tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post3081520013751139264..comments2024-03-17T12:51:46.412-07:00Comments on Cutting Through The Crap: Of, By, And For The One-PercentSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-6315942052737152342011-04-06T13:22:02.169-07:002011-04-06T13:22:02.169-07:00With hat in hand, my legs quivering, I approach th...With hat in hand, my legs quivering, I approach the throne of the Correct One...Dr Sid. The top 1% of earners pay 38% of federal tax revenues...far less than the 90% I (honestly) Guessed at. To all who were midled, I beg forgiveness.<br /><br />Moral: don't EVER dispute Sid's facts, but yes, it is permissible to argue against his beliefs. <br /><br />I surrender....but only to facts. I also realize that nobody except Sid reads old blog comments so this is "Vox Clamatis in Deserto" redux.Dr. JBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-48341116101523747942011-04-05T09:29:48.900-07:002011-04-05T09:29:48.900-07:00Maybe according to Fox "news," they do. ...Maybe according to Fox "news," they do. But according to <a href="http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/250.html" rel="nofollow">data</a>, they don't.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-67426629571547926212011-04-05T09:07:03.165-07:002011-04-05T09:07:03.165-07:00Does that 2,333 indicate your "ratio" as...Does that 2,333 indicate your "ratio" as Frankie calls it, or should it be 2,333,000? And Sid, we love you man, but don't those top 1% PAY 90% of the Federal income taxes? Just wondering.John Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-44751224088154830012011-04-05T09:05:44.516-07:002011-04-05T09:05:44.516-07:002,333?
lets see, average monthly Social Security B...2,333?<br />lets see, average monthly Social Security Benefit about $1,000(OK I didn't look it up, but thats about what my Mom gets)so hommina hommina, carry the 2, square root of Pi...<br />You've only got $2.3million???<br />Oh yeah, it was more before the whole Dot.Com thang..<br />and heres where you fell for my Viet-Cong type trap....<br />HOW MUCH DID YOU GIVE TO CHARITY???!?!?!?!?!?!?!? and I mean in "Cache" not what you wrote off for your old Scrubs...<br /><br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-88178088917102966122011-04-05T08:32:27.097-07:002011-04-05T08:32:27.097-07:00My dad's an Amherst man, too ('59)!My dad's an Amherst man, too ('59)!Margyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419496585978892467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-58258684610672788392011-04-05T08:07:42.775-07:002011-04-05T08:07:42.775-07:002,3332,333Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-37539234082448987202011-04-05T04:06:06.316-07:002011-04-05T04:06:06.316-07:00OMG VANITY FAIR!!!!!!!!!
It's out already? got...OMG VANITY FAIR!!!!!!!!!<br />It's out already? gotta check with that mailman...<br />Sid, I'm a numbers man, I can recall Andy Etchebaren's Batting Average from 1972(.202), the Blood:Gas Partition Coefficient of Nitrous (.46 BTW)and the number of women I've had sex with, 1,286<br />Oh, without paying? ummmm ahhh ummm..<br />but...I can't remember my Brother in Laws name to save my life...<br />Jack? John? Jim? everyone calls him "JT"<br /><br />What I wanta know is a simple ratio.<br />No, not your Nose:Penis ratio, your <br />Net Worth:Monthly Social Security Check ratio<br />Seriously, if you don't have 6 figures stashed away I understand why you're so cranky all the time<br />and if you DO have 6 figures stashed away, How Comes You's be takin Money Old People Without 6 figures stashed away could use to buy lottery tickets,<br />I mean dog food?.<br />And if your embarassed, I understand, I've gotta big nose too...<br /><br /><br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com