Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
Always hated Word Problems in Math class. What’s the point? When will I ever use that stuff?
“If the amount on Line 8 of Form M1 is over $36,080 but not over $143,350, then Enter on Line 9 of Form M1 $1,930.28 + 7.05% of the amount over $36,080.”
From Table Rate Schedule, Table 29, Minnesota Individual Income Tax Forms and Instructions, 2014
That’s it. I’m a Flat Taxer from now on.
Joe Doakes
what’s the old joke? “A conservative is a Democrat that’s been mugged; a libertarian is a conservative that’s been audited?”
When I was teaching intro physics, one of my introductory paragraphs to the class always had the disclaimer: “Remember all those word problems you hated in math? That’s pretty much all this class is.”