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Participant[quote=jpinpb][quote=outtamojo] Besides, if as Davelj pointed out, Mexicans living in Mexico can be happier than Americans living in the U.S, we are doing something wrong : )[/quote]
That explains why so many Mexicans are risking their lives to come here. They are so happy they can’t stand it.[/quote]
That study was obviously reporting averages. The “average” Mexican has little desire to immigrate to the U.S. – they like living in Mexico. The average Mexican that crosses into the U.S. illegally is in the bottom quintile of Mexico’s economic spectrum… and not particularly happy (obviously). Just to clarify.
Participant[quote=jpinpb][quote=outtamojo] Besides, if as Davelj pointed out, Mexicans living in Mexico can be happier than Americans living in the U.S, we are doing something wrong : )[/quote]
That explains why so many Mexicans are risking their lives to come here. They are so happy they can’t stand it.[/quote]
That study was obviously reporting averages. The “average” Mexican has little desire to immigrate to the U.S. – they like living in Mexico. The average Mexican that crosses into the U.S. illegally is in the bottom quintile of Mexico’s economic spectrum… and not particularly happy (obviously). Just to clarify.
Participant[quote=jpinpb][quote=outtamojo] Besides, if as Davelj pointed out, Mexicans living in Mexico can be happier than Americans living in the U.S, we are doing something wrong : )[/quote]
That explains why so many Mexicans are risking their lives to come here. They are so happy they can’t stand it.[/quote]
That study was obviously reporting averages. The “average” Mexican has little desire to immigrate to the U.S. – they like living in Mexico. The average Mexican that crosses into the U.S. illegally is in the bottom quintile of Mexico’s economic spectrum… and not particularly happy (obviously). Just to clarify.
Participant[quote=Jazzman]Thanks Brian. Davelj, where are you?[/quote]
I was on vacation for a few weeks, then moving, so not much Pigg time recently.
I’ve been going to De la Vega http://www.dentistintijuanamexico.com/index.htm down in TJ for a few years now. I’m very happy with him. I’m sure he could help with your extraction issue.
I’ve had nothing but good experiences with my (admittedly routine) health care visits down in TJ.
Participant[quote=Jazzman]Thanks Brian. Davelj, where are you?[/quote]
I was on vacation for a few weeks, then moving, so not much Pigg time recently.
I’ve been going to De la Vega http://www.dentistintijuanamexico.com/index.htm down in TJ for a few years now. I’m very happy with him. I’m sure he could help with your extraction issue.
I’ve had nothing but good experiences with my (admittedly routine) health care visits down in TJ.
Participant[quote=Jazzman]Thanks Brian. Davelj, where are you?[/quote]
I was on vacation for a few weeks, then moving, so not much Pigg time recently.
I’ve been going to De la Vega http://www.dentistintijuanamexico.com/index.htm down in TJ for a few years now. I’m very happy with him. I’m sure he could help with your extraction issue.
I’ve had nothing but good experiences with my (admittedly routine) health care visits down in TJ.
Participant[quote=Jazzman]Thanks Brian. Davelj, where are you?[/quote]
I was on vacation for a few weeks, then moving, so not much Pigg time recently.
I’ve been going to De la Vega http://www.dentistintijuanamexico.com/index.htm down in TJ for a few years now. I’m very happy with him. I’m sure he could help with your extraction issue.
I’ve had nothing but good experiences with my (admittedly routine) health care visits down in TJ.
Participant[quote=Jazzman]Thanks Brian. Davelj, where are you?[/quote]
I was on vacation for a few weeks, then moving, so not much Pigg time recently.
I’ve been going to De la Vega http://www.dentistintijuanamexico.com/index.htm down in TJ for a few years now. I’m very happy with him. I’m sure he could help with your extraction issue.
I’ve had nothing but good experiences with my (admittedly routine) health care visits down in TJ.
ParticipantOne more good reason to live in San Diego… you can pay for your medical care piecemeal in Mexico and reduce the subsidy you’re giving to all of these fat fucks via your U.S.-based insurance. Medicare, however, is another issue… harder to escape that subsidy.
ParticipantOne more good reason to live in San Diego… you can pay for your medical care piecemeal in Mexico and reduce the subsidy you’re giving to all of these fat fucks via your U.S.-based insurance. Medicare, however, is another issue… harder to escape that subsidy.
ParticipantOne more good reason to live in San Diego… you can pay for your medical care piecemeal in Mexico and reduce the subsidy you’re giving to all of these fat fucks via your U.S.-based insurance. Medicare, however, is another issue… harder to escape that subsidy.
ParticipantOne more good reason to live in San Diego… you can pay for your medical care piecemeal in Mexico and reduce the subsidy you’re giving to all of these fat fucks via your U.S.-based insurance. Medicare, however, is another issue… harder to escape that subsidy.
ParticipantOne more good reason to live in San Diego… you can pay for your medical care piecemeal in Mexico and reduce the subsidy you’re giving to all of these fat fucks via your U.S.-based insurance. Medicare, however, is another issue… harder to escape that subsidy.
Participant[quote=flu]
Dude. Might want to check the fine print.
Steve Jobs might take home a $1 salary, but he takes home a boatload of stock/stock options…The other thing is that, if those equity grants were structured correctly (which normally is the case for exec’s), I wonder if it’s capital gains and versus ordinary income…and conversely wonder if social secuirty/sdi/etc taxes are even paid on that too.[/quote]
Option gains are all ordinary income unless they are exercised and not sold (very rare), in which case a portion can qualify as long-term capital gains (if there is appreciation post-exercise). For restricted stock, the value at grant date is ordinary income, but the appreciation is long-term capital gain if the stock is held longer than a year. Anyhow, most – but not all – equity compensation ends up getting taxed at ordinary income rates. The clever CEOs, however, put a clause in their employment agreements that requires the company to pay any excess income taxes related to the exercise of equity compensation in the case of a change of control.
[quote=flu]
…And don’t get me started on hedge fund managers who don’t pay ordinary income taxes….[/quote]Well, the management fee income is ordinary income. No way around that. It’s the “carried interest” that gets taxed at a long-term rate if the gain is long term (which for most hedge fund managers, it’s not – most hedge funds generate mostly short-term gains/losses). Really you’re talking about private equity fund managers where the gains are long-term. So, a thought experiment. Let’s say that a 20% carried interest results in a $100 million gain for the PE fund’s general partners which will be taxed at the long-term rate. Now, let’s use the same fund but let’s assume that the carried interest amounts to just 10%, or $50 million, while the other $50 million goes to the fund’s limited partners. Again, all long-term gains. In each scenario, the Uncle Sam gets the same amount, all you’re doing is dividing the tax (and gain) pie between the LPs and the GPs. But the government gets that same amount no matter what the carried interest percentage is. My point is that it’s a complicated issue. The vast majority of hedge and PE funds don’t even generate a carried interest, so most of the income (in the form of management fees) paid to the managers is taxed at normal income rates, but… there are some large PE funds that do have large carried interests.
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