kewljoe

Name: kewljoe
Joined On: Oct 05, 2007
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Age: 31
Occupation: SLACKER
Location: Illinois
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Last seen: 10/10/08
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10/12/08
Taxes explained better
Just read this on some random blog thought Id pay it forward enjoy!!
U.S. Tax System Explained in Beer
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. ‘Since you are all such good customers,’ he said, ‘I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20. ‘Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers?
How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his ‘fair share?’ They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28% savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 ( 22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
‘I only got a dollar out of the $20,’ declared the sixth man.
He pointed to the tenth man,’ but he got $10! ”Yeah, that’s right,’ exclaimed the fifth man.
‘I only saved a dollar, too.. It’s unfair that he got ten times more than I! ”That’s true!!’ shouted the seventh man.
‘Why should he get $10 back when I got only two?
The wealthy get all the breaks!
”Wait a minute,’ yelled the first four men in unison. ‘We didn’t get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!
‘The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man ( the richest) didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
Posted by kewljoe @ 10:34 am EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments
10/04/08
Scroll Away!!
Contents are NSFW its nothing wild still cool though.
Also ever wonder what happens to the suicide bombers when they go to heaven?

Posted by kewljoe @ 12:03 am EDT | Permalink | 5 Comments
10/01/08
Irony ...
I remember growing up as a kid if you were in some kind of financial need you could always seek within the family for someone to loan you some money like your dad, brother, grandpa or a Rich uncle. I guess the stuff we learn when we are small is stuff that we hardly ever forget. Why? you ask? Well Not only has Uncle Sam approved a "bailout" for wallstreet fatcats to "save" the economy after bad judgements but it seems like the auto industry got a "bailout" also. Didnt see much of this on the headlines but its already been done. Chalk up another $25 billion to the $700 billion and the $1.2 trillion that was lost on wallstreet the day of the 777 loss. Uncle sam is going to be broke here pretty soon if they dont start cleaning house you thought we had problems w/ illegal imigration, drugs, terrorism, the war? Shit look at all the losses taken w/ out the use of a single bullet, just bad judgement. Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword had no idea how much truth those words have. So anyways thats about $2 trillion so far gone but whos counting....

Posted by kewljoe @ 11:38 pm EDT | Permalink | 1 Comments
09/26/08
Creativity Diesel has it
Something to lighten the mood amidst all the financial crapola going on, start pinching pennies and enjoy a good laugh.
This video is VSFW sorta
Posted by kewljoe @ 8:46 pm EDT | Permalink | 0 Comments
09/24/08
Natalie Portman & Tattoos!!
This video has some weird catchy music and plus Natalie looking fine as ever doing some funky dances, cant believe she is actually dating that guy......
Anyways Ive read a few blogs and see peoples tatoos so I decided to jump in the bandwagon and post pics of mine only two, and maybe someday when I have cashflow again, kids move and get married, (they are only 2 and 4 so itll be a while)...I'll get some more
This one is on my right shoulder mix of symbols ying yang on a cross w/ an eye in the middle of the cross crying blood whilst resting on the star of david.

And this one is tribals wraping around the arm that felt kinda empty so I added a black sun burning red.

Posted by kewljoe @ 9:28 pm EDT | Permalink | 0 Comments
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