Fiscal Cliff MEGATHREAD: Wile E. Economy falls off, lands in cloud at bottom

Started by CountDeMoney, November 13, 2012, 10:03:34 PM

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CountDeMoney

#240
December 21, 2012, 08:23:19 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 21, 2012, 08:12:27 PM
I get 465 bucks a month.  I never had to hire a lawyer.  I did stipulate that it would all come out of Berkut's taxes though.  They seemed fine with that.

Then you suck ass, because



these people look like they can score more than $465 a month.

Razgovory

#241
December 21, 2012, 08:24:13 PM
Well, yeah of course they can.  They have a job.  They are lawyers.  I'm sure that pays more then social security disability.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

CountDeMoney

#242
December 21, 2012, 08:31:46 PM
They could've scored you more, retard, instead of shitty money and a T-shirt that says, "This Is What Mental Illness Looks Like".

derspiess

#243
December 21, 2012, 08:44:04 PM
:D
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Razgovory

#244
December 21, 2012, 08:52:21 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 21, 2012, 08:31:46 PM
They could've scored you more, retard, instead of shitty money and a T-shirt that says, "This Is What Mental Illness Looks Like".

Tell you what, when that last string of sanity breaks, you call them and see how much they get you.  Then we can compare.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

derspiess

#245
December 21, 2012, 08:53:34 PM
Sounds like a green light, Seedy.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

CountDeMoney

#246
December 21, 2012, 08:58:30 PM
Shit, when my string snaps, I'll be selling tickets.  You won't want to miss it.

Admiral Yi

#247
December 21, 2012, 09:15:01 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 21, 2012, 08:23:19 PM


these people look like they can score more than $465 a month.

The dumpy broad and fat boy in the back row look like they could do $480 max.

CountDeMoney

#248
December 21, 2012, 09:16:55 PM
I just couldn't believe the front and center guy went with a white handkerchief with that tie and shirt combo.  I mean, who does that?

Iormlund

#249
December 21, 2012, 09:26:12 PM
Quote from: merithyn on December 21, 2012, 07:50:56 PM
I highly doubt that Crohn's would qualify anyone in and of itself, so don't quit your job just yet. :P  Besides, the pay for disability is pretty awful. You're talking around $500-1000 a month plus a stipend for kids. So not worth it.

Crohn's can actually be devastating, if one is unfortunate enough. Thankfully that is not my situation.

In any case I was talking about the first "rung" of benefits. Those consist here of a slightly higher ceiling for non-taxable income, payroll tax decreases for an employer and easier access to public jobs. They mean squat for those who don't want to work.

Sad truth is they are needed and should be more easily accessible. Most people I know lost their jobs after the first serious flare up. I'm quite an extraordinary case in that regard.

derspiess

#250
December 21, 2012, 09:37:24 PM
Yeah, my work was pretty cool about it. Apart from nobody coming to see me that one time I went to the hospital.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

PDH

#251
December 21, 2012, 10:52:05 PM
All I know is that my early onset Geriatric Profanity Disorder is not covered...
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Phillip V

#252
December 21, 2012, 11:13:14 PM
Will a fiscal cliff result in cheap stocks and real estate?

MadImmortalMan

#253
December 21, 2012, 11:59:20 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on December 21, 2012, 11:13:14 PM
Will a fiscal cliff result in cheap stocks and real estate?

Seems likely. I'm thinking boom in munis too.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Syt

#254
December 22, 2012, 12:32:42 AM
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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