Posted on 04/14/2006 4:28:37 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
Will be back shortly to answer the questions & play a bit.
victoria you did a wonderful job!!!! Thank you. Freepmail a bit later w/ ping list change
Iced tea is what I consumed in great quantities today - it is was toasty today.
1. The XVI Amendment established the right of Congress to set up and administer the income tax via appropriate legislation.
2. $2 trillion
3.Bahamas, Brunei, Qatar, UAE.
4. The Civil War--the first impositions of income tax by the Congress was to help offset the Union's cost of the war. This was severely restricted by the case Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (158 U.S. 601; 1895), which was overruled by the XVI Amendment.
5. Reagan
6. Lincoln
7. Sweden--60% tax rate
8. Roughly 15,000 pages
9. The Congress. The Internal Revenue Code is U.S. Federal law--specifically Title 26 of the United States Code. However, the IRS writes much of its own regulations related to taxation, and this is Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
10. e-file
Maybe I should with all the responses I'm getting.... LOL!
Oh, thank God. :-)
OK, hope to see you later.
It was not toasty but I have a glass of orange ice tea.
Tuliptree, calling tuliptree...
are you feeling better this weekend? those things can really knock you for a loop! Just wanted to make sure you noted the ACC contribution on taxes!!!!! (and trivia and hope you are back to your old self again.
NOW I AM GOING TO GET MY STUFF DONE .. back asap
Whoops had a glass of
OK, you got right #1, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10
Not bad. :-)
Well, the temperture in West Texas was rather warm and only increased as they day progressed.
Thank you!!!
I'm developing a prototype thermometer especially for Texans. Instead of degrees, it tells the temperature in Texan.
Cool = 32F
Plantin' weather = 70F
Fishin' weather = 75F
Grillin' weather = 80F
Nappin' weather = 85F
It'll roast a fly on a rock = 90F
It'll melt steel outside = 95F
Somebody start to prayin'... Hell's comin' = 100F
Even Satan will be in church today = 105F
Hot enough for ya? = 110F+
Working for an engineering company I love your tagline.
One Summer, I did have the opportunity to watch the asphalt liquify (it was 114F in the shade that day).
Oh...I wasn't waiting for him or anything...
Thanks. I'm working through a problem very much like this at work right now.
You know something is doomed for failure if the big boss says... "We're just putting it in there to test it, so we don't need to document it for the customer."
Reagan is right.
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