MikeyTBC wrote:

Do they have chinese new year cards?

devilsadvocate wrote:

I'm willing to bet a majority of people in this country understand that society is better when most people get married. We also don't want children born out of wedlock.

If you don't see how society is devolving then I don't know what to tell you. But feel free to look at the poll tracking people's impression of the direction of the country and tell me what you conclude from that. One of the reasons the country is going to hell in a hand basket is that we have a bunch of people that shun marriage. Therefore, I'm happy that we're upping the incentives to commit to someone.

mle267 wrote:
Shameless bump here-

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bodhipooh said:

You know, I find it interesting that the civil union statute/benefits remain in place now that gay marriage (I think the PC term is same-sex marriage!) is now allowed in NJ. It has been a little over a year, actually. So, right now, the civil union legal status and its tax implications is a benefit extended to same-sex partners but not to opposite-sex couples. What's the rationale there at this point?

And, to be clear, I am not trolling. I am actually asking this in a sort of philosophical, out-loud musing kind of way. Why should a same-sex couple (that has the right and ability to enter into marriage) be entitled to a benefit not available to an opposite-sex couple that may be in an equally committed relationship. As SRhia says, she lives with her partner and they have kids. Kinda hard to not describe that as a committed relationship.

bodhipooh wrote:
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SRhia wrote:
A little bit off topic, but since we're talking about tax, can I ask this question:

Both my partner and I (opposite sex relationship, never legally married - just living together for a few years) live and work in NJ. Can we file as "married" (since we live together and have kids), or should we file separately as individuals/Head of household (since we never signed on the dotted line)?

TIA.

Definitely NO. Here is the applicable information on the subject:

NJ Filing Status

GrovePath wrote:
What is the best way to find foreclosure properties?

PathH8Tr wrote:
USPS up to their old tricks again. Items says delivered. It wasn't. Now I have to work through their dysfunctional system of hell.

tommyc_37 wrote:
Does anybody know why the "Next Train Scheduled to..." updates do not usually appear on the monitors on the platform late at night? A) wouldn't you think it's simpler to provide schedules when it's super low frequency, and B) isn't the time of the next train more important than the NBC gossip updates that are published on the screens? Oy, Port Authority.

ConstantReader wrote:
Buried in the NY Times article, near the end, is this gem:

Despite the cost overruns and delays, Mr. Foye, the Port Authority?s executive director, predicted the hub would be a ?world-class transit gateway? that would ?help transform Lower Manhattan into a thriving 24/7 neighborhood.? It is intended for as many as 160,000 PATH riders daily, nearly four times the number who ride to the World Trade Center site today.

Um, how are those 160,000 riders going to fit into trains that are currently quite full at rush hour with a mere 46,000 riders?

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JadedJC wrote:
OK, so you win a small claims judgment. Have you ever tried to collect one? Good luck with that, especially one that's likely to be less than $500. My bet is the contractor wouldn't even bother showing up to contest your claim. The hard part isn't winning, it's collecting. You'd likely end up having to go back to court (once you've located his assets/property) to get a lien or some sort of other enforcement action.

I agree with Jaded, at this point you should add up the cost of going to court which should include your time spent, the cost of collections and the cost of document filing etc. vs the cost of you going out and buying a new sink and having it installed.

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CdeCoincy wrote:
Where do you get Pizza Sheets?

http://www.cafepress.com.au/+pizza+bedding

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Yvonne wrote:
Illegal immigration hurts local government before it hurts state or federal governments. Local governments are require to find housing, social services, hire more police and inspect more buildings. Illegal immigrants do not have the economic strength to support their children, which receives citizenship unlike other countries. We support their children with more educational and health benefits. Illegal immigrants are exploited by its own ethnic groups to work long hours with less than minimum pay. I still remember the government raiding Grand St and Barrow St, when they found 50 Chinese men living in subhuman conditions and sharing a bucket as a toilet in the late 1990s. These men work in China Town for the various restaurants in NYC.
When immigrants came in the past, there were jobs in factories in the Northeast and if Catholic, their social network was the Church who educated them and opened hospitals. That is not the case today. It is taxpayers responsibility today.

Monroe wrote:
Because more will come. The illegal kids already here are diluting the education of those here legally. The illegal kids soak up more taxpayer dollars by needing ESL classes etc. We can't feed and educate our own kids, why take on more?