Darrin Bell’s Candorville is an insightful look at family, community and race through the eyes of Lemont Brown, a young black writer. Bell pulls no punches and delves into even the most controversial of issues. The wit and humor of the strip will draw you in.
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tim the wizard said, over 1 year ago
“Slapped with a dictionary” Amen, Lamont, Amen.
ajnotales said, over 1 year ago
An’ after that, whack ’em with an encyclopedia….
Lovecraft said, over 1 year ago
Couldn’t agree more!
bigskyranger
said, over 1 year ago
Ahhh! The ignorance of those who don’t have a clue about the tax code today versus those of yesteryear. Deduction review anyone?
notinksanymore said, over 1 year ago
I’ll lend you mine. I’ve got an old Complete Oxford English Dictionary. That should get the point across. :-)
Ray Thomas said, over 1 year ago
I’m a blogger. Sounds like some of my readers’ logic.
Hawkradio123
said, over 1 year ago
I need a “Like” button for this one…
DOSQueen
said, over 1 year ago
Totally agree, Hawkradio123!
rvernon said, over 1 year ago
@Hawkradio123
There is one (sort of). If you hit “share” under the strip, you can like it on Facebook and other social sites.
LameRandomName said, over 1 year ago
I find it both funny and ironic that people who are so smug about knowing that progressive taxation isn’t new are the same people who know little to nothing about taxation and budget issues. And before anyone responds to my comment, let me throw out a little “self-sealer” that is unfortunately quite true: Anyone who responds to me as if I am trying to hand of a Rethuglican Talking Point will have proven they are just as brainwashed as the people they mock. If I sound a little bitter, it’s because I made the mistake of majoring in Math; an unfortunate side effect of which is that you re eventually confronted with just how profoundly ignorant practically EVERYONE is.
underwriter said, over 1 year ago
@LameRandomName
Not just math, LameRandomName, any specialty. Heard the one about the two math teachers in a cafe arguing about math illiteracy? While one stepped to the restroom, the other bribed the waitress to answer “x squared over 2” to the next question he’d ask. When the first returned, he said he thought even the waitress could probably answe a simple math question, and asked her, “What’s the integral of x?” The first prof was chagrined, the second surreptitiously paid the waitress, and as they left she quietly gazed after them and said under her breath, “…plus a constant.”
underwriter said, over 1 year ago
@LameRandomName
continued – But there are some taxation issues which are non-mathematical or only partially mathematical. The tax code is supposed to be written so as to encourage behavior which is good for society. For example, deductions for charitable donations. To get this deduction one must file Schedule A and forfeit the standard deduction, which is highly counter productive for those of modest income, which is most of us. The math component of that is that the standard deduction tends to increase. The non-math component is, if we really want to reward this behavior, let’s take it out of Schedule A and either apply it directly to pre-adjusted-gross-income adjustments (small difference mathematically) or allow it to reduce the tax owed (large difference). Please note that I said “If.” I’m not advicating this, merely using an example; the non-mathematical implications would be huge.
TimeTraveler
said, over 1 year ago
There was a time when I enjoyed sarcasm. It was before I found the internet.
rvernon said, over 1 year ago
@LameRandomName
“I find it both funny and ironic that people who are so smug about knowing that progressive taxation isn’t new are the same people who know little to nothing about taxation and budget issues.” <——And I find it both funny and ironic that the person who’s so smug about pretty much everything, is the same one who knows little to nothing about the people he’s referring to. I think you have the impression that liberals don’t own businesses, have never had to pay taxes, or create or meet a budget. You have a cartoon view of liberals.
sammysock said, over 1 year ago
“Steal from producers to give to loafers” was intoduced in this country by democrats. FDR got the upper rate all the way up to 91%! Our corporate tax rates are among the world’s highest, yet liberals can’t understand when companys off shore. Obama’s 1.5 trillion yearly deficits really help the economy, don’t they?