Comments on: Complicity http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:38:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: hedgehog http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6691 hedgehog Wed, 02 May 2007 06:20:49 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6691 Margareta, Don't you know? Everyone owes a grand to the U.S. government. Thanks for stopping in. Saurabh: What's your achaar as prasad theory? Will it feed you? Margareta, Don’t you know? Everyone owes a grand to the U.S. government. Thanks for stopping in.

Saurabh: What’s your achaar as prasad theory? Will it feed you?

]]> By: Margareta http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6686 Margareta Tue, 01 May 2007 20:09:30 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6686 I moved to Canada in large part for the very same reason. And ya know what? I still owe a grand to the U.S. government this year. How the hell did that happen? I moved to Canada in large part for the very same reason. And ya know what? I still owe a grand to the U.S. government this year. How the hell did that happen?

]]> By: BigSister http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6681 BigSister Tue, 01 May 2007 15:07:37 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6681 Ask him about his "achaar as prasad" theory one day. Ask him about his “achaar as prasad” theory one day.

]]> By: Saheli http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6672 Saheli Tue, 01 May 2007 08:11:38 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6672 I'm okay with Venn Diagrams. Especially if they are made out of chocolate. Saurabh, if you would hurry up and move your ass to the bay area, I would have had kheer and sandesh for you tonight. Oh wait, you're one of those crazy people who doesn't like mithai. How about paneer sabji and green papaya? No? No food for you! I’m okay with Venn Diagrams. Especially if they are made out of chocolate.

Saurabh, if you would hurry up and move your ass to the bay area, I would have had kheer and sandesh for you tonight. Oh wait, you’re one of those crazy people who doesn’t like mithai. How about paneer sabji and green papaya? No? No food for you!

]]> By: hedgehog http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6660 hedgehog Tue, 01 May 2007 01:45:40 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6660 Venn diagrams are much more accurate. After all, Social Security pays disability to people who got, say, Gulf War syndrome and didn't get the VA to pay for it. And our transportation system's car-oriented nature -- which ends up costing us lots of money -- is in part a military prerogative. Venn diagrams for all. Venn diagrams are much more accurate. After all, Social Security pays disability to people who got, say, Gulf War syndrome and didn’t get the VA to pay for it. And our transportation system’s car-oriented nature — which ends up costing us lots of money — is in part a military prerogative. Venn diagrams for all.

]]> By: BigSister http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6659 BigSister Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:21:55 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6659 How do you feel about Venn Diagrams? How do you feel about Venn Diagrams?

]]> By: saurabh http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6651 saurabh Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:18:57 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6651 I am hungry. I am hungry.

]]> By: Saheli http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6649 Saheli Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:26:41 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6649 I kind of hate pie charts. That graphic is totally not viscerally informative, b/c we are so bad at judging angular areas. Lasagna charts for all! I kind of hate pie charts. That graphic is totally not viscerally informative, b/c we are so bad at judging angular areas. Lasagna charts for all!

]]> By: saurabh http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6648 saurabh Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:56:39 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6648 I'm not sure I like the WRL pie-chart. Why exclude Social Security from tax computations? It's being taken out of my paycheck, after all. I’m not sure I like the WRL pie-chart. Why exclude Social Security from tax computations? It’s being taken out of my paycheck, after all.

]]> By: hedgehog http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6515 hedgehog Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:34:47 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/complicity/#comment-6515 I am a very big fan of tax resistance. I would say that it imposes on you an obligation to contribute some money or at least time to the sort of thing you would want the money spent on. I realize this doesn't count for much in court but it counts for something morally. I didn't realize until just looking it up, but individual income taxes and Social Security taxes pay about 80% of the federal budget. That is huge. I thought much more of their money came from other sources. So individuals do, in fact, have some control over the fate of the government. <a href="http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm" rel="nofollow">Most of the tax money</a> goes to war. I don't like that. I am a very big fan of tax resistance. I would say that it imposes on you an obligation to contribute some money or at least time to the sort of thing you would want the money spent on. I realize this doesn’t count for much in court but it counts for something morally.

I didn’t realize until just looking it up, but individual income taxes and Social Security taxes pay about 80% of the federal budget. That is huge. I thought much more of their money came from other sources. So individuals do, in fact, have some control over the fate of the government.

Most of the tax money goes to war. I don’t like that.

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