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Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 8: Bezos Takes Over the World

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dxmnkd316 said:
It turns out we had interpreted it wrong. My effective tax rate went down by like 0.4%. I’ve never had to pay in before. Ever. They screwed with withholding to make people think they got a bigger tax cut. I know some people rely on that return. Thankfully I don’t. I haven’t touched my withholding in years and this “reform” changed everything.

The other thing that irked me was the stupid format of the 1040. They took a really well-designed form and in order to make the stupids happy, they broke it into multiple pages so it could “fit on a postcard”. That form had been developed over decades and Trump **** all over it. Hurr ****ing durr.

I was in the same bot with not itemizing for the feds but had to itemize for the state. Just stupid.
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Yeah, the new form is ridiculous in order to make the top level fit on one page instead of 2. I'm surprised the entire IRS didn't quit over stupid **** like that.
 
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joecct said:
@fox5dc: JUST IN: Chevron will buy Anadarko Petroleum for $33 billion in a cash-and-stock deal as the company seeks to grow stronger in deep water exploration in the gulf and the energy-rich southwest region of Texas called the Permian Basin. #GoodDayDC https://twitter.com/fox5dc/status/1116663009055793153/photo/1
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So sick and tired of this bull****. Every merger just means lost jobs and wages for workers.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
So sick and tired of this bull****. Every merger just means lost jobs and wages for workers.
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On the bright side it's fewer executives we have to castrate and electrocute after the revolution.
 
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joecct said:
They'll all be working for Engulf and Devour
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That is a quality reference.

<img src="https://timeentertainment.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/silent-movie.jpg" height="300" >

It's interesting how Silent Movie is completely forgotten in the Brooks Oeuvre. I gotta admit, I have literally no memory of anything in it except Marcel Marceau.
 
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kepler said:
that is a quality reference.

<img src="https://timeentertainment.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/silent-movie.jpg" height="300" >

it's interesting how silent movie is completely forgotten in the brooks oeuvre. I gotta admit, i have literally no memory of anything in it except marcel marceau.
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no!
 
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When presented with a simple math problem, Chase CEO can only answer "I don't know."

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepKatiePorter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepKatiePorter</a> outlined the budget of a single mother who works as a Chase bank teller, and asked JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon for solutions for the mother's over-$500 shortfall.<br><br>Dimon did not have a response <a href="https://t.co/pYp6VfuZ3l">pic.twitter.com/pYp6VfuZ3l</a></p>— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) <a href="https://twitter.com/tictoc/status/1116041084830748672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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aparch said:
When presented with a simple math problem, Chase CEO can only answer "I don't know."

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepKatiePorter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepKatiePorter</a> outlined the budget of a single mother who works as a Chase bank teller, and asked JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon for solutions for the mother's over-$500 shortfall.<br><br>Dimon did not have a response <a href="https://t.co/pYp6VfuZ3l">pic.twitter.com/pYp6VfuZ3l</a></p>— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) <a href="https://twitter.com/tictoc/status/1116041084830748672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Typical. What a *****. Man up and answer the question or get off the stage.
 
aparch said:
When presented with a simple math problem, Chase CEO can only answer "I don't know."

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepKatiePorter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepKatiePorter</a> outlined the budget of a single mother who works as a Chase bank teller, and asked JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon for solutions for the mother's over-$500 shortfall.<br><br>Dimon did not have a response <a href="https://t.co/pYp6VfuZ3l">pic.twitter.com/pYp6VfuZ3l</a></p>— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) <a href="https://twitter.com/tictoc/status/1116041084830748672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Best part is that’s a starter job out of high school!!

No need for college degrees :)
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
So sick and tired of this bull****. Every merger just means lost jobs and wages for workers.
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agreed. antitrust enforcement has been on the decline since the regan administration. Consolidation enriches shareholders and the executive suite, and gives consumers less choice via pricing power the incumbents hold. Looking at many major industries - airlines, search, commerce, comms - this has been a persistant trend. And while we are at cycle peak as far as wages, and full employment, if you look at wage's as a % of GDP since the last recession, it has stagnated compared to recoveries in other cycles ( e.g 2000 to 2007).

This is what we get for lax anti trust and 8 years of easy money from the fed. Bring back the trust busters who might actuall enfroce the sherman anti trust.
 
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