It’s the mileage. Karla drove 24,380 for her business last year. She has a larger vehicle, So that was basically 1000 gallons of gas. Or $3200. We also spend roughy $2200 fluid and filter changes and such and average $1200 or so for new tires/brakes per year. Actual vehicle expenses are around $6600. The federal mileage standard allowance is 67 cents, or $16,750. Guess which we take? Uber drivers typically drive 60K miles or more. Their standard deduction is ~ $40K. The number one car choice? Fusion Hybrid. Actual fuel costs on 60K miles ~ $4500. As for maintenance? Probably about what we spend (less expensive tires, and there are specially negotiated rates at different businesses and such). So these guys make $60K per year, but after you take out the standard deduction, it looks like they only made $30K, less than minimum wage.

@89th said in Hey George: I told my daughter that this morning, she loved it. Half the time she pretends to be a leopard. She's 5. Our daughter, also 5, is into foxes at the moment but she refuses to believe the "strangling woman" cries from the forest that wake her up at 1am are indeed foxes.

Maybe Peruvian. I hear they do great things with guinea pigs. Srsly. Occam's Razor being what it is though, those are some bigass rats. even for NYC.

@89th said in Shave and a Haircut...How Much?: @Aqua-Letifer said in Shave and a Haircut...How Much?: I cut my own hair. Yeah but what do you pay? I usually tip about 10% Sometimes as much as 25% in more hard-to-reach places.

Once a cheetah, always a cheetah

Not sure we want to force everyone to vote. Have you seen interviews on the street?

Expecting politicians to vote for transparency is like expecting Mr. Fox to vote for electric fences around the henhouse

baarack obaaahma. o'baaaahma to make it irish.

What's with the whiny announcers? Please get an adult with a man's voice. Nice rocket.

@Copper said in Do billionaires really only pay 8.2%?: I do assume that their children will be lazy privileged elite and that will certainly hurt the billionaire more than any new tax. There is a saying in Chinese that basically says: The first generation builds The second generation maintains The third generation loses

Seems like it would be a good idea

Interesting article.

Well, it is a good day to attend to the meat.

@George-K said in Pain Equity: @LuFins-Dad said in Pain Equity: But I did know a guy in college that made good money selling oregano to freshmen for a semester… For a semester. And then what happened?? If it was my town he got the living shit kicked out of him.

My guess is that the average cost per patient per hostipal stay has gone up much faster than inflation. So, it becomes less and less worth to treat poor patients

Gosh. What do you think it could be?

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