Jack from Ohio Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 Dogs have Masters. Cats have staff. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 Scientists have determined there are only two thoughts in the minds of cats. 1. "All this is MINE." 2. "When does the staff serve luncheon today?" 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulldogTom Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 OK, so I try really hard to keep my political opinions out of the posts (well not really, but I try to disguise them). Sometimes though, the motives of upcoming tax law are topics of discussions that can provide insight on what is coming down the pipe from the IRS. Just look at the ACA to understand my point. The IRS enforcement and rules were very much politically motivated, and the recent change in the White House has more political motivations in what the IRS may or may not due in regards to the ACA. If there is even going to be an ACA in the future. I love this board and I don't want to get kicked out for my political views, but I think there are some times where the politics of the tax laws does bear on our practice of tax preparation and we need to have the freedom to bring the political motivations into the topic discussion. However, there is no place for the extremes that we have seen before on this board and the items we have all seen in other forums. I get that and I don't want to be part of anything like that on this forum. So, am I being a little to sensitive to the tone of Eric's post, or can we slip in a little bit of the politics behind the actual tax laws? Tom Newark, CA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHoffman Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Dear Bulldog - If you look at prior posts on this thread, you can see that the cats won. Get over it. (just kidding) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted July 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 3 hours ago, BulldogTom said: OK, so I try really hard to keep my political opinions out of the posts (well not really, but I try to disguise them). Sometimes though, the motives of upcoming tax law are topics of discussions that can provide insight on what is coming down the pipe from the IRS. Just look at the ACA to understand my point. The IRS enforcement and rules were very much politically motivated, and the recent change in the White House has more political motivations in what the IRS may or may not due in regards to the ACA. If there is even going to be an ACA in the future. I love this board and I don't want to get kicked out for my political views, but I think there are some times where the politics of the tax laws does bear on our practice of tax preparation and we need to have the freedom to bring the political motivations into the topic discussion. However, there is no place for the extremes that we have seen before on this board and the items we have all seen in other forums. I get that and I don't want to be part of anything like that on this forum. So, am I being a little to sensitive to the tone of Eric's post, or can we slip in a little bit of the politics behind the actual tax laws? Tom Newark, CA The ACA is a great example--we have an entire forum dedicated to it. Those threads might not be as exciting as the poor excuse for a sporting event / distraction we've got going on in the media, but what's here is real, and impacts you as a tax preparer right now. I think it comes down to whether the discussion is about the law itself and what actually affects you as a tax preparer. If you can't separate that from the people and parties involved, then leave it alone. We're not going down that road again. It didn't work before, and it's not going to suddenly work now--nothing has changed since then. Anyone who feels strongly about politics isn't being honest with themselves if they think political discussion here won't become combative and antagonistic. The thing is, some people enjoy that kind of argument, but that's not the atmosphere we're going for here. Nobody is getting kicked out for their political views. We don't care about anybody's political views. We take not caring so seriously that we don't even want to know about anybody's political views. I guess you could call it the "don't ask, don't tell" approach. PS: Borg got his balls removed yesterday, poor bugger. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NECPA in NEBRASKA Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 15 hours ago, Eric said: I guess you could call it the "don't ask, don't tell" approach. I really wish that it applied to Facebook, Twitter, etc. I do everything in my power to not post anything that could be remotely construed as political, but I have just about had it with some friends and relatives. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elrod Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 They seem to get past it quite rapidly...... .................................... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Yes, as soon as everyone dons their jersey and starts rooting for their political team, things go downhill really fast. May as well save that stuff for forums dedicated to it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 15 hours ago, Eric said: PS: Borg got his balls removed yesterday, poor bugger. I'm sorry but 'balls' is 'vulgar' under the new user agreement. You can't say that shit. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Getting a little testy here, aren't we? Cut that out! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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