Lunatic at the tax office

[wolfie]

Being an ex-Marine himself, I'm sure Gibbs would account for that!

Never been in the military, but from what I've heard about the Corps, Gibbs is NOT an ex-Marine. He's a Marine not currently on active duty. Ex-marines can be found at Arlington.

[Sapphire Silk]

For the love of baby Jebus...just go to the library and use their computer to get on Turbotax.com if it's that imperative that you file your taxes RIGHTDANGNABITNOW!)!)!)!)

Yeah, well good luck with that. Even simple taxes take a few minutes.

Complex ones . . . don't get me started.

[wolfie]

Fun fact: In Canada (and I believe it was the same in the U.S.), income tax was brought in as a temporary measure to pay for the War. I wonder how long it will be before we kick the Kaiser's butt.

[Becks]

I wonder how long it will be before we kick the Kaiser's butt.

Having crunched the numbers, it'll take another dickety years.

[Lovecats]

Do they have the whole thing without skipping episodes[some series they skip episodes, like Mythbusters ( ] I need to do some binge watching, though before the fire I had the first 6 seasons.

They seem to have the whole thing. The way they did Mythbusters used to irritate me alot. Now I just buy the seasons on Amazon. They did the same thing with AmericanPickers.

[protege]

Having crunched the numbers, it'll take another dickety years.

Nah, they'll never get rid of it. Much like the 1936 Johnstown Flood Tax here in Pennsylvania. That was supposed to be a temporary 10% tax on alcohol to pay for clean-up, recovery, and assisting the victims. Now sitting at 18% it's still in effect 80 years later. The only reason it exists is the unions that work for the state liquor control board--and they've fought to keep it. The Flood repairs (even the 1977 flood) is long paid off. As long as the money is coming in, the state won't repeal it.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Never been in the military, but from what I've heard about the Corps, Gibbs is NOT an ex-Marine. He's a Marine not currently on active duty. Ex-marines can be found at Arlington.

This is a thing that Gibbs has said in the show. "There's no such thing as an ex-Marine."

[wolfie]

Actually, there are ex-Marines. Ira Hayes (one of the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima) is one. Note my reference to Arlington - Robert E. Lee's home and grounds have been re-purposed.

[Becks]

As long as the money is coming in, the state won't repeal it.

Sadly true.

I spent the night in Johnstown a few years back.

Lots of nice canals, if I remember correctly.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Fun fact: In Canada (and I believe it was the same in the U.S.), income tax was brought in as a temporary measure to pay for the War. I wonder how long it will be before we kick the Kaiser's butt.

Having crunched the numbers, it'll take another dickety years.

We had to say "dickety" because the Kaiser had stolen our word "twenty". I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles.

What are you cackling at, fatty? Too much pie, that's your problem! Now, I'd like to digress from my prepared remarks to discuss how I invented the terlet...

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[taxguykarl]

As Milton Friedman once quipped: There is nothing more permanent than a temporary government program.

[dalesys]

As Milton Friedman once quipped: There is nothing more permanent than a temporary government program.

It was old when Narmer reigned (ca 3100 BCE).