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You must live in the Slope rob. People in Bed Stuy pick up after their dogs.

PS Don't cross your legs that way...its too feminine!!!!
:)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 6, 2009 10:01 AM

How's this to discuss......

WHO PAYS THE FREIGHT: “Paying the
freight” is an American term meaning who it is an any
group who pays the greatest sum of expense, and who
it is that carries the greatest load. To listen to the Left,
the Wealthy in the US do not pay their fair share of the
nation’s tax burden, with the socialists always and
everywhere calling for greater taxes upon the wealthy
and for tax cuts even for those who pay no taxes. It is
of course nonsense, but it is what it is and we’ve no
choice but to always and everywhere supply the data
that proves otherwise. That data is once again
available now for the latest tax receipts from ’05. In the
past, the CBO released these reports in terms of
quartiles. Now they are releasing them in quintiles, and
for the higher quintile they’ve broken it down even
further. The data is really quite interesting:

Lowest quintile: 4.3%
Second quintile: 9.9%
Middle quintile: 14.2%
Fourth quintile: 17.4%
Percentiles 81-90: 20.3%
Percentiles 91-95: 22.4%
Percentiles 96-99: 25.7%
Percentiles 99.0-99.5: 29.7%
Percentiles 99.5-99.9: 31.2 %
Percentiles 99.9-99.99: 32.1%
Top 0.01 Percentile: 31.5%

The point here, as always, is that the rich more than
carry their share of the economic load. Yes, they have
enjoyed the greatest rise in incomes, but over the
years the tax rates have become more and more
progressive as the “rich” have paid a steadily
increasing portion of the total taxes paid year after year
after year. They will continue to do so under Obama.
They “pay the freight,” and sometimes it is that simple.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 6, 2009 10:16 AM

2009 is already better Jackass. S&P 500 is up 8% over the past 30 days. It's THE leading indicator and is discounting what will occur in 6-9 months.

You are now the clueless one What.

Pay your taxes down there in the lower quintiles you deadbeat.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 6, 2009 10:35 AM

bxgrl....according to the prevailing wisdom on another thread you should attempt to renogotiate the rent. Maybe you could even do it in the middle of the lease. Nothing in Crown heights or Bed Stuy should rent for more than $600 anyway.

My tenants gave me a sweater for Christmas. I hope they weren't trying to tell me something.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 6, 2009 1:52 PM

BRG...what's with the panda bear on a Christmas sweater????

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 6, 2009 2:00 PM

Well not by an Indian, a Thai, a Malay, a Laotian, a Cambodian, a Filipino. Been there, done that. No pandas in any of those Asian countries.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 6, 2009 2:15 PM

NO. There was a panda on the sweater. You broadly and very un-PC assumed that any asian would put it there when it's really only likely to be someone from mainland China...which is prbably where it was made.

Did you know that about 98% of ALL Christams decorations are made in China now.

Now "Yellow cabs"...that's a completely different story.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 6, 2009 2:31 PM

Ummm, yes. Especially if you're "selling it" at the Days Inn.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 6, 2009 2:58 PM

Typically females. I never "sold" it either but if I was able to sell it as many times as I gave it away I'd be far more wealthy. :)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 6, 2009 3:17 PM

Sadly the gym is the only social outlet for many people. Did she at least look like she benefitted from all this exercise????

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 6, 2009 3:27 PM

BRG...someone's looking for a "gutter specialist" on the Forum.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 6, 2009 3:30 PM