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qw          A.1 utt1:  <Beep> <breathing>  {F Um, } what's our topic? /  

sd          B.2 utt1:  Taxes. /  

sd^m          A.3 utt1:  Taxes. /  

qy          B.4 utt1:  Do we pay too much? /  

b          A.5 utt1:  Right.  /
b^r          A.5 utt2:  Right.  /
%          A.5 utt3:  {F Um } <laughter>, /  

qy          B.6 utt1:  {D Well, } do we? /  

qw^h          A.7 utt1:  What do you do? /  

%          B.8 utt1:  {F Um, } /  

sv          @A.9 utt1: I guess that, - /
sv          @A.9 utt2: {E I mean } it all depends really on what kind of bracket you're in. /  

sd          B.10 utt1: My tax bracket [ is, + is ] pretty high up there.  /
sd          B.10 utt2: [ I pay the, + I generally pay the ] maximum tax bracket. /  

b          A.11 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.12 utt1: {C And, } {F uh, } I think that we're paying too much  /
sd          B.12 utt2: {C because } I don't have any children. /  

b          A.13 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.14 utt1:  {C And } I pay a lot of property taxes. /  

b          A.15 utt1:  {F Oh, } sure. /  

sd          B.16 utt1: [ I don't have any, + {F um, } <lipsmack> [ I don't, + {D you know, } I don't ] use an ] awful lot of city services.  /
sv          B.16 utt2: [ [ It, + it, ] + {D you know } <laughter> --   

b          A.17 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.18 utt1: -- it's ] like [ I have to work m-, + I have to work ] all the time --   

b^r          A.19 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.20 utt1:  -- just to make enough money to pay the taxes. /  

b          A.21 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.22 utt1: {C And, } {F um, } [ y-, + ] there's so many people who want [ a, + a ] ((dib)) of the federal money --   

b          A.23 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.24 utt1: -- or the state money or whatever it is  /
%          B.24 utt2: {C and } I just, - /
sd          B.24 utt3: [ sometimes, + many times ] I end up feeling like I'm paying too much in taxes. /  

b          A.25 utt1:  Right. /  

qo          B.26 utt1:  How about you?  /
qy          B.26 utt2:  Do you pay too much? /  

nn          A.27 utt1: {F Uh, } {D well, } no,  /
sv^e          A.27 utt2: I can't really complain.  /
sd          A.27 utt3: I'm a student, {F um, }  /
sd          A.27 utt4: {C and } [ I d-, + I work ] as a co-op at, {F uh, } Georgia Tech Research Institute.  /
sd          A.27 utt5: {C And, } {F uh, } I'm going to get back [ most of what I earned, + {E I mean } most of what I pay ] in taxes  /
sd          A.27 utt6: [ {C and, } + {F uh, } {C and, } ] {F uh, }   

sv          B.28 utt1:  # {D Well, } [ [ when you # -- +   

+          A.29 utt1: # [ on-, + one ] of # my parents is still claiming me.   /
br          A.29 utt2: {F Huh? } /  

+          B.30 utt1: -- when you go out into the, ] + {F uh, } when you go out into the ] working world --   

b          A.31 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.32 utt1: -- [ it, + it ] changes quickly. /  

aa          A.33 utt1:  I'm sure  <laughter>. /  

sd          B.34 utt1: {F Um, } you look at your paycheck  /
sd(^q)          B.34 utt2: {C and } you go, {F oh, } my gosh where did it all go <laughter>. /  

x          A.35 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

qw          B.36 utt1: {F Um, } [ what kind of, + what kind of, ] - /
%          B.36 utt2: {F uh, } {D well } have you pay a lot of in ta-, - /
qy          B.36 utt3: have you been out working and then gone back to school  /
qrr          B.36 utt4: {C or } [ are you, + did you ] go directly from high school [ into, + into ] college? /  

sd          A.37 utt1: I went, - /
sd          A.37 utt2: {D well } I did work, {F um, } [ just very + ] (( )) for some time  /
sd          A.37 utt3: {C but } I didn't make enough money to really <breathing> make,   

^2          B.38 utt1:  # To worry about it. # /  

+          A.39 utt1:  # too much of a # difference.  /
aa          A.39 utt2:  Right. /  

qy          B.40 utt1: [ Have you, + have you ] been active [ in, + in ] politics [ trying to, + ] concerning this?  /
qr          B.40 utt2: Have you {D like } worked on political action committees or something like that? /  

nn          A.41 utt1: No,  /
nn^r          A.41 utt2: no,  /
sd^e          A.41 utt3: I haven't. /  

sd          B.42 utt1: [ I, + {F uh, } I ] haven't done any of that type of work myself. /  

b          A.43 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.44 utt1: {F Um, } {C but } every once in a while when I hear up here [ [ at, + at, ] + {F uh, } in ] D C area, {F um, } one of the radio stations has been talking about [ the, + the ] Congress,  /
sd          B.44 utt2: {F um, } <lipsmack> Congress has added too towards the Members Bank there, {D you know, }  /
sd          B.44 utt3: there's a bank that they all bank with,  /
sd          B.44 utt4: {C and } I guess it went defunct recently. /  

b          A.45 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.46 utt1: {C And } one of the Congressmen [ has, + has ] written in the last three years [ al-, + about ] a thousand bad checks. /  

%          A.47 utt1:  {F Huh. }  /  

sd          B.48 utt1: {C And } [ we, + we ] the taxpayers float him a loan for [ all tho-, + all those ] bad checks,   

b          A.49 utt1:  # Oh. # /  

+          B.50 utt1:  # no # interest, no repayment schedule. /  

bh          A.51 utt1:  Really? /  

sd          B.52 utt1:  {C And, } {F um, } it's causing quite a stir up here,    

b          A.53 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          B.54 utt1:  # because # we're so close to D C anyway. /  

b^r          A.55 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.56 utt1:  It's really kind of curious to watch this thing occur. /  

ba          A.57 utt1:  {F Oh, } sure. /  

sv          B.58 utt1: {F Um, } [ [ I, + I, ] + I ] think we pay too much.   /
sd          B.58 utt2: {C And } [ I've, + I ] look at my paycheck  /
sd          B.58 utt3: {C and } I make, - /
^h          B.58 utt4: {D well, } let's see.  /
sd          B.58 utt5: They take out in state and federal taxes -- -/  

b          A.59 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.60 utt1:  -- <Lipsmack> I think I pay forty-two percent. /  

ba          A.61 utt1:  Wow. /  

sd          B.62 utt1:  Forty-two cents out of every dollar I make goes to the government, /  

x          A.63 utt1:  <Noise>.   

sd          B.64 utt1:  {C and then } they charge me sales tax  /
sd          B.64 utt2: {C and } they charge me gasoline taxes, /  

b          A.65 utt1:  <<Very faint>>  Uh-huh.  /
%          A.65 utt2:  (( )) taxes. /  

sd          B.66 utt1: {C and } they charge me all these others,  /
sv          B.66 utt2: {C and } it's just too expensive. /  

b          A.67 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.68 utt1: I can't believe that  /
sd          B.68 utt2: [ I, + I'm ] just thankful that I don't get all the government that I pay for. /  

%          A.69 utt1:  {F Huh. }  /  

qy          B.70 utt1:  You know what I mean? /  

ny          A.71 utt1:  Yeah. /  

qy          B.72 utt1: [ Do you, + have you ] used, {F um, } student loans and things like that that were guaranteed by the government? /  

nn          A.73 utt1: No,  /
nn^r          A.73 utt2: no,  /
sd^e          A.73 utt3: I haven't.  /
sd          A.73 utt4: {F Uh, } [ I, + {F uh, } my father ] pays for [ [ my, + my schooling, ] + my tuition. ]  /
sd          A.73 utt5: {D So, } {F uh, } [ I'm, + I ] haven't made use of that. /  

qw          B.74 utt1:  What are you studying down there? /  

sd          A.75 utt1:  Physics. /  

b^m          B.76 utt1:  Physics. /  

aa          A.77 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.78 utt1: {F Oh, } that sounds like a [ fun, + fun ] field. /  

sd          A.79 utt1:  <Laughter>  Everybody says that  <laughter>. /  

sd          B.80 utt1:  <Laughter>  Scientific. /  

br          A.81 utt1:  {F Huh. }  /  

sd          B.82 utt1:  <Laughter>  Heavy science. /  

x          A.83 utt1:  <Laughter>.    

qy          B.84 utt1: Are you {D like } in the [ particle, + particle ] research or <breathing> anything like that  /
qrr          B.84 utt2: {C or } is it more, {F um, } applied physics? /  

sd          A.85 utt1: {F Um, } [ I haven't, + I haven't ] gotten too terribly much into my major yet.  /
sd          A.85 utt2: {D Actually, } {F um, } <breathing> [ the, + the ] degree I'm getting is physics.  /
sd          A.85 utt3: There's a different one for applied physics  /
sd          A.85 utt4: {D so } I guess you could call it more straight stuff --   

bk          B.86 utt1:  Okay. /  

+          A.87 utt1:  -- than applied. /  

sd          B.88 utt1: {D Well } [ maybe, + maybe ] you can figure out how we can stop this inertia that's,   

x          A.89 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          B.90 utt1:  (( )) come rolling towards, whatever it's rolling toward. /  

sv          A.91 utt1: I doubt about that.  /
qy          A.91 utt2: [ [ [ Are, + are, ] + is America, ] + {E I mean } are we ] [ pretty, + pretty ] steep compared to most countries? /  

ng          B.92 utt1:  Actually, I don't think we are. /  

aa          A.93 utt1:  # No,  /
sd          A.93 utt2: I don't think so either. # /  

sd          B.94 utt1:  # {F Um, } [ like, + like ] # Europe,    

b          A.95 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          B.96 utt1:  # {F um, } # England.     

b^r          A.97 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.98 utt1:  I know the taxes are a lot higher. /  

b^r          A.99 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.100 utt1:  {D But } they do have socialized medicine and things like that. /  

b          A.101 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.102 utt1: {C And, } {F um, } I know I was reading in the paper I believe yesterday that, {F um, } they're talking, - /
sd          B.102 utt2: {C or } maybe it was on the radi-, -/ 
