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"Because they can..." put another way, because federal law allows it. IRS Publication 517 covers related issues. One possibility is that the employee is responsible to pay the SS tax even if the organization opts out. And if the employee does NOT pay the tax, s/he may not be eligible for benefits when they need them.

Could that be confirmation bias?

Doesn't that just suck... for those twi employees anyway?

I repeat:

Ohio cold case develops new timeline, puts murder victim in Arkansas two weeks before death MIAMI COUNTY, Ohio - It's been one year since authorities in Ohio identified the murder victim in a 37-year cold case as Marcia King, a resident of North Little Rock. King had also been called 'The Buckskin Girl' due to the unmistakable jacket she was wearing when her body was found along a rural Ohio highway in 1981. "This case has really just been about technology; it's been a complete mystery," Chief Deputy Steve Lord of the Miami (OH) County Sheriff's Office said by phone on Wednesday. Authorities announced King's identity in April 2018, following confirmation through extensive research and forensic evidence. Since then, investigators have been able to build a timeline that put King in the Little Rock area about two weeks before her death. Lord says detectives have spoken to at least six people in Arkansas in connection to the case. "We've had a lot of success of getting people identified and getting information." According to the timeline that investigators have established so far, it's believed King boarded a bus in the Little Rock area on April 6, 1981, traveling to Louisville, Kentucky. Detectives say they have evidence that puts her in Louisville on April 10. They believe she was killed on April 22 and officers found her body on April 24. "Primarily, her mode of transportation was hitchhiking," Lord says. "Trying to track her and keep an accurate timeline has been challenging." Lord also revealed that it's believed King was heavily involved with a religious organization called The Way International Ministries, which is headquartered in Ohio. A 1995 news article by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette featured a Little Rock-based chapter of The Way and highlighted a woman who compared The Way to a cult. Lord says The Way has been cooperative in King's murder investigation.

Please explain HOW you can tell the difference between something you spiritually "ascertain" and a thought just popping into your head from who knows where.

Bottom line? You're not going to be convinced by any kind of rational argument/logic. Neither will I be convinced by any argument you put forth. However, the book Irrationality: a History of the Dark Side of Reason by Justin E.H. Smith includes this:

That's a completely different issue/question than we've been discussing. The issue at hand, as I have understood it, has been about "reaching into Daddy's cookie jar" for revelation in some real life situation. You can believe in God all you want. Faith is about believing without getting to see evidence. That's just not the same as suggesting/claiming you have evidence of something just because you had a thought cross or enter into your mind.

Welcome WayKid!

Of course. I doubt that he needed anyone's permission to decline to respond, however. I'm confident he could make that call on his own.

By the way, I know of a female TWIt who, though disclaiming twi these days, makes the same ridiculous (and illogical) argument about the "logic" of spiritually augmented "factual" knowledge as "TLC" has on this thread topic. I wonder if TLC might know that person with initials SKP.

Unfortunately, the sound quality is poor. Fortunately, this clip is very short. Also, Dr Krauss was (rightfully?) criticized for sexual harassment and forced out of his professorship at Arizona State University. But that's beside the point.

Whew! I was almost beginning to panic.

You have to be ready, willing, and able to read between the lines. Oh, and I'm curious, have they denounced Rico and his business model?

Already did. Were you paying attention?

If your point is that there is a cause/effect connection between believing that God raised Jesus from the dead and being able to "reach into Daddy's cookie jar," you still haven't addressed the problem of discerning when any old thought that pops into said believer's head can be reasonably deemed to be revelation from God as opposed to anything other than revelation.

How is this NOT the "T" word?

I can't argue against that point. But we might not know his true motive.

AKA trolling.

Surely you jest! I bet he don't wanna.

Ya know, if you'd respond to requests to clarify what you mean, it would be more difficult to "twist and shout distort" what you "previously stated." Like, the bolded words above, I have NO freakin' idea what you mean. Please clarify it. Or, if you prefer, I'll just say, sorry that I am deficient in my ability to read your mind now, since you seem (by practice) to be averse to taking responsibility for stating what you want to say in a way that anyone might actually be able to understand your intended meaning.

Someone I follow on twitter posted the Chicken Little story this evening. I remember my dad telling me about Chicken Little maybe about 60 years ago. (preschool age) I don't remember ever reading the entire fable (even though I might have). But it SO relates to so much in life I thought it might be worth sharing here. Chicken Little likes to walk in the woods. She likes to look at the trees. She likes to smell the flowers. She likes to listen to the birds singing. One day while she is walking an acorn falls from a tree, and hits the top of her little head. - My, oh, my, the sky is falling. I must run and tell the lion about it, - says Chicken Little and begins to run. She runs and runs. By and by she meets the hen. - Where are you going? - asks the hen. - Oh, Henny Penny, the sky is falling and I am going to the lion to tell him about it. - How do you know it? - asks Henny Penny. - It hit me on the head, so I know it must be so, - says Chicken Little. - Let me go with you! - says Henny Penny. - Run, run. So the two run and run until they meet Ducky Lucky. - The sky is falling, - says Henny Penny. - We are going to the lion to tell him about it. - How do you know that? - asks Ducky Lucky. - It hit Chicken Little on the head, - says Henny Penny. - May I come with you? - asks Ducky Lucky. - Come, - says Henny Penny. So all three of them run on and on until they meet Foxey Loxey. - Where are you going? - asks Foxey Loxey. - The sky is falling and we are going to the lion to tell him about it, - says Ducky Lucky. - Do you know where he lives? - asks the fox. - I don't, - says Chicken Little. - I don't, - says Henny Penny. - I don't, - says Ducky Lucky. - I do, - says Foxey Loxey. - Come with me and I can show you the way. He walks on and on until he comes to his den. - Come right in, - says Foxey Loxey. They all go in, but they never, never come out again. Any thoughts on how this relates?

Why would that be? Perhaps because for whatever reason you have declined to establish for your readers here any background that would lend credibility to what you post here without you properly explaining said posting and responding to feedback indicating desire for you to clarify wtf you're talking about much of the time?