Jo’s Cafe

Brrrr … the temp around these parts of Alabama dipped about like the stock market has been this past month.  We have firewood stacked in the backyard and mink blanket on the bed.  Time to drag out the sweaters and put up the tank tops for a few months.  We don’t have much of a winter round these parts, so could have them back out in February!

I want to talk to you a bit about the post Trelania wrote below “Please Think Before You Vote” on tax issues with a President Obama.  I dug through our tax records and found last years filings, then found moneychimp.com has this page where you can find out what your taxes were for various years back to 2000. 

What.An.Eye.Opener!!!  Yes we’re making more now than in 2000, but the tax cuts put into place by President Bush are going to expire in 2010 back to the those rates (even though Sen. Obama says they need to go back to the Clinton years).  In 2007 we paid $9,229 in Federal Income Tax (25%). Using 2007 income figures from our tax records and going to the link above, I calculated what our tax will increase in 2010 to $12,640 (28%).  Just like Trelaina said, a $3,000 increase – and that’s just on rolled back taxes.  That’s not including whatever tax increase a President Obama would impose on us “rich, selfish, white folk“. 

Then, that would also mean we still had jobs.  Additionally reading: Proposed changes in taxes after 2008 General election.

Some of the offices in my company had dress-up contests for Halloween yesterday and they emailed the pictures around for us all to enjoy.  Two guys in our Tallahassee office dressed like the Oompa Loompa’s from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I laughed myself out of my chair.  Two grown men dressed up like that just cracked me up to no end.  I think they won hands down.  Hope they didn’t have to call on any clients!

• Gotta love You Tube: Michelle Obama in 2004, on Barack Running for President: “Way Too Soon, He Hasn’t Done Anything Yet“
• Scott over at Flopping Aces asks: Biggest Question of 2008 Election: Will Chris Matthews Cry Like A Little Girl?