Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ubiquitous Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: The Gentrification Two-Step Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 04:30:43 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <1232661064.736518595.509089.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <396962196.736562742.794179.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <-uGcnd3QPstZQKr7nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> <53of3jl9fcu3qepn10cp800mkph92asmej@4ax.com> <579g3jhbst9g7nd9fkrvr49qocmetgifef@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 13:34:30 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ccb21e4c567afb4f1d99524e4d7ea596"; logging-data="2666700"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+vQEOC5ObI4yZgRWBo/aNYc6J5uPmlxA4=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:AYfJHDyx1DykvJ8UGZt6vuNFlj4= X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.12N (x86 32bit) Bytes: 2235 lcraver@home.ca wrote: > shawn wrote: >>>It's not. There's a huge push now in California for the government to base >>>everything from your electric bill to your car registration fee to traffic >>>fines on how much money you make. It won't be long before you're going to >>>have to submit your IRS returns to the court just to find out how much >>>that parkingticket is going to be. >> >>That's not going to go over well when someone like Jeff Bezos pays a >>$10 parking ticket because all of his money is tied up in stock and >>loans based on that stock. So little to no income to report to the >>IRS. > >Of course you could always do what they do in Sweden by making the >financial cost in some cases to be a percentage of one's income on >their last income tax return. The case I remember was that of a >Swedish star NHL hockey player who was convicted of a DUI and was not >jailed but WAS fined something like $1.2 million (based on his hockey >income) *Whoosh* -- Let's go Brandon!