BDashe 0 #26 October 14, 2008 Unfortuantely don't have time to address everything in your post but you made some pretty good points and the poverty stats by unicef were pretty interesting. I dunno, I guess i still feel that it is pretty ridiculous for a person to keep less than half they make, even if it is $100M. And if i were to be paying 50M+ in taxes, it would drive me nuts to not have any say in where it went. (i know, not realistic- corruption etc etc.) I mean I make jack sh*t right now, well below 6 figures and still somehow living in the state of CA with all the local and federal programs i take home like 60-65% of what I make. I know as i move up the ranks I'll keep proportionately less and less. I guess i just view tax cuts for everybody, while still keeping it tiered, better than punishment for the motivated and successful (yes there are always outliers like Ms. Hilton) and breaks for those that settle for status quo. There are SO many taxes we pay between sales, income, property, fuel, energy, state, luxury, business, social security- it never stops. yes, I have choices to move elsewhere to avoid certain taxes, but in the big picture it just seems (like all americans now-a-days) that we spend way WAY too much on way too much, it's like there is no prioritization ever- red or blue running the country. Why punish the people for things like Palin's roads/bridges to no where, or all the earmarks up and down the eastern seaboard. Ultimately I find we are doomed to forever choose between the lesser of 2 evils. I find that to be true globally- who REALLY makes a career in politics that is worth a d*mn. No one, because those are the people that end up successful in other endeavors (business, non-profit or otherwise) and put up with the monkeys and red tape that run the planet until it becomes unbearable. Scary. That was longer than i intended...So there I was... Making friends and playing nice since 1983 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #27 October 14, 2008 QuoteTravelled in Europe much??? If not you'll notice a marked lack of trailer parks.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #28 October 14, 2008 QuoteIt took Nixon to go to China and Reagan to negotiate with Gorbachev. Maybe it needed a Dubya to socialize the USA. It least the righties can't whine about Socialist Obama any more. (Well, they can but they'll be hypocrites). This is new....................how???????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #29 October 14, 2008 Quote .... Sad thing is, the more you get to Eastern part the more you see the real poverty, the homeless. Most mentall ill are cooped up into horrible "hospitals" w/o any treatment (go to Romania, Bulgaria ... ) Here they just throw them in jail. Which clearly is the better solution (even not the best). dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
