Boat Tax Deduction

1. Which statement describes the start of World War I?
(Points: 1)
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand set off a chain of events among European alliances that led to war.

Germany invaded the Balkans and Russia took control of Austria, leading to a declaration of war.

Great Britain and Germany met to divide up the Balkans, but could not resolve their differences and went to war.

Archduke Ferdinand ordered an invasion of France, and Great Britain declared war in France’s defense.

2. Which was not a reason for U.S. neutrality during the beginning years of World War I?
(Points: 1)
Many Americans supported the British, but did not want war.

Large numbers of German immigrants were sympathetic to Germany.

The isolationist policies of the past still influenced American decision making.

The American fleet was undersized following the Spanish-American War and had not been rebuilt.

3. Which event most clearly influenced the U.S. decision to enter World War I on the Allied side?
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Britain imposed an embargo on Germany that created terrible hardship among German civilians.

Britain and France were members of the Triple Entente.

Germany sunk the Lusitania, causing 128 American deaths.

Germany decided to end U-boat attacks on commercial ships.

4. What was the impact of the U.S. decision to enter World War I?
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The Germans were overwhelmed and decided to surrender.

The size and enthusiasm of the American forces bolstered the French and British.

With American help the Russians were able to successfully take on the Germans.

The American entry into the war brought very few changes.

5. How did the United States meet the demand for soldiers once America entered the war?
(Points: 1)
Volunteers stepped up to sufficiently increase the size of the military.

The Selective Service Act authorized a draft of young men to be soldiers.

An increased military pay scale led to competition for enlistment.

Tax benefits provided to the military led to high enlistment numbers.

I’m not a particularly religious person so I really don’t see the point of marriage.

Why not just move in with your girlfriend? You can even get his and her’s commitment or promise rings if that floats your boat.

Marriage doesn’t guarantee commitment anyway.

If you just get engaged and never marry for example, you can have all of the benefits of marriage without any of the drawbacks such as a lengthy and costly divorce etc.

I can’t think of one practical benefit of marriage over a committed boyfriend/girlfriend relationship except for maybe some minor tax benefits.

You can live together.
You can be in a committed life long relationship.
You can make love and be in love.
You can even go to court to change your name if you’re hardcore.
You can have children etc…

If you are in a long term committed relationship and things turn sour, then you can move on with some dignity.

If you are married and things turn sour then you can either:
A) gets divorced and risk 1/2 your money, assets, pension etc…
b) Stay trapped in a loveless empty marriage until “death do you part”

Additionally, I happen to be in the military and if you are married to a woman for more than 10 years in the millitary, she can be legally entitled to 1/2 of your pension after your divorce (as if she did 1/2 of my deployments or something…. F&*# that!)

the concept of marriage seems obsolete in this day and age unless you are a devoutly religious person.

Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?

I really love her, but if she continues to insist upon marriage then I don’t think we can stay together because I don’t see any logical benifits of marriage over my current situation. I am so adamant about it that I would rather break up than be given an ulta matum like that.

As far as marriage goes: for the man, the cons far outweigh the pros.

Can anyone think of a practical benifit of marriage that I haven’t thought of?
I’ve tried communicating with her. She is pretty obstinate and it’s hurting the relationship. i don’t think I’m being unreasonable. She is insisting that we get the legally binding document and she refuses to accept an alternative. We are at a stalemate and I don’t see any way foreward. It’s not really about the money for me. I just think that a person being held legally liable for a relationship working is a bit much. Why can’t two people just be happy in a relationship without labeling it.

I’ve offered to buy her a “commitment ring” as a symbol of my commitment but it’s just not good enough for her. She wants a wedding.
I guess you have a point. It’s just pretty sad because we were both really happy before she started with all this “marriage talk”. Part of me just wishes she could have left well enough alone. the bottom line is that she wont be happy unmarried and I wont be happy married so maybe it’s best to just go our seperate ways.

Alot of you are calling me a “pig”…. So be it. If not wanting to be legally bound to stay in a relationship until I die makes me pig then so be it.

I know this though… There are alot of “nice guys” who got married and went on 1 year deployments only to come back a find that things changed. Alot of nice guys are living on half a pension while their ex wives are living it up on the money that they bled for.

I also know alot of “nice guys” who are trapped in loveless marriages because they don’t want to go through an ugly divorce.

maybe being a ‘pig” isn’t so bad.

the bottom line is that people change and love doesn’t come with gaurantees.

Clearly all the caring that liberals do for the “poor” in America is just a class-warfare election tactic because the logic of the argument makes no sense.

Tax cuts that benefit only the rich is what liberals claim. The gap between the rich and poor is getting larger the liberals whine. If all this is true, I ask liberals, where is all the money coming from? The typical response … blank stares.

The rich can’t steal money from the poor because poor people don’t have money. Could it be that capitalism, like it always does, continues to create an ever-expanding WORLDWIDE middle-class and the capitalists who started it all are just benefitting from their work? A rising tide lifts all boats, even the rich.

I know there is a benefit to working in NH, but will I lose out by doing the reverse? Do I get to claim my MA taxes when I file? I have tried researching this, but to no avail.
Thanks to anyone in the same boat!

If a business:
1.) Operates to provide one type of service but has eight different incorps and llc’s to the same place of business…
2.) Has four postal addresses for one location….
3.) Spouse on payroll making excess 10K a month but knows NADA about business…
4.) Has millions of dollars in equiptment but lists them as assets for one of said holding companies listed above…
5.) Sells Inventory for cash
6.) Spouse has cleaning business making excess 75K a year with employees on OTHER spouses payroll and cleaning business has no EIN or history of tax payments..EVER.
7.) Claims boats and luxury travel as business expenditures (personal in nature)
Well I guess of course it’s not legit but could someone explain the reasoning behind the moving of assets to useless corps, spouse on payroll and so on? I am interested in knowing what benefit they are getting out of doing this. Why all the different addresses? Thanks Guys (and Gals)
Okay, P.S. It’s MY employer…..