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(...) I make my website for me. If folks don't like it, well, they don't have to surf to it. I also post here in LUGNET--again, in a newsgroup such as this, why get your knickers in a knot over what other folks say? Praise is nice but unnecessary. (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I am all for "keeping it real" in the sense that I don't care much for 'sugar coating' things, and I can get annoyed if I feel someone is always 'sugar coating' what they share with me (this happens a lot where I work actually). But at the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Note the FUT, I don't think this belongs in .general anymore... (...) There's nothing wrong with wanting replies. But if you EXPECT them, and complain if you don't get them, the problem is not everyone else, the problem is you. If you need (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) More. -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Although income tax is comparable with your own [when NI is included], in the UK we are taxed at 40% of GDP. But the difference is cultural too; we don't mind paying tax if we get good public services in return... we want education and health (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) paying about 30-40% of your *income* right now[?]. Who decides what "necessities" are? Are stocks and shares "necessities"? Clothing? Books? A haircut? Anything other than a “trailer” for a home? Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Guys The US tax system may be more complex than many other countries (I have no idea if this is true) but the rate of taxation is low compared to other industrialized nations. I'm a middle class taxpayer and I estimate my total fedral, state and (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sad thing is it doesn't have to be that way: (URL) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Seeing how this is tax day in the US (but not tax freedom day, that comes quite a bit later in the year), this topic seems fitting... The subject quote is from this article (URL) may have the most complicated tax plan in the world... (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why am I reminded of the nursury rhyme "Henny Penny" I will not help you plant the wheat, harvest the wheat, ground the wheat, make the dough, or cook the bread, but I am very willing to help you eat the bread. How is this for helping Iraq (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) ensue-- Freedom Toast becomes "Comin' back with your tail between your legs" toast... Dave K (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But then again, things just get repeated... (3 posts previous... ;) ) Dave K (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Ouch! "Quebec separatists defeated" (URL) much for my opinions... -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, I like that-- "We had no idea that the museums would be looted!" sayeth the US forces... even after repeated requests and warnings from the curators... (URL) don't think anyone anticipated that the riches of Iraq would be looted by the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Scott! Really! Implying like that! The US is above reproach here! Shame on you. Dave K (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And museums, while we're at it. Dave! (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I thought this was an interesting historical note: ==+== On 21 March 1986, the Security Council President, making a "declaration" and "speaking on behalf of the Security Council," stated that the Council members are "profoundly concerned by the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) 17. Wow! This is what Isreal has defied between 48 & 92: Res 101, 106, 111, 127, 162, 171, 228, 237, 248, 250, 251, 256, 259, 262, 265, 267, 270, 271, 279, 280, 285, 298, 313, 316, 317, 332, 337, 347, 425, 427, 444, 446, 450, 452, 465, 467, (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I hear the ministry of oil has been very well protected since the fall of Baghdad... but hospitals have been looted. Scott A (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thank goodness I'm Canadian so I can bash Dubya to my hearts content... Who are these guys in suits now standing in front of my cubicle? Extradition treaty with the US? Really? Oh well, on the gallows with Dave! Dave K (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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