Guess The State!

[theweaselking]

Traffic stop-ee: "Officer, I..."
Police officer: "SHUT THE FUCK UP"
Traffic stop-ee: "I am carrying ..."
Police officer: "NOBODY IS TALKING TO YOU, SHUT UP"
Traffic stop-ee: "Officer! Here is my permit for..."
Police officer: "SAY ONE MORE WORD AND YOU ARE GOING TO JAIL"
Traffic stop-ee: "..."
[Police officer searches car, comes to driver]
Police officer: "GET OUT OF THE CAR! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT CARD YOU KEEP WAVING AT ME?"
Traffic stop-ee: "Officer, I am carrying a concealed weapon. This is my permit."
Police officer: "YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT IMMEDIATELY! I SHOULD EXECUTE YOU RIGHT HERE AND NOW"

On video, of course.


[Poll #1763936]

Comments

[swwoodsy.livejournal.com]

Well, I was meaning touting/supporting Christianity and marginalizing all the other religions out there, but yeah, OK. I cannot tell you how annoyed I get by the jerks saying they support freedom of religion but it's OK for a community to ban building a mosque. Jackassery at its finest.

When I come to power, I am going to legalize pot, prostitution, and gambling, and I'm going to tax the churches. And a flat income tax across the board for everyone (business and individual), unless you make less than $20K/year. Then you can pay and get it all back. No deductions. Flat 10%.

The pot, prostitution, and gambling thing may be why I'll never come to power....

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

The flat tax bit ain't so hot, either. That's a huge tax break for the rich and tax increase on the poor.

[swwoodsy.livejournal.com]

How so? Link me?

OH! And when I come to power, I'm taxing the churches. Double if they're evangelical, and triple if they do mission work and require the people they are ministering to to submit to indoctrination to benefit.

I hate proselytizing.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

You're giving a 25% cut to the rich while taxing more of the poor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_States) *and* eliminating credits and deductions that poor people depend on. In the process, you haven't touched sales taxes, which again eat up a vastly disproportionate part of the income of the poor.

Under your plan, rich people get a massive tax break, and poor people pay more than they do now.

"Flat taxes" are superficially appealing, but always turn out to be massively regressive in practice. This is why millionaires support them so much.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Oh, and: You need to define "income" VEEEEEEERY carefully, to avoid fun tricks like "I was paid exactly $20,000 last year as CEO. The company paying for my house and car and credit cards and contributing to my RRSP were all perks, not income"

[swwoodsy.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. Perks get taxed.