The Nino

We jumped 7 spots in Baseball America's Ranking, up to #5

Yeah unfortunately I think the door has closed. I don't think CBM will be able to get over it mentally that Hall is making more than him. He's given us no reason to believe it wouldn't effect him on the court.

Goodbye Chad Baker Fry Taker :wah:

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Gentry in the portal

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There goes our rizz

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Minors do not pay FICA either.

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Minors should withhold FICA unless they're employed by their parents (I think it might extend to grandparents and direct blood relatives but I'd have to look it up)

What's the payout of a 10 leg parley?

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Doesn’t take 25 years to get citizenship

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Yeah it can. I know several people where it’s taken 20+ years to naturalize. It’s a shitty broken system

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There are groups in the US currently that don't pay FICA. I'm not trying to argue with you but this is a verifiable fact.

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Sorry for speaking in absolutes...it's a nearly negligible part of the American workforce that isn't required to pay FICA (off the top of my head, some resident/non-resident aliens, some clergy, university student employees and a few gov positions are exempt). Your son wouldn't qualify for a majority of these positions being an US citizen. As far as I know, government jobs require the new employees to register on E-Verify, which requires the employee's SSN

You also have to consider the other employment taxes of FUTA and SUTA, which require the employee to have a SSN/ITIN. Your son would be looking for a job that's exempt of ALL employment taxes...so student employee with a very low salary cap, maybe a few clergy positions.

Or he can earn money under the table or from illegal activities. Still supposed to pay tax on those types of income though (there are instructions on the IRS website on how to properly report drug money and assets acquired from theft). So even these income sources technically require your son to have a SSN.

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Everyone is saying he HAS to sign up for social security, and they may be right. But, all those people people were equally sure it was impossible to get a driver's license without a social security number.

What everyone was told and what everyone believed was wrong. Even when the law specifically said I was correct in plain English.

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Congrats on the win, but a state department of motor vehicle and the IRS aren't comparable. The Internal Revenue Code is pretty clear on what is and isn't allowed. It's not a fun read and you can barely consider it English, but you should read the sections that pertain to taxpayer identification number and gloss over all the court cases that have challenged various aspects of it. I think you'll find a SSN isn't the hill you want your son to die on.

As far as I know, US citizens aren’t eligible for ITINs. This kid (teen) will need a SSN to function in society in a few years, unless he already has enough money to not ever need to work

Awesome job Gators

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Blaming the refs in this game sounds dumb as shite btw

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Yeah we got several very fortunate calls/no-calls in the 2nd half