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Are we "tipped" or do we charge for a service?
At the end of the night I have maybe $40 in "tips" The bulk of my income is derived from the rate I charge per lapdance or per hour.
Rebecca Avalon





from this week's 'Meet the Press' ...
MR. RUSSERT: Let's start right at the very top, the issues. This is what you have been saying on the campaign stump, "I'd like to get rid of the IRS. I want to get rid of the income tax." Abolish it.
REP. PAUL: That's a good idea. I like that idea.
MR. RUSSERT: What would happen to all those lost revenues? How would we fund our government?
REP. PAUL: We have to cut spending. You can't get rid of the income tax if you don't get rid of some spending. But, you know, if you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as, as we had 10 years ago, and the size of government wasn't all that bad 10 years ago. So there're sources of revenues other than the income tax. You know, you have, you have tariff, excise taxes, user fees, highway fees. So, so there's still a lot of money. But the real problem is spending. But, you know, we lived a long time in this country without an income tax. Up until 1913 we didn't have it.
MR. RUSSERT: But, but you eliminate the income tax, do you know how much lost revenue that would be?
REP. PAUL: A lot. But...
MR. RUSSERT: Over a trillion dollars.
REP. PAUL: That's good. I mean, we--but we could save hundreds of billions of dollars if we had a sensible foreign policy.
MR. RUSSERT: Well...
REP. PAUL: And if you go--if you're going to be the policeman of the world, you need that. You need the income tax to police the world and run the welfare state. I want a constitutional-size government.
MR. RUSSERT: Would you replace the income tax with anything else?
REP. PAUL: Not if I could help it. You know, there are some proposals where probably almost anything would be better than income tax. But there's a lot of shortcomings with the, with the sales tax. But it would probably be slightly better than the income tax--it would be an improvement. But the goal is to cut the spending, get back to a sensible-size government.
MR. RUSSERT: But if you had a flat tax, 30 percent consumption tax, that would be very, very punishing to the poor and middle class.
REP. PAUL: Well, I know. That's why I don't want it.
MR. RUSSERT: So you have nothing?
REP. PAUL: I want to cut spending. I want to get a--use the Constitution as our guide, and you wouldn't need the income tax.
He doesn't say shit, he's just talking like any other politician, using buzzwords to get people excited or riled up. He's been doing this same shit here in Texas for years. Just another politician coming in at another angle. I can't believe he's developed such a huge following, over nothing! He's not being realistic.
I don't think this belongs in DD.
"Have you ever been to American wedding? Where is the vodka, where's marinated herring?" - GB
"And do the cats give a shit? No, they do not. Why? Because they're cats."-from The Onion
Originally Posted by Mia M
He is saying government is to big. Government is bankrupting the nation. Government is to powerful.





The criteria for DD has generally been that the content / point / principle behind any political issue being discussed must involve at least 50% hard financial stuff. In the case of this Ron Paul thread, if it stays confined to his proposals to abolish taxes on tip income and proposals to reduce / replace the income tax, arguably this speaks directly to a financial issue of great interest to most dancers. However, you are correct that discussion of any other issues should be directed to the 'Wild West' a.k.a. member's area.I don't think this belongs in DD





I had hopes for RP, but he's turning out to be another typical psuedo-libertarian politician. All talk and pretty populist platitudes, and no action, and no reasoned response to legitimate criticisms of libertarian ideas.
Former SCJ now in rehab.





We charge for a service. We are not wait staff, bartenders, or service workers, hired and paid by an employer, receiving tips in addition to a wage. What customers pay us is our wage. When I report my income it is not divided into salary (paycheck) and tips (cash), it's all business gross on a Schedule C. Just like when a customer tips you $100 on a room, you will not say at the end of the night that you made $xxx plus $100 in tips, you'll just add that into your overall total and say you made $xxx+100.
Hence the types of policies that benefit us are those that benefit small business owners and the self-employed, not wage-and-tip-earning service workers, though they certainly need help.
but if you all want a power-to-the-people guy who actually accomplished something for his unappreciative constituents, Kucinich is the lost cause to get behind.





my thoughts exactly susan
Rebecca Avalon
Too bad he's also a pro-life republican from Texas. http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/life-and-liberty/ I like how he's holding the whitest baby ever in that picture. Yea... THAT'S it...
/threadjack
If you think school is hard, try being stupid.
I have to disagree with Katrine here.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He does not engage in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.
Whether you like or dislike his policies, those things are not typical of "just another politician."
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