I figure the random motion of subatomic particles in the universe will certainly lead the Pats to victory, Val.

 

You're bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this mornin', buddy. Geez, I haven't even given a thought to sub-atomics this morning. I'm now contemplating hopping in the S, popping down the top and taking off for a brisk drive -- temps already in the 40s and headed to the 60s, bright sun is shining!! Think I'll run up to Barnes & Noble and pick up a book or two to read while I'm bored watching the Eagles get their tailfeathers ripped out by those hunky New England boys!!!! (Now how's that for a bit of controversial pot stirring this morning )?

 

I like the way you think, Val.

 

The feeling is mutual, Chaz. I'll always think of the Patriots as the team best representing what the American Spirit is all about. (I like the Packers too, but New England has my )

 

An article from today's Houston Chronicle:

What Bush left unsaid about privatizing a part of Social Security demands a critical look.

Excerpt:

Many retirees won't be able to bequeath their accounts to their heirs.

One of the strongest sales pitches for the president's proposal is that the new accounts could be passed along to the children and grandchildren of beneficiaries after they die. But the plan's details, unmentioned in the speech, reveal that people with little inheritable wealth now won't gain any with private accounts.

That's because they would be required to convert their nest egg into an annuity, which makes monthly payments over the duration of a beneficiary's life. (Annuities would prevent retirees from outliving their entire savings.) Because annuities expire when beneficiaries die, no asset would be available to bequeath to heirs. Mandatory annuitization would apply to anyone at risk of falling below the poverty line; today, about 40 percent of Americans would be living in poverty without Social Security.

 

[quote name='ralper' date='Feb 4 2005, 10:00 PM']Not so.

 

[quote name='uppitychick' date='Feb 6 2005, 03:39 PM'] This will be my last comment on this topic, as real controversy makes me have hives.

 

Just for your information,


Amendment 16
(Feb. 25, 1913)

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

(from http://www.usconstitution.com/Amendments.htm )

 

[quote name='uppitychick' date='Feb 6 2005, 03:39 PM'] This will be my last comment on this topic, as real controversy makes me have hives.

 

Uppity,

I don't mean to give you hives, but the law is the law. Regardless of what any of these charlatans say, you have to pay your tax.