Motherf*&$er: 1. With negative connotation. a. An obnoxious, despicable, or contemptible person; a very unpleasant person. Freq. as a term of abuse. OED 2d ed. 1989
Today’s example is a plural. Each and every California State legislator is a motherf%$#er.
From the Los Angeles Times:
Reporting from Los Angeles and Sacramento – Starting Sunday, cash-strapped California will dig deeper into the pocketbooks of wage earners — holding back 10% more than it already does in state income taxes just as the biggest shopping season of the year kicks into gear.
Technically, it’s not a tax increase, even though it may feel like one when your next paycheck arrives. As part of a bundle of budget patches adopted in the summer, the state is taking more money now in withholding, even though workers’ annual tax bills won’t change.
Think of it as a forced, interest-free loan: You’ll be repaid any extra withholding in April. Those who would receive a refund anyway will receive a larger one, and those who owe taxes will owe less.
But with rising gas costs, depressed home prices and double-digit unemployment, the state’s added reach into residents’ regular paycheck isn’t sitting well with many.
“The state’s suddenly slapping people upside the head,” said Mack Reed, 50, of Silver Lake. “It’s appalling how brash that is.”
Brittney McKaig, 23, of Santa Ana said she expects the additional withholding to affect her holiday spending.
“Coming into the holidays, we’re getting squeezed anyway,” she said. “We’re not getting Christmas bonuses and other perks we used to get. So it all falls back on spending. The $40 gift will become a $20 gift.”
The extra withholding may seem like a small amount siphoned from each paycheck, but it adds up to a $1.7-billion fix for California’s deficit-riddled books.
And the bigger motherf%$#ers? California voters who vote Democrat.
Arnold gives a pronunciation demonstration below the fold (no it’s not man boobs.)
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Changing my paycheck status with HR tomorrow — thanks for the heads-up, Floyd! Sure hope Sacramento doesn’t mind when I send them an I.O.U. next Spring.
Keep in mind that that’ll change your Federal withholding, too. You’ll either be reducing your refund or increasing your liability on 15 April. (And they’ll penalize you if you don’t withhold enough.)
But if a 10% increase isn’t enough, why not go and withhold the whole paycheck? After all, the State of California, a wholly owned subsidiary of various unions and pressure groups, needs that money more than you do.
Excellent points, Raoul. Think they’ll throw in a free bottle of Vasoline if I surrender the whole check?
Ask for Preparation H, while you’re at it. It will help with the healing process. Of course, if you do ask for it, you might be able to claim status as a minority and get some state benefits.
and when it comes time to pay back the extra money they seized, I assume they’ll send the saps in Ca IOUs. Remember what they’ve always told us: California is the future for all of us. It’s only a matter of time before the bastards just start taking what they want and tell us, oh since it’s not a tax increase, we will pay you back, it doesn’t have to be voted on.
It’s Bush’s fault!
Just when I think I can’t get any more surprised by the statist libs, they just keep lowering the bar!
Guess the bureaucrats in Cali didn’t get to that part, in history class, where they discussed The American Revolution. Probably skipped class that day to smoke some PRIMO weed.
I wish they did smoke dope…it might slow them down and they would get lost on the way to the capitol and forget to vote…hmmmm…now there’s a new reason for legalizing.
What a coincidence that happened to pop up on Floyd’s OED calendar today!
It’s a very R-rated book that dictionary. The language!