JulieW said:I would expect that any number of unscrupulous, glory seeking, trained, coke snorting, immoral lawyers
'Trained' is a bit harsh
:lol:
JulieW said:I would expect that any number of unscrupulous, glory seeking, trained, coke snorting, immoral lawyers
mmm....shiney! said:So RC. What's been happening in your neck of the scrub?
You missed me didn't you, it's why you're back.
Edit to add: by the way, business is ticking along quite well actually, contrary to your understanding of the industry![]()
lucky luke said:mmm....shiney! said:So RC. What's been happening in your neck of the scrub?
You missed me didn't you, it's why you're back.
Edit to add: by the way, business is ticking along quite well actually, contrary to your understanding of the industry![]()
What do you hope to achieve by being a smartarse?
If you poke a stick at a dog, expect at the least to cause a racket which will piss everyone off, and possible in the end you might get bitten as well.
Bullion Baron said:There would be a revolution/uprising if the things you say are true and they tried to carry this through. It would never happen.
Au-mageddon said:Sorry mate, but to me it reeks of nothing more than attempted thievery, whether it be it legal or not, and I have the same attitude towards corporations or individuals who organise their affairs so they pay zero tax.
Yippe-Ki-Ya said:Do you realise that income tax and so-called capital gains taxes are inventions of the 20th century?
fishball said:Yippe-Ki-Ya said:Do you realise that income tax and so-called capital gains taxes are inventions of the 20th century?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax#China
fishball said:You never referenced the western world. So something invented in China doesn't count as an invention? Wow.
Secondly if you actually looked with your f_cking eyes you would see that US and UK both introduced income tax in the 1800s which FYI is not the 20th Century.
Maybe if you stopped posting useless shit drivel and lies everywhere I'd stop being the clever dick that corrects you mmmkay?
I mean for fu_ks sake if you're gonna make up shit at least sound semi-plausible and spend 5 minutes on Google.
fishball said:Yippe-Ki-Ya said:Do you realise that income tax and so-called capital gains taxes are inventions of the 20th century?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax#China
China
In the year 10 AD, Emperor Wang Mang of the Xin Dynasty instituted an unprecedented taxthe income taxat the rate of 10 percent of profits, for professionals and skilled labor. (Previously, all taxes were either head tax or property tax.) He was overthrown 13 years later in 23 AD and earlier laissez-faire policies were restored during the Later Han.
However, the inception date of the modern income tax is typically accepted as 1799.
YKY said:I stick by my statement that taxing people's toil/wages is a 20th century invention - brought in as a "temporary measure" supposedly to pay for WW1 and WW2.
Capital Gains taxes are even a far more recent invention by western governments.
Stop being an abnoxious little turd all your life.
mmm....shiney! said:lucky luke said:mmm....shiney! said:So RC. What's been happening in your neck of the scrub?
You missed me didn't you, it's why you're back.
Edit to add: by the way, business is ticking along quite well actually, contrary to your understanding of the industry![]()
What do you hope to achieve by being a smartarse?
If you poke a stick at a dog, expect at the least to cause a racket which will piss everyone off, and possible in the end you might get bitten as well.
Well you'd recognise one would you?
By the way LL, that post is two weeks old. I thought you were a bit sharper than that. Losing your touch old boy?
Eureka Moments said:I told you once...![]()
fishball said:You do realize that right below the 2 lines about China is UK and US which state that income tax was introduced in the 1800s.
However, the inception date of the modern income tax is typically accepted as 1799.
You can even find academic documents of case studies of income tax going back to the 19th Century if you don't believe Wikipedia.
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/40698262?uid=3737536&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21101273600487
YKY said:I stick by my statement that taxing people's toil/wages is a 20th century invention - brought in as a "temporary measure" supposedly to pay for WW1 and WW2.
Capital Gains taxes are even a far more recent invention by western governments.
Stop being an abnoxious little turd all your life.
I state my sources. Where are yours?
20th Century invention - i'm an arse!
Bunch of wackos and denialists.
Yippe-Ki-Ya said:http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/qt/incometax.htm
There you go Brattie :lol:
1913 is in the 20th century just in case you're not sure
The first time an income tax was enacted was in 1799 in Great Britain to help the British pay for troops and supplies to defeat the French forces led by Napoleon.