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Thanks THL, I just had a clementine.
Cactus Pear – when we find them, we buy a huge box of 36, gone in a week.
crotch fruit
OOps, link didn’t all come through. this is the first paragraph
They’re the golden geese of New York – a mere 41,282 taxpayers who account for nearly half the city’s income-tax collections – and some are bound to fly the coop if the rich get hammered with higher taxes, a top city official warned yesterday as a dire new report forecast more job losses, higher deficits and dwindling tax revenues
I find today’s Open Thread conversation extremely taxing.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03102009/news/regionalnews/dont_kill_off_these_geese_158856.htm
This is a report of what Bloomberg said. Not quite what Legion said, but supports his / her larger point.
“We now find ourselves is a situation where only half the people in the US pay any income taxes at all.”
Mrs Chicken and Chicken Jr pay no taxes and have final say in everything in my household so it’s a situation I’m already familiar with.
I just found Nomi…
http://tinyurl.com/dxzpm7
There’s no way, I’m going to let hubby use an axe at a coconut between his legs.
And benson, we hold you to the same standard as legion. Please cite a credible reference for “only half the people in the US pay any income taxes at all.”
I find that very, very hard to believe since the vast majority of them (as I alluded to above) have their taxes deducted and probably file a 1040 EZ with no deductions.