brandon

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 days ago (8 children)

The problem is that federal income taxes are generally paid directly by employers to the federal government. It's not clear by what mechanism states and/or cities might withhold them.

It's true that the State of New York, and NYC are both large employers, so hypothetically I guess they could refuse to collect income taxes from their employees on behalf of the federal government, but certainly the IRS would still hold the individual taxpayers responsible for those taxes at the end of the year.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The cruelty is the point.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

If Jesus was real and did come back we'd probably never know because he would get deported and die in a Salvadorian torture prison.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You know, I don't recall Medicaid being mentioned once in the bible.

I do seem to remember something about giving all of your possessions to the poor though. But maybe I am imagining that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

In New York the "Court of Appeals" is the highest state court, higher than the New York "Supreme" court. It's just a weird naming thing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Be careful with these kits, especially if there's any extra moisture or humidity in your home. I've heard some horror stories about the mushrooms starting to spread.