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This wasn't supposed to end up on the user diaries list. I edited the page, and apparently the way the diaries list works right now...aw, never mind. Add another to-do on the list.
Hey Caleb
You do this blog live, without any significant testbed. You don't have the luxury of having a test system, user liaisons with written and automated test protocols, and identified individuals who have a sadists delight in trying to break your system, all working out wrinkles before the system goes live.
As far as I can see, you do a great job.
Thanks, m.
I'm taking it stride and having fun, too (mostly!). And maybe at some point relatively soon, maybe I will have a test server. I've been looking at setting up a site mirror in the past week or so...
Are we a Rich country
This is serious. Not a one of the taxes listed below existed 100 years ago and our nation was the most prosperous, even richest, nation in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, we had the largest middle class in the world, and Moms even stayed home to raise the kids as dad's check covered all the needs. What has happened you ask. You ask where your money's going because you make more now than you did 5, 10, 20 or 25 years ago and yet you seem poorer. Take a look at this whole list and then you decide whether or not we're still a prosperous country.
TAXES
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
Capital Gains Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Court Fines (indirect taxes)
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon)
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax Interest Expense (tax on the money)
Inventory Tax IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Local Income Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Septic Permit Tax
Service Charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Road Toll Booth Taxes
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, state and local surcharge taxes
Telephone minimum usage surcharge tax
Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges taxes
Telephone state and local tax
Telephone usage charge tax
Toll Bridge Taxes
Toll Tunnel Taxes
Traffic Fines (indirect taxation)
Trailer Registration Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
Well!!!! Thats a fine how do you do.