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
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CC
February 9th, 2013
7:49 pm
“You got a mouse in your pocket?”
The mouse is located right next to his EBC and his welfare check. His Obamaphone is in another pocket.
Real Athens
February 9th, 2013
8:06 pm
From Okemah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLJZMvM2Jac
Hillbilly D
February 9th, 2013
8:12 pm
My Grandpa always told me if you paid cash for something, the only way somebody could take it away from you was by force. He also told me a man with debt can never really be free. I’ve always found that a good path to follow.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 9th, 2013
8:13 pm
And what “party” would that be, getalife?
You’re getting as ignorant as Indigo with your uninformed assumptions.
bluecoat
February 9th, 2013
8:14 pm
Yeah!We know people who fought to make him a one term President.Even you don’t need told the results of that.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
8:16 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?”
She’ll probably get a pulitizer prize for that.
Now I’m off to see what color this chick’s hair is.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
8:17 pm
Yep, a blondie.
Isn’t the damn truth that no matter how much liberals want things to change, they always stay the same?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 9th, 2013
8:19 pm
Im sure no one will be surprised to learn she’s a blonde. . . .
bluecoat
February 9th, 2013
8:24 pm
The stench you smell could be the venison stew,flavored with chicken litter.Or could be cons.,No there is no Libs,Dems left in GA.I’m surprised you apples don’t have feathers.
md
February 9th, 2013
8:35 pm
“You are the minority and your party is lost in the wilderness without leaders.”
Isn’t that what our misfits keep saying about Al qaeda?
td
February 9th, 2013
8:35 pm
Five latest mass murders:
1: Fort Hood: Registered Democrat/Muslim
2: Columbine: Too young to vote. Both parents were registered Democrats.
3: Virginia Tech: Wrote hate mail to President Bush and his staff
4: Colorado Theater: Registered Democrat. Staff worker on Obama Campaign; Occupy Wall street participate.
5: Newtown: Registered Democrat. Hated Christians.
Maybe being a Democrat should be considered a mental health disorder and no Democrats should be allowed to own guns.
md
February 9th, 2013
8:36 pm
“Now I know why md complains about credit card interest rates. He can’t afford to pay cash.”
Zoom……right over your head……
CC
February 9th, 2013
8:37 pm
Hot the road, double, and don’t come back.
Hillbilly D
February 9th, 2013
8:37 pm
I never claimed to be a scientist (science class in school bored me to tears) but how in tarnation can something in Outer Space be affected by the weather in the atmosphere?
CC
February 9th, 2013
8:40 pm
Hillbilly:
I wondered the same thing and I haven’t a clue!
td
February 9th, 2013
8:43 pm
test
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 9th, 2013
8:45 pm
This is how far CNN has degenerated.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
8:47 pm
Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Susana Martinez, Mia Love, Brian Sandoval, Ted Cruz, Tim Scott, Allen West, Bill Flores, Francisco “Quico” Canseco, Jaime Herrera, Jennifer Carroll, Alveda C. King, J.C. Watts, Gary Franks, Herman Cain.
The White Party!
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
9:06 pm
Don’t know if it’s a first or not, but the Wingfield blog is ahead of the Bookman blog 218-178 posts since Friday night. Go Kyle!!
bluecoat
February 9th, 2013
9:08 pm
You can tell where these DPs slaughter their deers.Looks like a forest service clear cut.
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
9:22 pm
Real Athens–If you’re going to put some Son Volt up, at least pick a decent song, will you??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mnczThKcHk
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
9:27 pm
I never claimed to be a scientist (science class in school bored me to tears) but how in tarnation can something in Outer Space be affected by the weather in the atmosphere?
You never heard of the Butterfly Effect, HD?? You must have fallen asleep during your Chaos Theory classes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
9:28 pm
Another song by the same title. For my old friend Matz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3fs5GBGB08
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
9:37 pm
This may be a little bit dated but yikes, grrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhh -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_r_2KRUvis
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
9:38 pm
Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth
And our lives are forever changed; we will never be the same
The more you change the less you feel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY342ZN3stU
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
9:41 pm
We don’t even care as restless as we are
We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement, lamented and assured
To the lights and towns below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eePRkP1HMYQ
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 9th, 2013
9:49 pm
…but the Wingfield blog is ahead of the Bookman blog 218-178 posts since Friday night. Go Kyle!!
Too funny!
Last 10 threads, it’s 4495 to 2160.
Hillbilly D
February 9th, 2013
9:50 pm
Andy Williams was never really my cup of tea but I happened to see him live about 5 years ago (when he was about 80) and he really surprised me. He had some amazing chops, even at that age.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
9:51 pm
These guys were a bit weird but all we?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7DFsBcVMDA
Hillbilly D
February 9th, 2013
9:51 pm
Last 10 threads, it’s 4495 to 2160.
Yeah but a picture of a fish once got over 2000 hits, over there.
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
9:52 pm
Aesop–Get that weak sh!t out of here. This blog is for rockers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mICybM1sRY
Lay me on the ground
Fly me in the sky
Show me where to look
Tell me what will I find
What will I find?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 9th, 2013
9:54 pm
Yeah but a picture of a fish once got over 2000 hits, over there.
Over 2000 before Paul broke it.
The next year we did over 5000.
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
9:55 pm
Alright, Aesop, you redeemed yourself @ 9:51. Just don’t let it happen again, ok??
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
9:55 pm
These guys were a bit weird but all we?
Insert “aren’t” where I didn’t, jeez
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
9:59 pm
The bookman blog may be the hit count champion but then again, let’s add up the IQ quotient.
Just sayin….
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
10:00 pm
Bruno – Give Andy a chance!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 9th, 2013
10:00 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueKjFb9eB6k
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
10:01 pm
Back at ya, Aesop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_CcbGjretY
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
10:04 pm
Alright, Bruno, fasten your seat belt -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP4PXQyGR04
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 9th, 2013
10:09 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axHtNfAcJ8o
Liberal Pariah
February 9th, 2013
10:09 pm
Your idiot is twice the idiot of our idiot….
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
10:10 pm
If that wasn’t enough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sYPGLnGDfU
I don’t wanna come back down from this cloud
md
February 9th, 2013
10:10 pm
Well, if we are listening to classics then the animals are always in….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwAw9ThDQmk
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
10:12 pm
Better put two seat belts on for this one, A:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA9TVLK1vNs
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
10:16 pm
And I got more -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2qbikc5lUU
Glycerine
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
10:16 pm
Good one @ 10:09, Kamchak.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
10:21 pm
Time to put Bruno out of his misery, er, or something like that –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAqZb52sgpU
Woooooooooooooon’t you come and save me?
Hillbilly D
February 9th, 2013
10:23 pm
Rock and roll you say?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ6h0kyqSRk
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
10:28 pm
the animals are always in…
md–Eric Burdon always had that rock-n-roll quality about him, even when he was wearing those ridiculous matching outfits. I saw a video of him from just a few years ago, and he still has it.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 9th, 2013
10:28 pm
And, of course, my favorite-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7PmzdINGZk