[xsysmgr]

Only Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice John Paul Stevens didn't join the quiz show

Which means that Justice Thomas did. IIRC, he usually just listens.

Miss O'Connor responded by reading a section that she said defines "what is a tax," assuming a professorial lecture mode honed at Georgetown and George Mason law schools.

Not a good idea if she wants to persuade the Court. I really doubt that the Justices appreciate being lectured to.

[Fish out of Water]

index bump and fyi

[okie01]

This should be worth a few yuks.

[BADROTOFINGER]

I am not really sure what is being discussed in this article, or who (or which side) is apparently winning the arguement. Could someone please simplify this for me? Just spent the last 9 hrs waiting tables and am a little daft...JFK

[July 4th]

This could be a nice victory for a whole lot of small business owners.

[balrog666]

I can't believe this issue even got to the Supreme Court!

I owned a restaurant some years ago (for a decade or so) and got a nasty-gram from the IRS about under-reporting tip income. They told me if I reported a minimum of X% of the gross as tip income (as I recall), they would not require back taxes or penalties. I complied, people bitched, and the best waitresses just left. I always wondered whether I should have fought it. Now I see people going 16 godd@mn "f"-ing years for justice???? I see that I made the right decision when I sold the godd@mn thing!

Still p!sses me off every time I think about it.

[GnL]

"I forgot to start by saying, 'Mr. Chief Justice and may it please the court,'" she said.

Oops! One of the first things a law student learns to do when making appellate arguments.

[citizenK]

Here's an interesting twist. In some resort areas, especially where business is strictly seasonal, there is a tendency of wait-staff to over report tips. Even though they pay more in taxes, they get more back in benefits when they go on unemployment in the off-season.

[LarryLied]

Think this is bad? In Las Vegas, holders of Green Cards were over reporting their tips by up to 100%. One person in a family would work a straight job while 4 or 5 others worked under the table and paid no taxes. The purpose was to get credit and qualify for a mortage. The IRS went into the Imperial Palace and other casinos and dunned everyone for back taxes based on what those who overreported filed. They agency knew what was going on too. Caused a lot of misery.

[Mr. Jeeves]

...the 115-year-old Fior d'Italia in San Francisco...

As an aside, Fior d'Italia is one of talk show host Michael Savage's favorite restaurants - he always used to plug it on KSFO before he went national. The owner is a conservative in good standing who always invites the Blue Angels to come by for dinner when they are in town for Fleet Week. If you are planning a visit to San Francisco, dine at Fior d'Italia and show him your support.