming again!
So folks, that's why we have happy accountants. Unsung heroes who go to battle each spring to give hope to Americans everywhere. The guys in trenches with green eyeshades who really contribute every year, their own sweat and blood into making the Governemtn "Fair". It is why every hour before the taxman I put on the CD honor the men and women who make up the Legion of USA Tax Accountants:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGoJxZqyFAc
LUSATA all the way!
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