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FILENAME:	2915_1260_1258
TOPIC#:		340
DATE:		910519
TRANSCRIBER:	GL
UTT_CODER:	stm
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TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
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sv          A.1 utt1:  {D Well, } I think we pay too much in taxes. /  

b          B.2 utt1:  Yeah. /  

qo          A.3 utt1:  <Laughter> How about you? /  

sv          B.4 utt1:  {D Well, } I think they waste what we pay. /  

br          A.5 utt1:  Excuse me? /  

sv          B.6 utt1:  I think they waste [ what, + ] all the money that we pay <noise>. /  

aa          A.7 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.7 utt2: that's what I think too.  /
h          A.7 utt3:  I don't know how you feel, {F um, }  /
sd          A.7 utt4: we moved here from another state.  /
sd          A.7 utt5:  We lived here before, went out and came back,  /
sd          A.7 utt6: {C and } that particular state had an occupational income tax, but no sales tax. /  

b          B.8 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.9 utt1:  {C And } what you find out is, [ there's, + ] one evil is the same as the other.  /
sd          A.9 utt2: Here [ you don't, + ] there's no occupational tax  /
sd          A.9 utt3: {C but } it's a heavy sales tax. /  

b          B.10 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.11 utt1:  {C So } they get you coming and going. /  

sd          B.12 utt1: Now [ it's even, + it's even ] higher in Dallas County,  /
%          B.12 utt2: {D so. } - /
qy*          B.12 utt3: # Was it. # /   *[[listen]]

ny          A.13 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
%          A.13 utt2: [ it's really, + ] # I know, it's just, {F um. } -/  

qy^d          B.14 utt1:  It's eight and a quarter I think. /  

ny          A.15 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          A.15 utt2: it is.  /
sd          A.15 utt3: I was shocked.  /
sd          A.15 utt4:  I went, - /
sd          A.15 utt5: we bought a new washer  /
sd(^q)          A.15 utt6: {C and } the man said, and that's eight percent.  /
sd(^q)          A.15 utt7:  I said, eight percent.  What <laughter>? /  

b          B.16 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.17 utt1:  {C So } it's really kind of sad,  /
%          A.17 utt2: yeah.  /
h         A.17 utt3:  {C And then } I don't know how, {D you know, } in terms of when you all do your federal,  /
sv          A.17 utt4: {C but } it just seems like, if you're strictly middle income, it seems like you get hit the worst. /  

b          B.18 utt1:  Yeah. /  

qy          A.19 utt1:  Is that what you think? /  

ny          B.20 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.20 utt2: because [ it's,  ((   )) +  at some point it ] goes up to thirty-three percent  /
sd          B.20 utt3: {C and then } the people that make, {D you know, } five hundred thousand dollars [ [ and, + and, ] + and ] higher than that, they don't have to pay,  /
sd          B.20 utt4: {C and } sometimes they have to pay even less taxes. /  

qy^g          A.21 utt1:  Doesn't seem quite fair, does it? /  

nn          B.22 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          B.22 utt2: it isn't. /  

sd          A.23 utt1:  Because they have the money to shelter things  /
%          A.23 utt2: {C and, } I don't know, somehow get a, {F huh } <<pause>>, -/  

br          B.24 utt1:  What? /  

qy^d          A.25 utt1:  {F Oh, } I thought you were going to say something. /  

nn          B.26 utt1:  Huh-uh. /  

sd          A.27 utt1:  They somehow seem to get around these,  /
%          A.27 utt2: the things that we can't, {D you know, } - /
sd         A.27 utt3:  [ that make, + don't make ] that kind of money. -/  

b          B.28 utt1:  Right. /  

h          A.29 utt1:  I don't know. /  

sd          B.30 utt1:  {E I mean, } if they're in business, [ and, + and ] they're making money, - /
sd          B.30 utt2: I could see if they're losing money,  /
sv          B.30 utt3: {C but } they're making money -- /  

b          A.31 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.32 utt1:  -- then they should pay taxes then. /  

aa          A.33 utt1:  I know,  /
sv          A.33 utt2: {C and } just somehow it doesn't seem, {D you know, } - /
%          A.33 utt3: {C and then, } [ I, + you ] - /
sd          A.33 utt4: {E mean } you look at like, {F uh, } that country singer, {F uh, } what's his name, Willie Nelson. /  

b          B.34 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd(^q)@          A.35 utt1:  I was reading about him in the paper {C and } I said, {D Well, } {D you know, } he knew he was making money.  /  *[[slash error; two utts]]
^q          A.35 utt2: {D Some, } he didn't look that stupid.  /
^q*          A.35 utt3:  Why didn't he pay his taxes? {D You know. } /  *[[listen]]

aa          B.36 utt1:  Right.  /
b          B.36 utt2:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.37 utt1:  In a way, it's almost like he had so much debt that, {F uh, } filing bankruptcy was a way to get out of all of it --   

b          B.38 utt1:  Right. /  

+          A.39 utt1:  -- {D you know. }  /  
qr          A.39 utt2:  {D So. } Do you file federal or joint income tax,  / 
qrr@         A.39 utt3: [ {C or } do you? +    *[[slash error]]

sd          B.40 utt1:  I just file federal income tax every year. /  

+          A.41 utt1:  {C And } do you ] feel like you get hit by, {D you know, } too much? /  

ny          B.42 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.42 utt2: I just got divorced,  /
sd          B.42 utt3: {C so } I'm single again.   /
sd         B.42 utt4: [ {C So, } + {C and } ] {D you know, } [ it's, + it's ] a lot worse for single people, because they pay the same amount [ as, + as ] the people that make the same amount of money and # they're married. # /  

b          A.43 utt1:  # Uh-huh.  /
sd          A.43 utt2: #  {C And } [ we, + right now, we ] don't own any property.  /
sd          A.43 utt3: We lease.  /
sd          A.43 utt4: {C So }  we're in the same, - /
sd          A.43 utt5: we don't have children,  /
sd          A.43 utt6: {C so } we're in the same kind of, -/  

b          B.44 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.45 utt1:  it's not as bad as being single and divorced,  /
sv          A.45 utt2: {C but } [ it's sort of like, + if you have like ] X point five children and earn, {D you know, } you kind of get hit with, {D you know, } - /
sv          A.45 utt3: [ I, + {E I mean, } it ] doesn't even pay for me to earn a good wage, because, - /
qy^d          A.45 utt4: doesn't that sound stupid. /  

ny          B.46 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd*          A.47 utt1:  {C But, } {E I mean, } there's actually less tax implication if I don't work full time compared to what my husband does, {D you know. } /  *[[are the final "you knows" tags?]]

b          B.48 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.49 utt1:  {C So } it's kind of hard. /  

sd          B.50 utt1:  Whoever works less, they can get a tax credit for that. /  

br          A.51 utt1:  Excuse me. /  

sd          B.52 utt1:  If [ both of the, + both of the ] spouses --   

b          A.53 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.54 utt1:  -- work, then you get a tax credit for that. /  

aa          A.55 utt1:  Right.  /
aa          A.55 utt2: Yeah -- /  

b          B.56 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

b          A.57 utt1:  -- otherwise you're just, {D you know, } - /
sd          A.57 utt2: {C and } if you have kids, you get {D like } seven hundred fifty dollars or something <laughter>. /  

sd          B.58 utt1:  {D Well, } it's two thousand now. /  

bh          A.59 utt1:  {F Oh, } it is. /  

ny          B.60 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.60 utt2: for everybody. /  

ba          A.61 utt1:  {F Oh, } my. /  

b          B.62 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.63 utt1:  {D Well } that's not too bad. /  

sd          B.64 utt1:  Then [ you get a, + you get a ] child care exemption,  /
sv          B.64 utt2: {C but } it's not enough, you know.  /
sd          B.64 utt3: {E I mean, } you pay from fifty to a hundred dollars a week in child care -- /  

b          A.65 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.66 utt1:  -- [ {C and, } + {C and } ] they only give you {D like, } I think it's about five or ten percent of that. /  

ba          A.67 utt1:  {F Oh, } my goodness. /  

sv          B.68 utt1:  {D You know, } [ it doesn't even, + it's not even, ] -/  

b          A.69 utt1:  <Clicking> <<from phone>> Yeah.  /
sd^c          A.69 utt2:  I guess that's my call.  /
fc          A.69 utt3:  I guess I better go <laughter>. /  

fc          B.70 utt1:  {F Oh, } # okay. # /  

fc          A.71 utt1:  # Okay,  /
fc          A.71 utt2: # {D well } it was nice talking to you. /  

fc          B.72 utt1:  Nice talking to # you. # /  

fc          A.73 utt1:  # Uh-huh,  /
fc          A.73 utt2: # bye-bye. / 
