Who says I never let y’all have fun on the weekend?
For your weekend entertainment pleasure — at least if you’re a nerd like me — I present:
Feels like it needs a bit more, huh? How about:
That’s better.
All joking aside, this is a pretty neat interactive site created by Christine Ries, an economist at Georgia Tech and member of the special council on tax reform which the Legislature created three years ago to produce reform recommendations. Reform recommendations it largely went on to ignore, that is.
But, had those recommendations not largely been ignored, there would be no reason for Tax Reform: The Game. In it, Ries has included several of the recommendations the council made. Players can mix and match them — and see how their choices would affect state revenues.
Here’s a preview of what it looks like, though you’ll have to click through one of the links above to actually play the game:
And if fiscal fun isn’t your idea of a good time this weekend, feel free to use the thread below to discuss other topics.
(H/t to, and more information about the game available at the site of, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.)
– By Kyle Wingfield
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
486 comments Add your comment
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 9th, 2013
3:31 pm
As most of us have long suspected, the man who told Novak about Valerie Plame was Richard Armitage – Slate
Bob Dole and Ronnie Reagan say,”What”?
After the end of the Vietnam War Armitage moved to Washington, D.C. to serve as a consultant for the United States Department of Defense. He was almost immediately sent to serve in Tehran, Iran until November 1976. Following that posting, he moved to Bangkok and operated an import/export business in the private sector for the next two years. In 1978, he returned to the U.S. and started working as an aide to Republican Senator Bob Dole.[citation needed]
In late 1980, Armitage became a foreign policy advisor to President-elect Ronald Reagan.
CC
February 9th, 2013
3:33 pm
“translation”
Your ‘translation’ failes miserably, but the quickness with which you assign racist characteristics speaks volumes about you.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 9th, 2013
3:34 pm
Now, you may return to looking for your next government check.
Halibuton says, “What?”
indigo
February 9th, 2013
3:42 pm
CC – 3:33
You’re funny.
(in a pathetic and pitiful way)
md
February 9th, 2013
3:48 pm
“After we are attacked , real Americans unite to show patriotism and resolve.”
I’m just devastated that the “patriotism” card got played so early….or is it the Joker?
Evidently some of us prefer to define “patriotism” as questioning a leader that disappeared for 8 or so hours in a time of crisis and refuses to say why?
The question is Get, why does that not concern you and those like you……it should, regardless of what letter is behind the name of said President.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 9th, 2013
3:51 pm
I’m just devastated that the “patriotism” card got played so early….or is it the Joker?
“Freedom Fries” say, “What?”
MarkV
February 9th, 2013
3:57 pm
Dusty,
Thank you. But yearning “for peace in the political world?” I am not that naïve. Only for a little sanity, which still appears to be too much to ask.
Happy weekend to you.
bluecoat
February 9th, 2013
4:07 pm
we know who is hurting,we know who will hurt for 4 more years,we know Who is President.Any hurting other than your hurt will be the results of the Bush carry over.
getalife
February 9th, 2013
4:14 pm
“Only for a little sanity.”
Sane Republicans are joining the majority .
cons are marginalized.
Thulsa Doom
February 9th, 2013
4:15 pm
Looks like the lame repetitive post bunny has infiltrated the adult table. As predictable as Pavlov’s dog. Looks like a case of the bunny longing to be close to Doom…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87XQKCXfFjQ
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 9th, 2013
4:22 pm
“No matter how well Obama does, I will never accept a man in the White House, who pushes his Obamanist agenda over the welfare of the United States. (Hope you like the correction Indigo)
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 9th, 2013
4:26 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mC1HuUMPxk
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 9th, 2013
4:28 pm
Indigo plays the race card. Usually reserved for use by the ignoran – never mind .. .
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 9th, 2013
4:32 pm
I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration, somehow you’re not patriotic, and we should stand up and say, “We are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!”
I like to throw that out anytime some loon starts questioning the patriotism of the folks who think right.
Who said that….. Hillary Clinton Apr 2003.
Sorry if you have seen it posted by me before, but Hillary is right a loyal opposition is vital to America and I have the right to protest a President, who has said so much about how loathsome GWB’s administration was and then does the exact same things he criticized, often to a greater degree. What a pompous, blustering, insincere, devious, hypocritical, incompetent, and loathsome campaigner in chief we have.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
4:36 pm
Bob Dole and Ronnie Reagan say,”What”?
Kamwhack, I mean, chak – You do know what “moderate” means, don’t you?
The United States Senate confirmed him as Deputy Secretary of State on March 23, 2001; he was sworn in three days later. A close associate of Secretary of State Colin Powell, Armitage was regarded, along with Powell, as a moderate within the presidential administration of George W. Bush.
colin powell’s a lib too, by the way.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 9th, 2013
4:38 pm
colin powell’s a lib too, by the way.
Not intended to be a factual statement.
td
February 9th, 2013
4:44 pm
getalife
February 9th, 2013
3:17 pm
“Everybody believes in their own facts.”
Facts don’t matter to cons.
I said show him some respect or begone.
You show the office the respect. If Obama walked into a room I was in then I would immediately stand and show the position of the respect it deserves. I would listen to every word he said and if he spoke to me then I would say yes sir or no sir.
I have NO respect for what the MAN believes in. I think his philosophy of Marxism (no matter how you want to spin it bottom line is what he believes is the same think as what Marx and Engle believed in) is destroying this country and I will fight with everything I have to make sure his agenda is NOT put into effect.
See the difference? BTW: It is not because the color of his skin because I will feel the exact same way when Hillary or Biden runs for office.
CC
February 9th, 2013
4:54 pm
. . . and meanwhile, Hillary has stated:
“We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”
“It’s time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few…… And to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity.”
“(We) …..can’t just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people.”
“We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own … in order to create this common ground.”
“I certainly think the free-market has failed.”
“I think it’s time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched.”
getalife
February 9th, 2013
5:08 pm
God bless the Obamas and Clintons.
America came roaring back from collapse thanks to these great leaders.
Bow down.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
5:17 pm
40 inches of snow, some lib probably shot his mouth off about “global warming” and got buried in it.
CC
February 9th, 2013
5:34 pm
“40 inches of snow, some lib probably shot his mouth off about “global warming” and got buried in it.”
Libs are already buried . . . in something other than snow and the stench is horrendous.
indigo
February 9th, 2013
5:41 pm
Rafe, Tiberius, Aesop, CC, td
Be thankful your betters allow your drivel to be posted here.
getalife
February 9th, 2013
5:47 pm
President Obama’s last victory set the cons straight and shut them up.
American politics is settling down to sane discourse.
I call on sane Republicans to join the majority to actually solve problems.
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 9th, 2013
5:52 pm
Indigo
I saw where this AM, you said we never post anything of significance or something close. If you feel that way, is your time so invaluable that you have nothing better to do than hang out here, reading our “insignificant” postings. I think you hang out here trying to learn from the masters, if not, you need to getalife.
td
February 9th, 2013
6:04 pm
indigo
February 9th, 2013
5:41 pm
Rafe, Tiberius, Aesop, CC, td
Be thankful your betters allow your drivel to be posted here.
Better at what?
CC
February 9th, 2013
6:07 pm
“The Republicans have always represented the job makers, the providers, the builders, the corporations, and the military: the hunters and warriors that kept America safe, strong, productive, and innovative. The Democrats have thrived on those back at the camp: the unions, government employees, the unemployed, the poor, the needy, the old, and the entitled.”
md
February 9th, 2013
6:10 pm
“I call on sane Republicans to join the majority to actually solve problems.”
Ever wondered why your credit card rates went up so high when the borrowing rate is still basically 0%?
Some of those “solutions” from the dems that are going to make things better…….
Numbers-R-US
February 9th, 2013
6:15 pm
“Evidently some of us prefer to define “patriotism” as questioning a leader that disappeared for 8 or so hours in a time of crisis and refuses to say why?”
Nine hours later, Bush finally figured out how to get into that flight suit. Mission Accomplished. What a loser.
Numbers-R-US
February 9th, 2013
6:17 pm
“Ever wondered why your credit card rates went up so high when the borrowing rate is still basically 0%?”
I have found that by paying cash, there are no interest charges.
Numbers-R-US
February 9th, 2013
6:19 pm
What’s for supper, cc? Not more squirrel, I hope. You’re such the hunter.
CC
February 9th, 2013
6:33 pm
“What’s for supper, cc?”
A delicious venison stew is the meal tonight, and there will be plenty left over for tomorrow, too.
It was a great season and the freezer is fully stocked, thanks to dimocrat “assault weapons’!
MarkV
February 9th, 2013
6:38 pm
There are comments that immediately reveal the paucity of reason. One of them is to use labels as substitutes for arguments. For example, by saying that Obama’s “philosophy of Marxism is destroying this country,” the author apparently thinks that by calling someone a Marxist or his philosophy Marxism is a sufficient argument. You do not have to show by evidence and logic that any particular decision or policy is wrong; you just call it Marxism, communism, socialism, fascism, or whatever comes to mind as most derogatory.
Other people make ignorant comments that have no basis in facts, but which may sound convincing to those, who are equally ignorant. For instance, suggesting that the high amount of snow in a snowstorm in New England is somehow evidence against global warming.
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 9th, 2013
6:38 pm
Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, then the Finance Committee’s ranking Republican, accused the president of hypocrisy.
“President Obama has been almost obsessively critical of offshore investments,” Mr. Grassley said. “He called Ugland House ‘either the biggest building or the biggest tax scam on record.’ That makes this Cayman Islands investment of his top official and now Treasury secretary nominee worthy of attention. The irony is thick. Members of the Finance Committee will question Mr. Lew about his foreign investments at the hearing.”
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/lews-cayman-islands-fund-a-likely-issue-at-confirmation-hearings/
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
6:44 pm
Only a moron would not see that obozo is a marxist.
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 9th, 2013
6:45 pm
Other people make ignorant comments that have no basis in facts, but which may sound convincing to those, who are equally ignorant.
We realize that Mark, but welcome you here anyway.
Liberal Pariah
February 9th, 2013
6:47 pm
Numbers…and the War on Terrorism is over and AQ is finished. HAHAHAH!!
Liberal Pariah
February 9th, 2013
6:49 pm
Anybody that thinks this country is ‘roaring back’ needs to adjust their meds.
CC
February 9th, 2013
6:56 pm
Rafe@6:45:
ROTFLMAO!
md
February 9th, 2013
7:02 pm
“I have found that by paying cash, there are no interest charges.”
And I have found that sometimes carrying a balance comes in handy in times such as these when cash on hand may be the bigger asset…….
If everything goes sideways, I have my cash and the credit card debt may be wiped out as the bank goes under…….
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 9th, 2013
7:06 pm
CC: Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.
LP: AQ on the run that was just election talk, fooling the Obamabots, lifespan on that lie expired on election day. Same with election talk of Benghazi caused by a video, haven’t heard that since he got by the election.
getalife
February 9th, 2013
7:23 pm
The global economy runs on credit.
You should know that by now after the collapse.
You don’t understand the economy so zip it.
The last piece to our recovery is job growth.
The gop wants cuts to make unemployment higher.
We will not listen to this ignorance any longer.
md
February 9th, 2013
7:26 pm
You are a funny little man get…..one that thinks the gov’t is an entity with it’s own money…..that is the part most dems have trouble with. They actually think the gov’t is a stand alone entity capable of taking care of all their whims……
CC
February 9th, 2013
7:28 pm
Numbers-R-US:
It’s Saturday night and here’s a little song with a lot of truth in it for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WwzYhVL5Sc
BADA BING
February 9th, 2013
7:29 pm
Jesse Jackson Jr. reported that he had a Bi-Polar disorder earlier this year. Now it seems like both of them are headed for the Big House, I guess they will be cellmates.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 9th, 2013
7:30 pm
We, getalife?
You got a mouse in your pocket?
getalife
February 9th, 2013
7:38 pm
We, the people.
We, the majority.
You are the minority and your party is lost in the wilderness without leaders.
Numbers-R-US
February 9th, 2013
7:39 pm
CC tenderizes his squirrel by emptying a 100-round magazine from his assault rifle into it. Good job. And the lead adds just the right metallic flavor.
Numbers-R-US
February 9th, 2013
7:39 pm
Now I know why md complains about credit card interest rates. He can’t afford to pay cash.
Numbers-R-US
February 9th, 2013
7:40 pm
Numbers…and the War on Terrorism is over and AQ is finished. HAHAHAH!!
Mission Accomplished! HAHAHAH!!
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 9th, 2013
7:41 pm
CNN anchor Deb Feyerick asked Saturday afternoon if an approaching asteroid, which will pass by Earth on February 15, “is an example of, perhaps, global warming?”
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/#ixzz2KS67nsXs
Well, first they tell us that all the snow and ice are caused by global warming, now near misses by asteroids, what is next? Talking about lamestream media!