Peter Gabriel and Sting - Rock, Paper, Scissors Tour
I'll let you off if you don't vote for any offices at state level or higher.
Because if you don't vote nobody will be elected.
But there is the matter of those taxes you pay that props it up.
You don't pay taxes? Not even sales tax? Are you Wesley Snipes?
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“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Because if you don't vote nobody will be elected.
I often wonder ... what if they threw an election and no one showed?
You don't pay taxes?
I'm pointing out G's implicit TSA support since he kicked this off. If I wanted to be a bastard, I could say he probably pays more taxes than I do overall, especially if he files jointly.
And you sumbitches are jacking the thread.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I blame you for directly paying the TSA fee attached to your ticket. It's way more than the percentage that comes from my meager tax bill.Malcolm wrote:I'll let you off if you don't vote for any offices at state level or higher. But there is the matter of those taxes you pay that props it up.
I HATE not flying. But I won't with the TSA, and the TSA isn't going away because people continue tolerating it by flying. So thanks for that!
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
so that tells the government they have not yet gone too far with restricting civil liberties.
There is no "too far" for them. They just haven't found an excuse yet.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
And I don't disagree. Personally, my limit of being treated as a potential terrorist was when there was more to it than a metal detector. Others' tolerance is much, much higher.Malcolm wrote:There is no "too far" for them. They just haven't found an excuse yet.so that tells the government they have not yet gone too far with restricting civil liberties.
Last time I flew was to LA and back, in 2006 or 7. Couldn't walk well then, couldn't stand on one foot, had to take off my shoes and belt, got no assistance, got yelled at for being slow. It is a violation. My rage was about 1 second from getting me put into jail. So that's my limit, and I know I can't do that again... especially if I saw some piece of shit high school drop out unionized TSA agent touching my son as a potential terrorist.
As I said, I hate not flying... but I am not willing to be a suspect in order to do so.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Perhaps when driverless cars are the rage, I'll cut back on the plane tix. It's shorter by a few hours each way, I don't have to navigate, my vehicle doesn't get excessive wear and tear from roadtripping. Hmm, it is Chi-town and Megabus does go through ... might look into that.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Alrighty, best I could find is that the TSA is funded by:
1) A $2.50 per flight segment (maxed at $10 round trip) tax,
2) gouging airlines for other taxes
3) direct taxpayer support
4) playing finders-keepers with any cash left in airports
Means I chip in $10-20 per year with my flights. At the current federal minimum wage ($7.25/hr), that's not amounting to a lot.
1) A $2.50 per flight segment (maxed at $10 round trip) tax,
2) gouging airlines for other taxes
3) direct taxpayer support
4) playing finders-keepers with any cash left in airports
Means I chip in $10-20 per year with my flights. At the current federal minimum wage ($7.25/hr), that's not amounting to a lot.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."