tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post1898049054970449010..comments2024-03-28T03:23:26.359-04:00Comments on Doug Ross @ Journal: Bob Herbert Sets New Standard for Idiocy at The New York TimesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-1252078051639660032011-02-13T21:33:03.356-05:002011-02-13T21:33:03.356-05:00Ok, here is my 2 cents.
I live and work in Philad...Ok, here is my 2 cents.<br /><br />I live and work in Philadelphia, PA. At the end of last year, my employer awarded me a "performance bonus" of $750. Federal, state, and local taxes took 43%. I took the remainder to the local camping gear store and spent it all. At the register, the state took 6% of the purchase price as a sales tax.<br /><br />In the end, the tax bite was 49%. <br /><br />'Nuff said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-28406272374845983902011-02-13T17:21:10.318-05:002011-02-13T17:21:10.318-05:00What do you expect from this idiot.. A true produ...What do you expect from this idiot.. A true product of Affirmative Action and the dumbing down of our institutions of higher learning to meet the lower expectations of those people...Stephen Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165476246038381841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-52938644916847768922011-02-13T16:57:03.593-05:002011-02-13T16:57:03.593-05:00Lollll. When I saw the title of Herbert's opi...Lollll. When I saw the title of Herbert's opinion piece - about a democracy deficit in the U.S. - I just had to read it last night, fully expecting it to plumb the depths of incoherent idiocy. And it did, it did. What Herbert's complaints had to do with democracy, I don't think he ever mentioned, nor could I figure it out. I dreaded the thought of fisking it - and am quite glad to see that you have done the yeoman's work. In the dictionary under the term "affirmative action," I bet you will find Herbert's picture.GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.com