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***Snip***** Progressivity and the Tax Burden Our tax system, however, is highly progressive, meaning that as one’s income rises, a higher proportion of that income is taxed. Thus, those in the highest tax brackets contribute more to the overall tax burden even though there are far more people in lower tax brackets. For example:1 According to data from the IRS, the bottom 50 percent of income earners pay approximately 4 percent of income taxes. The top 25 percent of income earners pay nearly 83 percent of the income tax burden, and the top 10 percent pay 65 percent. The top...

Politicus: Kerry-friendly Europe still has its own ideas John Vinocur IHT Monday, September 27, 2004 No German and French troops for Kerry ...But last week, just after Kerry's major speech on the war last week in which he insisted that the United States "must make Iraq the world's responsibility" and that others "should share the burden," Schröder's sense of courtesy collided with reality and he drove a spike into the notion. He told reporters, "We won't send any German soldiers to Iraq, and that's where it's going to remain." As for the Democrat, Süddeutsche (German newspaper) said Kerry "is suggesting...

GOOG is official, the price is $85.00. It is expected to begin trading tomorrow 8/19/2004. Thing is auction participants won't know until 8/24/2004 how many shares they are required to buy. So if you choose to sell, how many shares do you sell? If you buy tomorrow and the stock rises, what happens on the 24th when everybody finds out how much they got in the auction?<p. Could be some volitility. I will remind of one event a few years ago. PALM was to come at 16, interest was so great that it was priced at 32. It opened at...

Iran refuses to share al-Qaeda data with US October 29 2003 at 12:33PM Tehran - Iran said on Wednesday it would not share intelligence with the United States about al-Qaeda members held in Iran despite repeated requests from the American government for it to do so. "We don't have any relations with American security services so there is no reason to do anything on this issue," government spokesperson Abdollah Ramazanzadeh told a weekly news conference. US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said on Tuesday that his government was prepared to resume limited contacts with the Iranian government but that...

The recording industry is providing its most detailed glimpse into some detective-style techniques it has employed as part of its secretive campaign against online music swappers. Court papers including those disclosures were filed against a Brooklyn woman who is fighting RIAA efforts to identify her for allegedly sharing nearly 1,000 songs over the Internet. The recording industry disputed her defense that songs on her family's computer were from compact discs she had legally purchased. Story Tools See also RIAA Target Appeals for Anonymity Vague Limits Vex Music Traders RIAA: We'll Spare the Small Fry RIAA Methods Under Scrutiny SBC Sues...

Fact or fallacy: Sexy tree too much for some Westside neighbors By DAN WHITESentinel staff writer A Westside resident called the cops Monday to report an allegedly phallic tree. Officers responded to the Liberty Street home but found no wrongdoing. They said the 20-footer — actually an evergreen hedge of the Luma genus — is protected by its owner’s right to artistic freedom. "We contacted the city attorney," said Sgt. Brad Goodwin. "It could be interpreted anywhere from being free speech to being artistic. It’s really nothing we have control over." All trees can be seen as "phallic," but some...

RIAA nails 1,000 music-lovers in 'new Prohibition' jihad By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco Posted: 19/07/2003 at 11:26 GMT The Recording Industry Association of America's attack on US culture has escalated at an alarming pace this week. On Friday the lobby group that works on behalf of the large, mostly foreign-owned, music conglomerates that own the music copyrights and distribution channels confirmed that it was serving subpoenas at the rate of 75 a day on US citizens for the crime of sharing the music they love. This signals a change of tactics for the RIAA: as now each individual file...

Congress mulls prison terms for KaZaA users By Thomas C Greene in Washington Posted: 17/07/2003 at 12:40 GMT Not satisfied with hacking P2P networks, or destroying the computers of file sharers, House Hollywood sock puppet Howard Berman (Democrat, California) is now sponsoring legislation that would jail people who trade as little as one MP3 on the Internet. Berman has hooked up with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (Democrat, Michigan) to produce this Hobbesian proposal. "While existing laws have been useful in stemming this problem, they simply do not go far enough," Conyers is quoted as saying. Details are...

<p>Maybe it was hyperbole; maybe it was just frustration. But at a recent town hall meeting at the Santa Clara County Office of Education, state schools chief Jack O'Connell uttered a surprisingly stark pronouncement. The California lottery, he said, ``has done more to hurt public education than almost anything.''</p>

OTTAWA -- Defence Minister John McCallum says buying a military plane is as easy as time-sharing a condo. McCallum said the Canadian Forces are looking at pooling their money with other NATO militaries to lease a fleet of huge transport planes. "It's kind of like a time-sharing condominium," he said after a cabinet meeting. "You get the time in proportion to the money you put in. It's certainly worth looking into." McCallum said only the U.S. and United Kingdom have large transport planes, so other NATO countries decided last week to look into sharing a fleet. McCallum said he'll insist...

TAIPEI: The United States has agreed to "conditionally" share its military satellite data with Taiwan, a move expected to irritate China, it was reported on Monday. Once linked to the US satellite system codenamed "Defense Support Project" (DSP), Taiwan would be able to allow up to seven more minutes in advance while its Patriot anti-missile weaponry prepared to intercept any incoming missiles, the United Daily News said. It said the Taiwan military plans to set up ground stations over the next five years to plug the island's Patriot systems to the US military satellite system. The defense ministry was tight-lipped...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The European Union is expected to reach an agreement with the United States later this year to exchange personal data on terror suspects, Denmark's justice minister said Wednesday. The 15-nation bloc and the United States agreed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to beef up anti-terrorist cooperation with a deal on sharing more information. But the agreement stopped short of U.S. desires to include personal data on suspects. Danish Justice Minister Lene Espersen, whose country just took over the rotating EU presidency, said she believes an agreement on that point can be reached this year. ``I...