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First off, Rob, I never said a word about doctors. I agree with every word Bxgrl said, but you were talking to her, not me. Although since you involved me, let me echo the opinion that when you don’t know what you’re talking about it’s better to say nothing. Doctors practice wherever they practice for lots of reasons that have nothing to do with how good they are. To think that the ones in Manhattan are better simply by virtue of the location of their offices is totally absurd.
Jessi, the point is that Dave did them, not that he had attitude about it, which being Dave, of course he did. If someone is going to ask someone to do something as serious as taxes for free, and over a public forum, and then ask questions about those taxes in a public forum, revealing more information than one really should, considering anyone with a computer can simply read it, AND then give the preparer a hard time for not being an accountant, then the least he could do is make sure he publicly shows some gratitude. Even if he sent him flowers delivered by a fetching young boy toy, who floated in on a waterbed, he should thank him on the OT. If we have to read the whole story, we should read some gratitude.
Another example of profligate state spending and bullshit associated with collective bargaining……
N.J. Pays Clothing Stipend to Workers Who Don’t Wear Uniforms
April 13 (Bloomberg) — New Jersey spent about $3 million this fiscal year on clothing allowances for state workers who aren’t required to wear uniforms, a report found.
Forty-eight percent of white-collar employees receiving the annual payment of as much as $700 don’t wear specialized work clothing, state Comptroller Matthew Boxer said in a statement accompanying the report. The practice is “absurd,†he said.
“We recommend that at a minimum the state seek to eliminate the clothing-allowance benefits for those employees who are not required to wear uniforms or other special clothing,†Boxer said in the report. Assemblyman Paul Moriarty, a Turnersville Democrat, released a statement saying he would introduce such legislation as soon as possible.
New Jersey’s clothing-allowance policies are “far more generous†than seven other states Boxer reviewed. Of those, only California provides an allowance greater than $175, he said.
California reimburses employees as much as $450 a year if they provide receipts, Boxer said. Pennsylvania pays as much as $175, while New York gives a $58 allowance to workers in a limited number of jobs, he said.
New Jersey pays white-collar state employees, those in jobs including administrative and office work, more than $4.8 million a year in clothing allowances. The clothing-allowance benefit is included in collective- bargaining agreements that expire June 30. More than 27,000 state employees are entitled to it, and it cost New Jersey about $22 million this fiscal year.
Thanks M4L…The smoke joint I wasn’t impressed with at all. Is scopello close to BAM?
Not in the mood for thai tonight.
There’s no shame in that Arkady. A lot of the best books were written in agony.
A big “IF.”
Cgar, friend recommends Tracy Feifer.
http://www.drpfeifer.com/
She is expensive though but apperently very very good.
“how is that? did they tell you to give up cigs and weed or something idiotically ridiculous like that?”
haha no – i’ve got fun stories though. don’t wanna get into it here.
maybe it’s a north brooklyn thing – i bet doctors are fine in the heights.
“gonna go out and get a happy iced coffee”
Does that come with a happy ending?
“If he actually woke up and realized he was elected President, I think he would pee his pants.”
“I don’t believe he intends to make a legitimate run”
Agree with Biff on both counts. I don’t believe Trump will make a serious run, nor that he would be taken seriously, and, even if he did, I don’t believe he’d win.
Yes, people ridiculed Ronald Reagan, too, but, regardless of what you think of him, at least Reagan had a significant career in politics before he ran for President.