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Ed Long
@edlonguk
"If you don't gamble, you'll never win." Charles Bukowski
An island Katılım Eylül 2009
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@GrneyedGoddes @WheelerRipWA They may be evil but one thing they're not is stupid. If you think they'd commit complex to execute yet incredibly easy to detect fraud that would cause them massive reputational and legal damage when they were inevitably busted (for stealing charity donations!), you're insane.
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@edlonguk @WheelerRipWA Upper management in these locations are told exactly how it works so we can push our employees to reclaim said money. I know it's hard to grasp, but corps are this evil.
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Went to the grocery store this morning
Bread, milk, eggs
$47.63
The screen asked if I'd like to round up to support a children's hospital
I pressed no
The cashier looked at me
The woman behind me looked at me
My wife looked at the ceiling
Again
This company made $14 billion last year
They can round up
Went to get gas after
The pump asked if I'd like to add $1 to support veterans
I support veterans
I pressed no
A $200 billion oil company asking me to fund their charity while I'm paying $3.89 a gallon
That's not philanthropy
That's outsourcing
Drove through for lunch
Taco Bell
The screen said "round up for education?"
A fast food company asking me to fund scholarships while paying their employees $11 an hour
I pressed no
My wife said "you know you're arguing with screens today"
She was right
But the screens started it
Went to the pharmacy
Picked up a prescription
$340 after insurance
The screen asked if I'd like to donate $1 to help families in need
I just paid $340 for a medication that costs $4 to manufacture
And now you want a dollar
I pressed no
The pharmacist said "it's just a dollar"
I said "it's never just a dollar"
She didn't respond
Got home
My wife said "you said no to a children's hospital, veterans, education, and families in need today"
I said "no. I said no to four corporations who want me to fund their goodwill so they can put it in their annual report"
She was quiet
Then she said "you're not wrong"
I said "I know"
She said "but you're still going to look like a monster"
I said "I'd rather look like a monster than quietly fund a billion-dollar company's PR strategy at the register"
She didn't disagree
But she didn't look at me either
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@GrouchyRemarx @TheVikingDane @TamsinLisa Is there a "I can't handle being wrong so I'll insult the person calling me out" meme? I can't be bothered to look because I'm not that pathetic.
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Quick poll.
Just having this quick poll to help with my other biscuit/cookie poll. This is run together with @TamsinLisa although I have already kind of made up my mind.
Question: Are Jaffa Cakes cakes or biscuits?
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Did You Know ?
Tesco CEO Ken Murphy’s pay stands at nearly £10m a year = £27,400 a day and doesn’t pay a penny in tax to the UK
He earns 430 x the average Tesco employees who pays tax
That doesn’t seem fair to me
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@Redondo1510002 @MichealMartinTD @RMcGreevy1301 @IrishCancerSoc Yeah, cos banks take good vibes in lieu of euros for the mortgage if you work for a charity. "should be volunteering"... idiotic.
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@MichealMartinTD @RMcGreevy1301 @IrishCancerSoc How much goes to the highly paid CEO and other high earning staff that should be volunteering really? Also what percentage of money raised actually goes to the charity. I’ll wait for your answer 👍
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Today is #DaffodilDay and Ireland is turning yellow as we stand together against cancer.
@IrishCancerSoc does incredible work helping patients and families across the country.
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@Redondo1510002 @ffg_of @MichealMartinTD @RMcGreevy1301 @IrishCancerSoc Their salaries are part of the charity you clown.
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@ffg_of @MichealMartinTD @RMcGreevy1301 @IrishCancerSoc That’s a lot of daffodils for one person, never mind the lots of other staff. Is actually anything left to go to charity? It’s all a big scam with very strange tax rules for these so called charities. 💰💰
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@Jeff60459441 @alt_w_v_g You're the one believing absurd BS because you want to. I'm sticking with objective facts.
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Went to the grocery store this morning
Bread, milk, eggs
$47.63
The screen asked if I'd like to round up to support a children's hospital
I pressed no
The cashier looked at me
The woman behind me looked at me
My wife looked at the ceiling
Again
This company made $14 billion last year
They can round up
Went to get gas after
The pump asked if I'd like to add $1 to support veterans
I support veterans
I pressed no
A $200 billion oil company asking me to fund their charity while I'm paying $3.89 a gallon
That's not philanthropy
That's outsourcing
Drove through for lunch
Taco Bell
The screen said "round up for education?"
A fast food company asking me to fund scholarships while paying their employees $11 an hour
I pressed no
My wife said "you know you're arguing with screens today"
She was right
But the screens started it
Went to the pharmacy
Picked up a prescription
$340 after insurance
The screen asked if I'd like to donate $1 to help families in need
I just paid $340 for a medication that costs $4 to manufacture
And now you want a dollar
I pressed no
The pharmacist said "it's just a dollar"
I said "it's never just a dollar"
She didn't respond
Got home
My wife said "you said no to a children's hospital, veterans, education, and families in need today"
I said "no. I said no to four corporations who want me to fund their goodwill so they can put it in their annual report"
She was quiet
Then she said "you're not wrong"
I said "I know"
She said "but you're still going to look like a monster"
I said "I'd rather look like a monster than quietly fund a billion-dollar company's PR strategy at the register"
She didn't disagree
But she didn't look at me either
Plz fix. Thx.
Sent from my iPhone
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@JasonMilli8523 @StavroulakisJ @roxy_witch_ @carndoc @General_Oluchi @constanzag77 Its not going to work both ways. Either the inflated value is accepted for tax, or it isn't. If he's donated an 80M asset, then he's made a 30M capital gain since he paid 50M for it.
Or, it's a 50M asset.
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@edlonguk @StavroulakisJ @roxy_witch_ @carndoc @General_Oluchi @constanzag77 That’s where the “donation” comes in
Since he charitably donated it at no cost to a museum, and never received an actual sum of money for the additional $30M
I don’t believe you’d be penalized
That’s my best guess
I’m a poor boy, don’t make enough to buy paintings at tax time
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Now you know…cus I just learned too! 😊
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@StavroulakisJ @JasonMilli8523 @roxy_witch_ @carndoc @General_Oluchi @constanzag77 Also, if he's claiming (for tax) that a painting he bought for 50M is now worth 80M, however he contrived that, he'll have a taxable capital gain of 30M and an additional tax liability for that...
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@StavroulakisJ @JasonMilli8523 @roxy_witch_ @carndoc @General_Oluchi @constanzag77 What do you mean he paid "40% on the 50 mil"? If he paid 50 mil for a painting, then he paid 50 mil. Thats how buying paintings works.
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@JasonMilli8523 @roxy_witch_ @carndoc @General_Oluchi @constanzag77 So he paid 50M in order to save 30M. That doesn't seem very rational.
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@edlonguk @roxy_witch_ @carndoc @General_Oluchi @constanzag77 $80M is what he owed for taxes
Not his income
His income is more than we’ll see in ten lifetimes
Looks like that’s where ya got lost
He claimed he didn’t pay the $80M tax, but neglected the fact he spent $50M to buy the painting.
He basically got $30M off his taxes of $80M
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@fergal_stack @FrankBr05713205 You're not giving them anything. If anything, you're costing them because they have additional transaction costs (very marginal tbf).
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@edlonguk @FrankBr05713205 I'm still not giving them an extra cent.
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@Davouts @MikeRouah @Tracking_Power Yeah, i do know what they do. From your ludicrous rant about it, you clearly haven't got the first clue.
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@edlonguk @MikeRouah @Tracking_Power Clearly you do not lnow what a racist colonising, apartheid, expansionist supporting propaganda outlet like the CST gets up to with the 10s of millions it extracts from UK tax payers.
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Fears about Zionist infiltration of police forces across the world don’t account for the fact that in many places, such as the UK, Jews have what amounts to their own, taxpayer-funded private police forces roaming the streets.
These are Jewish militias, attempting to enforce Jewish supremacism.
@PDeclassified
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@AnimalMary @WheelerRipWA If you're in the US and keep itemised receipts, you can claim the tax deduction.
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@WheelerRipWA I no longer get pressured into the “round up” nonsense. If anybody looks at me funny, I say, “I make all of my donations to my charities of choice at the beginning of the year.” These add up all year long, and I can’t write it off on my taxes.
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@GrneyedGoddes @WheelerRipWA It's so fucked that people post this absurd BS. If you donate to a charity in store, your donation goes to the charity. The business gets no tax benefit for handling it, and there's no loophole that allows them to keep it if they've also donated. That's ludicrous nonsense.
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@WheelerRipWA These corps actually donate a certain amount in their own names for the tax break and then pocket what's left over after that donation is sufficed. It's so fucked.
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@fugitivemama @WheelerRipWA If you're in the US and keep itemised receipts you can claim for donations in store.
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@WheelerRipWA I’m with you! I’d rather donate directly and get the tax deduction as well.
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@OMGWTFBBQ47 @WheelerRipWA You're not paying for the company's tax deduction if you do donate either. They don't get any tax deduction for handling customer donations.
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@WheelerRipWA I never donate or “round up” for anything. I’m not paying for the company’s donation tax deduction…
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@MaryJohanna6 @alt_w_v_g @dhartk They get no tax breaks for handling customer donations. Why are you lying?
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@alt_w_v_g @dhartk Good on you. I don't round up either. They get huge tax breaks for their donations that they are hustling from their customers.
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@MrsOpie88 Businesses get no tax benefit for handling customer donations. Why are you posting BS?
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I never round up at the register for donations. You are giving that corp a tax ride off.
If you would like to donate do it directly to who you want the money to go to and get a receipt.
CORPORATE AMERICA suck ass, abuses and uses their customers!
Ethan Brooks@alt_w_v_g
Went to the grocery store this morning Bread, milk, eggs $47.63 The screen asked if I'd like to round up to support a children's hospital I pressed no The cashier looked at me The woman behind me looked at me My wife looked at the ceiling Again This company made $14 billion last year They can round up Went to get gas after The pump asked if I'd like to add $1 to support veterans I support veterans I pressed no A $200 billion oil company asking me to fund their charity while I'm paying $3.89 a gallon That's not philanthropy That's outsourcing Drove through for lunch Taco Bell The screen said "round up for education?" A fast food company asking me to fund scholarships while paying their employees $11 an hour I pressed no My wife said "you know you're arguing with screens today" She was right But the screens started it Went to the pharmacy Picked up a prescription $340 after insurance The screen asked if I'd like to donate $1 to help families in need I just paid $340 for a medication that costs $4 to manufacture And now you want a dollar I pressed no The pharmacist said "it's just a dollar" I said "it's never just a dollar" She didn't respond Got home My wife said "you said no to a children's hospital, veterans, education, and families in need today" I said "no. I said no to four corporations who want me to fund their goodwill so they can put it in their annual report" She was quiet Then she said "you're not wrong" I said "I know" She said "but you're still going to look like a monster" I said "I'd rather look like a monster than quietly fund a billion-dollar company's PR strategy at the register" She didn't disagree But she didn't look at me either Plz fix. Thx. Sent from my iPhone
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@JeanLotochinski @JayHart909 They don't get any tax benefit for handling customer donations. You're right that in Canada the donor (customer) doesn't either, but in the US if they keep itemised receipts (and can be bothered for pennies) they can claim.
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@JayHart909 Even *IF* they don’t claim a deduction, you can’t claim it either. Better to make donations on your own
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if you do "round up" they claim it as their own "charitable deduction" and get a tax break. It is a massive scam.
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