@miami_rick Wind is from the left, the number 3 engine is out of the wind due the the fuselage which is blocking the wind. 1&2 are in the wind, 4 is outboard and picking up some wind but not as much as 1&2 as they are in the wind
Jij: “Ik moet op 1 mei belasting betalen, maar inmiddels is de beurs met ruim 13,6% gedaald en zijn mijn aandelen nog maar €95.000 waard.”
Overheid: “Vervelend. Maar u moet nog steeds €3.600 belasting betalen over de 10% waardestijging van vorig jaar.”
Jij: “Dus ik moet nu aandelen verkopen om belasting te betalen over winst die inmiddels volledig is verdampt?”Overheid: “Correct.”
Jij: “Na betaling houd ik nog €91.400 over. Ik begon met €100.000. Mijn vermogen is dus met 8,6% gedaald, maar ik betaal wel 36% belasting alsof ik 10% rendement heb gemaakt.”
Overheid: “Dat waren nu eenmaal twee verschillende belastingjaren.”Jij: “Mijn winst was ongerealiseerd en tijdelijk. Mijn belastingaanslag is gerealiseerd en definitief.”
Overheid: “Precies. Nu begrijpt u hoe ‘werkelijk rendement’ werkt.”
Jij: “Mijn beleggingen van €100.000 zijn dit jaar 10% in waarde gestegen.”
Overheid: “Mooi. Over die €10.000 waardestijging betaal je 36% belasting: €3.600.”
Jij: “Maar mijn inflatie was 8%. Mijn reële rendement (mijn koopkrachtwinst) was dus slechts ongeveer €2.000.”
Overheid: “Wij belasten het volledige nominale rendement.”
Jij: “Maar ik heb mijn beleggingen niet eens verkocht.”
Overheid: “Dat hoeft ook niet. De waardestijging telt als inkomen.”
Jij: “Dus ik betaal €3.600 belasting over winst die ik niet heb ontvangen, terwijl mijn koopkracht maar met ongeveer €2.000 is toegenomen?”
Overheid: “Klopt. We noemen dat ‘werkelijk rendement’.”
Jij: “Werkelijk nominaal rendement misschien. Mijn werkelijke koopkrachtwinst was maar €2.000.”
Overheid: “U maakt het onnodig ingewikkeld. U bent toch zeker geen econoom?”
@EenExWokeDocent Ik vroeg Grok het volgende:
Wat krijgt iemand die in de bijstand is gemiddeld per maand. Inclusief alle toeslagen als huur- en zorgtoeslag en kinderbijslag en kindgebondenbudget. En hoeveel modaal verdienende werkende mensen zijn er nodig om dit te bekostigen?
Earn it? Taxed.
Spend it? Taxed.
Save it? Taxed.
Invest it? Taxed.
Build it? Taxed.
Sell it? Taxed.
Live in it? Taxed.
Drive it? Taxed.
Eat it? Taxed.
Drink it? Taxed.
Smoke it? Taxed.
Give it away? Taxed.
Die? Still taxed.
And what do they do with it? Waste it.
This has to stop - our money & our future are being taxed into oblivion.
3:38am - reflecting on Trump’s impending victory and coming Harris concession. Trump has a mandate. The late stage mirage of Harris momentum was crushed by regular working class Americans of all races.
We krijgen 30.000 windmolens er bij in de #Noordzee en geven 28.000.000.000 eur uit aan #klimaat. Dat kunnen wij als land met 0,008% oppervlakte van de wereld. De bijdrage van onze #C02 uitstoot is in temperatuur niet uit te drukken aldus de #Minister. 🤔 Dit is Nederland.
Enig realisme is inmiddels geboden. Iedereen is voor de planeet.
Zie Nederland tov Afrika. Dat blauwe zijn wij.
🎉🌼🌸April Fools! 🌸🌼🎉
Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren't women at all, but men, every last one of them.
In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls. The new legislation is wide open to abuse by activists who wish to silence those of us speaking out about the dangers of eliminating women's and girls’ single-sex spaces, the nonsense made of crime data if violent and sexual assaults committed by men are recorded as female crimes, the grotesque unfairness of allowing males to compete in female sports, the injustice of women’s jobs, honours and opportunities being taken by trans-identified men, and the reality and immutability of biological sex.
For several years now, Scottish women have been pressured by their government and members of the police force to deny the evidence of their eyes and ears, repudiate biological facts and embrace a neo-religious concept of gender that is unprovable and untestable. The re-definition of 'woman' to include every man who declares himself one has already had serious consequences for women's and girls’ rights and safety in Scotland, with the strongest impact felt, as ever, by the most vulnerable, including female prisoners and rape survivors.
It is impossible to accurately describe or tackle the reality of violence and sexual violence committed against women and girls, or address the current assault on women’s and girls’ rights, unless we are allowed to call a man a man. Freedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal.
I'm currently out of the country, but if what I've written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment.
If you agree with the views set out in this tweet, please retweet it.
#ArrestMe #AprilFools #HateCrimeActScotland
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