hatrack48

Thanx people for the uplifting comments, and Evan, I just might take you up on the offer. I have never lived above my means, that is the way I was raised and I proberly never will. I still drive a 95 dodge sprit and have the 89 hb for fun. Jerrod (my son ) and I were talking about the situation and since he is still at home and making good money he is going to help out when needed. Scraping the build is just a last resort, if anything we will keep the engine since it is really the only thing finished and poss. part out everything else including the ef. We do have a 95 eg that the engine can go in, but that is the last resort, only if everything else fails just like the Goverment promises.
The only thing that really bothers me is looking for a new job with the benifits I had. Jerrod is going to see if he can put me on his insurance through his work ( comcast ) but I don't know if they will except me as a dependant. It would be somthing differant. But hell, if the **** can get insurance for their lovers why can't a son who still lives at home get insurance for his dad. This would be a excel. court battle with a good lawyer. Any insurance people out there that could inlightin me on this situation, could it work

GhostOfDr.Boost

Yeah, because that will happen someday soon. :1 Firearms and ammo, yeah that sounds like a good way to pay the bills. :1 You gotta come out of that cave and start living in the real world. It's not what you think it is out there. I'm guessing your dad thinks the exact same way you do, right? Is that where you got it from? Does your dad also think the government is out to get him?

J-SMITH69

no he doesn't

sooner or later you will come around.

what line do you draw where its not worth working anymore? i already pay 48.1% of my income in tax straight out of my paycheck. not counting everything else.

i think thats way too much. when the govt takes a income tax. you are a slave.

GhostOfDr.Boost

You gotta buy a house or pop out a kid if you want some tax breaks. They only take 15% from me and I should break even at the end of the year with just writing off the house. I'm not sure if I believe your 48% anyways. Are you counting in state tax, fed tax, med tax and SS tax to get that %?

Let's say you make $40/hour at 40 hours/week=$1600. If they taxed you 48% you would be left with $832. I find it hard to believe they would be taxing you $768 a week. :1

J-SMITH69

i own a house. you can only write off mortgage interest. why would i NOT count the other taxes off my paycheck?

28.5% federal income tax
9% state income tax
6.75% ss tax
1.65% medicare tax
1.65% medicaid tax

i forget what the actual medicaid tax rate is. i know its really close to medicare. when i figured it out using exact numbers it was 48.1%

obama wants to get rid of the bush tax cuts. that means i'll pay a nice 30% income tax. THANKS FOR THE HELP.

why do i only deserve half my money? if taxes get any higher i will pay off my bills and quit my job.

CspecRun

Yeah, you're definitely full of ----....I know ppl who make a good deal more money than you, and they bring home more than 51.9% of their earnings...

GhostOfDr.Boost

Exactly.

What he's also not telling us is that he's going to get back THOUSANDS of dollars at the end of the year because he doesn't know how to fill out a tax form to claim more deductions so he doesn't have to give the big bad government an interest free loan all year long. :1

No ----. I bet you pay about $900/month in interest. That should add up to a pretty big ------- write-off at the end of the year and I bet the big bad government is going to give you a pretty big break for it, but I bet you won't be bitching about the government when they do that. :1 $762x52 weeks in a year=$39,936 a year you "CLAIM" to be paying in taxes. Get real Johhny.

pistol

Canada is following suite.

unless the states doesn't get there ---- together, we're all in for a long haul.

hope everything works out for the best!

J-SMITH69

so the govt takes it and uses it interest free and i get some of it back.

they steal half of it, give me back 1/4th and tell me to be happy. nice.

why are you defending this huge taxation. paying 28.5% federal income is IS WRONG. paying 9% state income tax is wrong.

how can you possibly think paying that much money is ok? we fought the revolutionary war over 3% income tax.

here is obama's economic plan, spend trillions of tax dollars to "put people to work". he is a socialist like FDR. who gave us the ongoing debacle socialism security. $650 billion dollars a year and growing every year. the cost of the iraq war EVERY YEAR.

who is going to pay for these "public works" projects when everyone "works" for the govt.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/play...26720&src=news

GhostOfDr.Boost

You have to change your deductions retard. :1

Who said anything about Obongo??