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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:39 PM Original message |
Poll question: i have a brother that makes over 200k a year. he works contract for oil. he doesnt pay his taxes |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, of course not. The failings of the person have nothing to do with it. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. he would giggle and call you a sucker.... laughs all the way to the bank. nt |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yes, that would be my greatest fear. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Why should I care what your obnoxious brother thinks? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
53. how about if he used 75% of the fire services & the paying customers used 25%? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. My compassion for a human being is based on my compassion for a human being... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. things mean nothing to me. food on the table matters. i have compassion, for those people in city, |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Because he's a fucking human being! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. well, really, both of us would shoulder shrug. thankful alive |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. never mind |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
54. oh, bullshit. not if you had to pay for it, you wouldn't. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. No. Just because someone else is a jerk doesn't mean I have to be. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not paying his taxes? IRS is gonna Wesley Snipes his ass. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. it is certainly possible then i will hear years of whining how he is being picked on and a nation |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. LOL... hope you can talk some sense into him |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. nevaaaaah. now the rule is... no politics in my house. |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. I wouldn't let his house burn down... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. No. Not because of who your brother is just as it isn't about the man |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, in a heart beat. It may be the only way a greedy pig can |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. No because then he'd have to come stay with you |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. bah hahaha.... oh, that is the best, funniest and so fuckin true. lol. nah, not really |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. no |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not a chance. His house fire would be put out. |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. +1 she should. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. +2. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. +3 |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #35 |
50. seabeyond, are you going to address this or simply ignore it? nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. simply ignore. point? nt |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Character. Point already made. I suppose we're done here. nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. good to know the "compassionate" faction supports informing *and* libertarian free-riding. |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. You're now pro tax evasion? And for someone making 200k+ at that? |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:17 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. pwn3d fail |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'd save the house......but I'm not the city |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. More importantly, would you? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. i dont know. i cant say. in all my posts, i haven't made a judgment on this. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Oh my god that's absurd |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. geeez.... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
58. No. They aren't. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. I might light the match (he deserves it it seems) but it should be put out. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. No, We put other peoples houses out for starters so ours doesn't burn to |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. Of course not, especially if I knew he was related to a wonderful DUer. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. ahhhhh |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I think you're awesome, even when we disagree. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. thank you. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. Report him for Not Paying Taxes |
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activa8tr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
32. Overly simplistic, and many have already posted pointing out how your |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. but he, and those in the county, are out to break the system. and it is possible. |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. Report him to the IRS... 1-800-829-0433... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'd even risk my hide to go in and rescue him |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. different with a person and things. and as i said to a poster above |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I am sorry, but if this continues |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. that is the slippery slope |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. exactly. i get why they did it. nt |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. I think the only way to change people is to lead by example. He might actually be |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. Definitely Not.... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. a house |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. of course not nt |
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Yeshuah Ben Joseph (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
47. Only if oil was the cause of the fire |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
59. you bet, the problem with your scenario is that he DOES pay the FD taxes. |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
60. I'd save his house. I'd want it to be in good condition when the IRS seizes it. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
61. Focused on the incomes, politics, and personalities involved, instead |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
62. Yes, if he refused to pay for a service that had to be paid for. |
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