Comments on: Sunday’s column: Sleight of hand at the gas pump

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:07:09 +0000

J M White, heck yes. That’s what pushed me over to his side! Dude is versatile!

By: Hillary

Hillary — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:40:53 +0000

And BTW, all the RW whiners haven’t thanked the President for saving them money for the past two years during the tax holiday…On average, middle-income families have enjoyed around $1,000 in additional income from the payroll tax cut per year.

So in those two years the average taxpayer collected an extra $2000. Why don’t I hear accolades for those savings? Nooooo, it is all about carping and harping on whatever this President does…

can you hear me Frank?

By: Other John

Other John — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:12:21 +0000

I know of one person who was griping about the FICA taxes the day our paychecks showed up. Between his current position, his wife’s income, and his full retirement pension from a previous career…they earn well into the 6-figures.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:04:56 +0000

…everytime obama said, “i will not allow taxes to go up on the poor and middle-class” …he was lying.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:57:11 +0000

Frank, stop posting nonsense. This was on our internal website, the 1st week of January. “The Employee Social Security tax rate increases from 4.2 percent to 6.2 percent for 2013. This temporary rate reduction was first implemented in 2011 and extended through 2012. Unless congress extends the reduction beyond the Dec 31, 2012, expiration date, the rate will revert to the original rate of 6.2 percent.”

What part of “temporary” and “revert to the original rate” do you not understand? We are back to paying the rate we’ve always paid, with the exception of 2011 thru 2012.

You’re beating a nonexistent horse, Frank. Not a dead horse, Frank, a nonexistent one. Time to find a new fixation.

By: gdad

gdad — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:43:34 +0000

“Whatever.”

Translation: J.M. nailed my butt to the wall on that one.

By: gdad

gdad — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:41:47 +0000

“And, they still get to appreciate losing $25-$85 of their hard-earned bucks per month to the tax-man”

Which also would have happened under Romney, but you didn’t hear him telling the masses that during the campaign, either, did you? Of course you didn’t.

As both Kristen and I have pointed out now, you’re merely parroting right-wing nonsense.

By: J.M. White

J.M. White — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:29:59 +0000

I heard he also performs abortions in the Lincoln bedroom in his spare time, Kristen.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:07:47 +0000

To follow up…Because Obama invented FICA. And no one ever not ever paid income tax before Obama. And he invented all the taxes while simultanously inventing the deficit. Hard worker, that Obama, out inventing things.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:06:48 +0000

I haven’t heard a single person IRL talk about FICA, at all, not once. It’s an RW media/internet driven meme.