Coffee Talk VI: The Undiscovered Country

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Yeah, I saw that regarding the property/vehicle taxes. It might be a better comparison if you add the state/local officials who do this at those levels to the federal employees which I'm not sure if they are captured in that report or not. While a few of these countries may have similar arrangements, Canada and the US have a pretty different multi-tiered structure from many of them especially smaller geographic countries like France or Germany.

I agree with figuring out ways to go after high-income earners many of whom basically avoid or minimally pay taxes. That is probably less the IRS and more about tax policy/law. A lot of Presidents have claimed simplifying and changing the system, but it still always seems far too complicated.

Compounding this from the public side, allowing Turbo Tax to charge for people to have a better/easier/more thorough and making that process a pay-to-play (or free, but maybe not*) was dumb. They could have just given Intuit or another company (or both) a big contract and made that the filing system free to the public. It would have been much easier, reduced scammers, sped up and increased compliance, etc.

Patriot Act with Hassan Minhaj (super underrated show) covered this topic well. Sad it got cancelled. Was very funny, informative, and had one of the best TV theme songs of all-time.

That’s the thing with these comparisons, every country’s system is very different. Weird that the only ones they noted about "substantially reduced workloads" were the ones close to the US, and not mentioning the different systems that could be in play in Canada & the US (and maybe Australia?).

 

[mattola]

people say Mondays are usually bad.

but this is a good one


I know she will get back in but it is funny

 

[mattola]

pretty sure its parody but its funny

 

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people say Mondays are usually bad.

but this is a good one


I know she will get back in but it is funny

Fo shizzle?

 

[mattola]

Fo shizzle?

Fo shizzle!

 

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Still my favorite Snoop Dogg moment...

 

[mattola]

Still my favorite Snoop Dogg moment...

one of the greatest moments ever

 

[sbb122]

Fo shizzle!

 

[elocomotive]

That’s the thing with these comparisons, every country’s system is very different. Weird that the only ones they noted about "substantially reduced workloads" were the ones close to the US, and not mentioning the different systems that could be in play in Canada & the US (and maybe Australia?).

Well, nice back and forth @Bloody Brian Burke . I'm not sure what we do now though. We haven't relentlessly back ourselves into a corner and nobody has OWNED! or DESTROYED! the other. So it's like we never had a political discussion at all.

 

[elocomotive]

"I would never play your words of violence against women and police officers...

... I'm more interested in actual violence against Jews and police officers."

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Well, nice back and forth @Bloody Brian Burke . I'm not sure what we do now though. We haven't relentlessly back ourselves into a corner and nobody has OWNED! or DESTROYED! the other. So it's like we never had a political discussion at all.

Enjoy a sandwich.

 

[mattola]

good letter

 

[sbb122]

good letter

 

[buffhockey]

 

[dare2be]

I expect a lot of government shutdowns these next two years.

 

[Comeds]

Well, nice back and forth @Bloody Brian Burke . I'm not sure what we do now though. We haven't relentlessly back ourselves into a corner and nobody has OWNED! or DESTROYED! the other. So it's like we never had a political discussion at all.

Enjoy a sandwich.

Share a milkshake with two straws? Or one plate of spaghetti?

 

[mattola]

Share a milkshake with two straws? Or one plate of spaghetti?

Gotta be paper straws or it's bad for the environment

 

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[forty_three]

Republicans on the campaign trail: Put us in power so we can address your problems. Jobs! Inflation! Crime! Immigration!

Republicans first act once in power:

House Republicans voted to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics, and George Santos said it was 'fantastic'

"It's a good thing for transparency. It's a good thing for Americans," Santos said of rule changes that some say will hobble the ethics body.

www.businessinsider.com