jerseyhoya wrote:How do they go about assigning property tax liability to renters? Also them including federal income tax deductions as part of the total is a bit weird/seems only done to lower the percentage of income paid by higher income families.

drsmooth wrote:

td11 wrote:thought the interactive map here is pretty cool: http://www.itep.org/whopays/

FL is ridic

The insurance companies are creating their own tombs. Much like the Jews boarding the trains to concentration camps, private insurers are used by the feds to put the system in place because the federal government has no way to set up the exchange.

pacino wrote:Israel flew over Lebanese lands and a strike occurred in Syria. Syria confirms, Iran is throwing a hissyfit, Russia is looking into it, and Israel is pumping its muscles. jesus christ people. let's not do this. please.

jerseyhoya wrote:Emerging TWITTER consensus that Hagel is pooping all over himself in this confirmation hearing. Lots of jokes about how he probably wasn't ready for the altitude.

Will probably still be confirmed.

Soren wrote:interesting analogy here

The insurance companies are creating their own tombs. Much like the Jews boarding the trains to concentration camps, private insurers are used by the feds to put the system in place because the federal government has no way to set up the exchange.

The memo suggests that Republican senators and congressmen refer to "undocumented immigrant[s]" rather than "illegals" or "aliens" and that they never use the phrase "anchor babies." It also warns Republicans against using the term "amnesty" to describe the plan, and suggests attacking President Obama for not pushing earlier for a plan.

pacino wrote:a kinder, gentler GOP:

The memo suggests that Republican senators and congressmen refer to "undocumented immigrant[s]" rather than "illegals" or "aliens" and that they never use the phrase "anchor babies." It also warns Republicans against using the term "amnesty" to describe the plan, and suggests attacking President Obama for not pushing earlier for a plan.

a primer on how to not be racist. brilliant.

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

pacino wrote:a kinder, gentler GOP:

The memo suggests that Republican senators and congressmen refer to "undocumented immigrant[s]" rather than "illegals" or "aliens" and that they never use the phrase "anchor babies." It also warns Republicans against using the term "amnesty" to describe the plan, and suggests attacking President Obama for not pushing earlier for a plan.

a primer on how to not be racist. brilliant.

WTF is an anchor baby? Is that where an illegal immigrant gives birth to a baby inside our borders so he/she is born a citizen?

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

pacino wrote:a kinder, gentler GOP:

The memo suggests that Republican senators and congressmen refer to "undocumented immigrant[s]" rather than "illegals" or "aliens" and that they never use the phrase "anchor babies." It also warns Republicans against using the term "amnesty" to describe the plan, and suggests attacking President Obama for not pushing earlier for a plan.

a primer on how to not be racist. brilliant.

WTF is an anchor baby? Is that where an illegal immigrant gives birth to a baby inside our borders so he/she is born a citizen?

"Anchor baby" is a pejorative term for a child born in the United States to immigrant parents, who, as an American citizen, supposedly can later facilitate immigration for relatives.

pacino wrote:a kinder, gentler GOP:

The memo suggests that Republican senators and congressmen refer to "undocumented immigrant[s]" rather than "illegals" or "aliens" and that they never use the phrase "anchor babies." It also warns Republicans against using the term "amnesty" to describe the plan, and suggests attacking President Obama for not pushing earlier for a plan.

a primer on how to not be racist. brilliant.

pacino wrote:are you joking