The Texas Attorney General approves of a Bible study class in public schools

[D Ghost]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/5880219.html

[tony286]

and they talk about the Muslims lol

[GatorB]

Maybe the republicans have it right. HOME schooling is better than public education.

[uno]

Can't they just go to Sunday school?

I don't really have a problem with it as long as it is an elective course, which it appears to be. Also as long as its academic and not a prayer session.

[pocketkangaroo]

The GFY republicans will not be posting in this thread.

[IllTestYourGirls]

Originally Posted by GatorB

Maybe the republicans have it right. HOME schooling is better than public education.

by far. even Stanford agrees....

bible study has NO place in public schools.

[GatorB]

Originally Posted by uno

Can't they just go to Sunday school?

Sure, but that would require that the PARENTS to actually take the time to go to church on Sundays. Why should they waste a week-end day doing that when they can get the government to do it and use MY tax dollars to fund it.

[bringer]

Originally Posted by GatorB

Sure, but that would require that the PARENTS to actually take the time to go to church on Sundays. Why should they waste a week-end day doing that when they can get the government to do it and use MY tax dollars to fund it.

i thought you enjoyed paying taxes? how much do you really need?

Originally Posted by GatorB

it's just like when millionaire's bitch about possibly taxes going from 35% ot 39%. I WISH I made enough to pay 39% in taxes. I mean WTF, how much do you need?

[GatorB]

Originally Posted by bringer

i thought you enjoyed paying taxes? how much do you really need?

Um I'm not in the 35% tax bracket idiot. Try READING. Considering to be in the 35% tax bracket you have to have a AGI of $336,500 which means you really made at minimum $344,250. And the 35% only counts on income over that $336,550 AGI. Then no I wouldn't complain.

A single person with no deductions except standard and himself as a dependant who makes $350,000 in gross income pays $99,300 in income tax or 28.4% despite being in the so called "35%" backet. He would also pay $5075 in medicare taxes and $6324 in SS taxes. For a total of $239,000 in take home pay. Of course those that are married and/or have children and other deductions would pay even LESS in taxes. So yes I could very EASILY very comfortably ANYWHERE in the US on $239,000 a year if I was single and had no kids. As I said married couple with 2 kids would have even MORE take home pay ( at minimum $255,000 ) so they too could live very comfortably.

[bringer]

Originally Posted by GatorB

Um I'm not in the 35% tax bracket idiot. Try READING. Considering to be in the 35% tax bracket you have to have a AGI of $336,500 which means you really made at minimum $344,250. And the 35% only counts on income over that $336,550 AGI. Then no I wouldn't complain.

A single person with no deductions except standard and himself as a dependant who makes $350,000 in gross income pays $99,300 in income tax or 28.4% despite being in the so called "35%" backet. He would also pay $5075 in medicare taxes and $6324 in SS taxes. For a total of $239,000 in take home pay. Of course those that are married and/or have children and other deductions would pay even LESS in taxes. So yes I could very EASILY very comfortably ANYWHERE in the US on $239,000 a year if I was single and had no kids. As I said married couple with 2 kids would have even MORE take home pay ( at minimum $255,000 ) so they too could live very comfortably.

guess what IDIOT? if you keep demanding more from those in that 35% tax bracket, they will find a way to circumvent the tax mans wrath and the "revenue" we depend on to fund all those socialized programs you champion will need to be collected from someone. guess who that'll be? face it, the government has gone from a group of elected officials put in place to represent the BEST INTERESTS of the masses to a cartel who practice mob tactics with no accountability and a never ending thirst for spending money. GUESS WHAT IDIOT? there are many out there who make LESS than you so why arent they justified in asking YOU to give THEM MORE of what you have? we should all be even right? commy. thats just something you cant seem to comprehend. you have no problem demanding those who make what you consider to be an obscene amount to pay MORE when you yourself would cry a fucking river if the government imposed that percent on your income. what about the all the 22 year old single mothers with 4 kids and no job? your AGI is obscene to them. its all relative IDIOT. like i said in the other thread, lets all give the government 100% and let them decide what we get back. at least that way we'd all be "equal" and we'll get a real chance to see who would work hard and who would hardly work when both pay the same. im sure this country would survive that test.

[Kudles]

My kids are going to be home schooled