Yeah, unfortunately some of us common middle class folk haven't figured out a way to avoid federal tax.
And why are BMWs better than Toyota for that matter. My friends would laugh at me if I bought a BMW.
Do you ever feel like you're not pulling your share for other federal programs. Like National Parks and forests, funding disease research, fish and wildlife protections, or federal assistance for schools. In the perfect world it would be nice which mandates we pay for and which we don't. I can see charitable contributions covering some but never all.
Last edited by Rogar; 11-18-17 at 10:27am.
No. What’s “my share”? I in the past have donated 90% of my capital to charitable causes that I feel have real impact, and on an ongoing basis donate 90%-ish of my income to similar efforts. I prefer to select the recipients myself, and to work with them directly to maximize the ROI.
We looked at the Toyota’s, along with several other makes. My wife liked the BMW best. It was not the most expensive vehicle we looked at. They are very common here.
I pay plenty of taxes, even though I have no earned income. I am able to put it off and make some years better than others, but I always pay.
That's a decent approach. I could wish for a similar option over what I pay in routine income taxes. I don't have a definition for my share. I suppose it is something we can live with and not feel like we are slighting our obligations to certain just causes or being selfish.
Possibly there is still some cow town influence here. At least out here in the city fringe BMWs still have a bit of a pretentious image, but a fancy truck the never gets used as such and might be more expensive is considered practical. I tend to go heavily with Consumer Reports reliability ratings, where Toyotas always fair very well.
I got a refund from my insurance company. Evidently it’s cheaper to insure a new BMW SUV than a 7 year old hybrid car. The difference in value was quite a bit.
Ill take it, but surprised.
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