Tyrilean

If it bothers you, then why do you do it?

In the US, you have to pay income taxes (not weird). But, we also have Social Security and Medicare that is a flat rate taken out. It's roughly 14% of your gross income.

When you're a W2 employee (normal employee), your employer pays what are called "payroll taxes." That means, they pay half of your SS and Medicare, so you really only pay about 7% and they pay about 7%. If you're self-employed (which the OP is), then you have to pay the whole 14%.

In addition, the government doesn't like you to just hold onto all of your taxes and pay them in one lump sum at the end. They expect to be paid quarterly, otherwise you will incur heavy penalties.

Basically, OP will need to calculate their taxes and "self-employment tax", and send it in to the IRS quarterly to avoid issues. This is a pain in the ass for a lot of people, so if you make enough money this way, most people end up enlisting a CPA.

That's why they started classifying certain crimes as misdemeanors and tied money to it. That way, they could make the case that they don't have to hold to the same burden of proof as other crimes. A judge (who's paycheck comes from fines) gets to make a unilateral decision on whether or not you pay a fine. Hell, it's highly likely that judge doesn't even have a law degree or is bar certified, because we have so many elected local judge positions.

Do you think there is a huge intersection between people willing to pay $1300+ for a gaming rig and $400+ for a VR headset and the people who play F2P mobile games? I don't have market research to back it up, but just from personal experience the former are the type of people who are willing to put down money for AAA experiences. The latter aren't the type of people to drop nearly $2k for entry into the VR gaming space.

How do you feel about so many professors using Quizlet to create online quizzes and tests, for which the answers can be easily searched?