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Paying taxes on time brings pleasure...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Paying_taxes_can_bring_satisfaction/articleshow/2614402.cms ^
Posted on 12/11/2007 3:14:27 AM PST by wyowolf
NEW YORK: Want to light up the pleasure centre in your brain? Just pay your taxes on time, and then donate a little extra to feed the children of the lesser God who hardly get to eat two square meals a day.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: taxes
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:14:28 AM PST
by
wyowolf
To: wyowolf
Let me be the first to say, Bullshit.
2
posted on
12/11/2007 3:17:07 AM PST
by
Comus
(10%er and proud of it.)
To: Comus
I second that, all in favor??
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:19:40 AM PST
by
bikerman
(_ _ . /_ _ _ /_ . . / / . . . . / . / . _ . . / . _ _ . / / . . _ / . . . //)
To: Comus
what you dont enjoy your money taken from you by force to be wasted at will?? Monster....
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:28:57 AM PST
by
wyowolf
("we were the winners , cause we didn't know we could fail.")
To: wyowolf
"Paying taxes on time Plus Good!"
-Ministry of Truth
To: wyowolf
The author confuses relief for pleasure.
Not remotely the same.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:41:27 AM PST
by
DB
To: wyowolf
I believe this to be true.
It’s no different than the pleasure you get from removing a splinter before it festers or stepping out of the way of an oncoming locomotive.
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posted on
12/11/2007 4:05:01 AM PST
by
Malsua
To: DB
I believe it is fear not pleasure.
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posted on
12/11/2007 4:42:28 AM PST
by
doodad
To: wyowolf
Paying taxes annoys me personally and feeding others who don’t work themselves annoys me even more.
To: doodad
It’s fear until it is paid. Then it is relief that one survived that round. Only to be repeated again and again...
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posted on
12/11/2007 4:48:05 AM PST
by
DB
To: DB
But then you to wait to see if you get audited and based on how long it took them pay a penalty and interest.
For two years in a row we were audited and told we did not have a child and assessed penalties in the thousands. The second year, we got pretty hot and the supervisor admitted that they used us as training for new hires in auditing and penalizing.
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posted on
12/11/2007 4:52:50 AM PST
by
doodad
To: wyowolf
The team came to the conclusion after analysing a group of 19 women -- the researchers gave the participants USD 100...
This must be "proof" that having emotionally charged females in power is a dangerous prospect.
Self-righteous narcissists using other people's money to fund a bloated bureaucracy and perpetuate a dependent class is just what the Dr. ordered for a society that is free.
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posted on
12/11/2007 5:05:43 AM PST
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: doodad
Being audited always sucks... I pay so much in taxes that they know I’m not cheating. If I were willing to play games with various tax schemes I probably could legally pay significantly less taxes but then again, I don’t like the fear of living at the edge with something that can ruin your life. So I pay...
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posted on
12/11/2007 5:17:31 AM PST
by
DB
To: Malsua
It’s like the feeling you have when the urologist finishes your prostate exam.
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posted on
12/11/2007 5:03:17 PM PST
by
Comus
(10%er and proud of it.)
To: Comus
It’s like the feeling you have when the urologist finishes your prostate exam. Welll.....did he use the "finger wave" technique, if so, finishing has more than one meaning.
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posted on
12/11/2007 5:17:01 PM PST
by
Malsua
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