# Fuck You, State of North Carolina: A non-cleansing rant **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 10, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998 "2003-02-10T02:07:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/21 "2003-02-10T18:05:17Z")
Out of idle curiosity, what subject(s) are you planning on teaching for a living, **Spazcat**? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/22 "2003-02-10T18:08:31Z")
English. High school. Yes, I’m a glutton for punishment. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/23 "2003-02-10T18:12:32Z")
This may help: Earned income is income earned from employment. Unearned income is income derived from sources other than employment, such as income from rental property, interest and dividends from investments, and the like. Gross income is the total of all your income from whatever source. Do you, **SpazCat** , have over $250 in unearned income? I know you don’t have over $3000 in earned income, because you said you didn’t earn $2000, total, for the year. So it seems to me that, going by **Polycarp** ’s quote, you are not required to file. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/24 "2003-02-10T18:58:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bricker \* > \*\*This may help: > > Earned income is income earned from employment. > > Unearned income is income derived from sources other than employment, such as income from rental property, interest and dividends from investments, and the like. > > Gross income is the total of all your income from whatever source. > > Do you, **SpazCat** , have over $250 in unearned income? > > I know you don’t have over $3000 in earned income, because you said you didn’t earn $2000, total, for the year. > > So it seems to me that, going by **Polycarp** ’s quote, you are not required to file. > > - Rick \*\* That makes sense. Thanks **Bricker**. I may be burning some things in the kitchen sink. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/25 "2003-02-10T21:52:08Z")
My dad got his state forms in today. Turns out he was entering the taxable income from the wrong line. So I don’t owe the state shit. Woo. I hereby take back one-third of the things I said about them. None of those things involve the budget or General Assembly. Thank you for joining me in this rant, won’t you? ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/26 "2003-02-11T02:30:59Z")
Hey **SpazCat** - I grew up in N.C. but now I reside in over the hills in Tennessee . . . where there are **no** state taxes at all ! ---
**Author:** ![Novus\_Opiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@Novus\_Opiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novus_Opiate)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/27 "2003-02-11T02:56:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NothingMan \* > \*\*Hey **SpazCat** - I grew up in N.C. but now I reside in over the hills in Tennessee . . . where there are **no** state taxes at all ! \*\* Just that hellacious sales tax! 😛 I’m just over the hill from you here in western NC, **NothingMan**. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/28 "2003-02-11T03:52:49Z")
You can see the difference as soon as you cross the state line to TN too. Complian about NC roads all you like but they are much better then SC or TN. Glad about the taxes **Spaz**. Guess they don’t call you that for nothing huh? 🙂 Are you file anyway so you can get your $18 back? ---
**Author:** ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/29 "2003-02-11T06:21:34Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted Hank Fescue_ > Now you damn me to hell for pointing out that the state gave you a free pass Sorry sunshine, that isn’t what she was damning you for. For your enjoyment(the bolding is mine): > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SpazCat \* > Damn you straight into the fieriest pits of the fieriest hell **for putting that image in my head.** Be ashamed of yourself! Perhaps you could sharpen your reading comprehension skills a bit, **Hank**. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/30 "2003-02-11T20:50:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by In Conceivable \* > \*\*You can see the difference as soon as you cross the state line to TN too. > > Complian about NC roads all you like but they are much better then SC or TN. > > Glad about the taxes **Spaz**. Guess they don’t call you that for nothing huh? 🙂 Are you file anyway so you can get your $18 back? \*\* Yeah. Here’s hoping they don’t confuse me with a certain state senator who shares my last name. Last time they did that, they said I owed them money. Where’s the head-banging-on-desk smiley? ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/31 "2003-02-11T20:56:02Z")
Maybe you will get lucky and they owe the state senator a big refund this year! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/32 "2003-02-11T21:08:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah. Here’s hoping they don’t confuse me with a certain state senator who shares my last name. Last time they did that, they said I owed them money. Where’s the head-banging-on-desk smiley? Maybe you ought to contact the opposition party; there may be a career in politics for you!! 😉 Explanation for non-Tarheels: There was a _big_ furore down here at one party nominating a homeless man with the exact same name as the incumbent to run against him, with the obvious intent of confusing the voter. The incumbent had in the past got quite a few “crossover votes” from members of the opposition party who liked him personally. Fortunately, the homeless guy was challenged in both the primaries and the courts, and so it wasn’t a case of “John Jones vs. John Jones” on the ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998/33 "2003-02-11T21:27:20Z")
Well, I just checked the Big List O’ State Senators, and he’s no longer in office. I’m not going to say who he is other than to say he was famous for not being able to drive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-state-of-north-carolina-a-non-cleansing-rant/153998.md?page=1)