If It’s Monday, It’s an Open Thread

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5 responses to “If It’s Monday, It’s an Open Thread”

1. 

   J.M. Prince

   May 3, 2010

   On a serious note: “State Income Taxes Push Many Working-Poor Families Deeper Into Poverty” via report by the excellent CBPP.org

   By Phil Oliff and Ashali Singham

   April 29, 2010

   “Thirteen states taxed working-poor families deeper into poverty last year. In some of those states, poor families faced several hundred dollars in state income taxes ‚Äî a significant amount for a family struggling to make ends meet.”

   http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3173

   More from the report:

   “Summary

   State income taxes affect working-poor families in different ways. Some states’ tax codes help working-poor families lift themselves out of poverty. Others push them deeper into poverty. An analysis of state income tax systems for the 2009 tax year shows that:

   * In 13 of the 42 states that levy income taxes, two-parent families of four with incomes below the federal poverty line are liable for income tax;

   * In 11 states, poor single-parent families of three pay income tax;

   * And 25 states collect taxes from families of four with incomes just above the poverty line.

   These findings are based on the federal poverty line for 2009: $21,947 for a family of four and $17,102 for a family of three.

   Some states levy income tax on working families in severe poverty. Five states — Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Montana, andOhio — tax the income of two-parent families of four earning less than three-quarters of the poverty line ($16,460). And three states — Alabama, Georgia, and Montana — tax the income of one-parent families of three earning less than three-quarters of the poverty line ($12,827).

   In some states, families living in poverty face yearly income tax bills of several hundred dollars. In 2009, a two-parent family of four with income at the poverty line owed $468 in Alabama, $266 in Hawaii, $225 in Iowa, and $225 in Montana. Such amounts can make a big difference to a family struggling to escape poverty. Other states levying tax of more than $150 on families with poverty-level incomes were Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, and Oregon.”

   ”

   Read more:

   http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3173

   Yeah, I know, lots of facts & figures.

   So best Stutz Bearcats? The 1930’s:

   bit-man.com/pictures/album/Cars/1930/slides/1932%20Stutz%20Bearcat%20Model%20DV32.html

   And yes, seems to be the same series:

   conceptcarz.com/view/model/584/Stutz.aspx

   JMP

2. 

   J.M. Prince

   May 3, 2010

   Of course you missed the better Stutz, the Bearcat:

   http://www.stutzbearcat.com/stutzgallery.htm

   (I know, more ancient history) JMP

3. 

   Ed

   May 3, 2010

   Hmm I guess it was a problem with the HTML, just tried to hyperlink to the DPG’s site.

4. 

   Melb

   May 3, 2010

   Ed, what is up with the link you attached about the DPG? I understand it doesn’t work, but what should it be a link to? The link to the DPG’s website works: http://www.democraticpartyofgeorgia.org/home

   Is it something the DPG was trying to promote?

   and

   5,000 Strong Turn Out at Gold Dome to Rally Against Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Bill

5. 

   Ed

   May 3, 2010

   Yeah these are too long.