What Ruffles you Feathers (Mk II)

[lara93]

the principle

[LarryNJ]

HOW IS THAT FAIR? I WORK DAM HARD FOR MY MONEY AND THEN I HAVE THAT MUCH TAKEN OFF ME.

THIS IS SUCH AN INJUSTICE!

Sounds like your country is run by a bunch of Socialists bastards? I feel your pain Jono. The sad part is your money probably went to some lazy prick who doesn't want to work but expects to be taken care of under some liberal welfare plan. Hopefully things will change as you get older and you can work for you and your family, not those lazy wasted pieces of flesh.

[tragic]

"Liberals" here refer to the conservatives (must be because we're upside down).

Anyway, the Dutch have a right-wing government which spend HEAPS of money on "social" payments, much more than any "socialist" government did here. Seems to work.

[LarryNJ]

Thanks tragic!

I believe the Dutch tax rates are well in excess of 50%. That doesn't work for me.

[tragic]

... but it works for the country as a whole. No wonder the Dutch can annoy me so much.

[GIGS20]

Suck it up Jono, the top tax rate is 42% at the moment so if you put a HELP debt of 6% on top of that you still earned more than you paid in tax.

I remember the days when people would rejoice about spending more tax than they actually got in their pay packet, because it meant that they were getting paid shitloads, now everybody just seems to whinge when they're paid well!

[jargan83]

when you open a bottle of soft drink and it goes everywhere, well not everywhere, just all over me

damn lifes minor inconviences

[pruc]

missing the bus because it is early the walking to school from the highway

[gustafsl]

News reporters who use the term "at the weekend."

IE "The Force beat the Warratahs at the weekend."

Unless the stadium or city the game is played at is called "the weekend" you should be saying "on the weekend."

[LarryNJ]

Jono I don't know how your tax system works but here's ours simplified:

U.S. Tax System Explained in Beer!

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. ‘Since you are all such good customers,’ he said, ‘I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20. ‘Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers?
How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his ‘fair share?’ They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28% savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 ( 22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
‘I only got a dollar out of the $20,’ declared the sixth man.
He pointed to the tenth man,’ but he got $10! ”Yeah, that’s right,’ exclaimed the fifth man.
‘I only saved a dollar, too.. It’s unfair that he got ten times more than I! ”That’s true!!’ shouted the seventh man.
‘Why should he get $10 back when I got only two?
The wealthy get all the breaks!
”Wait a minute,’ yelled the first four men in unison. ‘We didn’t get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!
‘The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man ( the richest) didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

[lara93]

my teachers giving me no homework yesterday(cant complain bout that) but giving me 4 assignments + 4 hours of homework all due tomorrow

[jargan83]

that sounds more like years 11 and 12

[Elf1]

my teachers giving me no homework yesterday(cant complain bout that) but giving me 4 assignments + 4 hours of homework all due tomorrow

You finished them yet?

[force addict]

ah, the joys of year 11 and 12

[lara93]

im only in year 10 and i start at 4 and finished at around ten and im still not done