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Re: Blog Thread IIIb : Look Who's Blogging Now
öde:
Is he self-employed? Doesn't seem strange to me at all.
Katherine:
It is probably fishy in the sense that he likely doesn't claim it as income so that he doesn't have to pay taxes on it.
Joseph:
--- Quote from: tuathal on 15 Apr 2011, 06:27 ---While the article is stupid and the writer is too, he's right in a way. I admit that not knowing anything about the organisation he's criticising probably skews my perspective somewhat, but there is a fair degree of self-marginalisation in these groups which they cynically use to garner more support from more gullible members of society.
Of course, the other side of the political/social spectrum does this too.
This is why I can't take student groups/associations/whatever you want to call them seriously when they have any ideologic statement to make. It's like politics on a national scale, only less well practiced.
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If you actually want to know anything about anything I can school you on that later (right now I have to get to campus), but just so you know, at this point you have no clue what you're talking about. Like, you just made yourself look like an absolute fool.
David_Dovey:
--- Quote from: tuathal on 15 Apr 2011, 09:42 ---(I still have no idea what QPIRG McGill is, by the way. People should just stop using stupidly nondescriptive acronyms)
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It's right there in the first sentence, Bromar Little
The Seldom Killer:
--- Quote from: Edith on 15 Apr 2011, 06:32 ---Also does it seem fishy to you that this carpet guy is $40 cheaper than the big companies, and only accepts cash? Because it seems fishy to me but I am trying to save money so I hired him.
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--- Quote from: Katherine on 15 Apr 2011, 07:27 ---It is probably fishy in the sense that he likely doesn't claim it as income so that he doesn't have to pay taxes on it.
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The more likely answer is that, being a small independant trader, he prefers not to be paid in cheque or electronically because then he'll incur bank charges that will eat into his profit margin. That doesn't account for all of the $40, but as a small trader he probably relies on long standing repeat business, small margins and benefits from low overheads and a limited area of operation. If he does a good job and gives a credible looking receipt, use him again and support your local economy.
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