StreetScooby

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  1. Not saying that. If they start building up a large collection of property, they should be paying property tax. We are all engines of karma
  2. Couldn't agree more. Maybe give them a break on their primary property. But all secondary property holdings must pay tax. We are all engines of karma
  3. Ann Coulter at her best here... http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2011-08-10.html We are all engines of karma
  4. I was surprised to read this in the Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2024284/UK-riots-2011-Liberal-dogma-spawned-generation-brutalised-youths.html Bashes the welfare state... We are all engines of karma
  5. My wife's family lives in a small village outside of Huddersfield, England. There's a council house on the street in which a family has been on the dole the entire time their kids were raised. The oldest daughter recently went and had a child out of wedlock so she could continue that fine tradition. We are all engines of karma
  6. STOP! Next thing you know the Democrats are going to have a program for that too! We are all engines of karma
  7. If we're being serious, agreed. Fortunately, I've never had to witness that. We are all engines of karma
  8. Why, because of the surface tension calculations? They're a bit tricky, but someone here can help you We are all engines of karma
  9. Why are you using viscosity in a volume calculation? Looking to account for surface tension before it overflows? We are all engines of karma
  10. Thanks for the interpretation I lived in Edinburgh for two years. I'll never forget my first direct encounter with a Scotsman. I was walking down Princess street from my hotel, looking for something. I asked this guy directions. Literally didn't understand a single word he said. We are all engines of karma
  11. Didn't understand a word she said... Something about "fighting for a cause?"
  12. A market for riot protection? Wow, only in England... Who in their right mind would underwrite that? Business Owner - "Here are the pictures the cops took." LOL... We are all engines of karma
  13. Do the rioters have rabies? We are all engines of karma
  14. Would I kill someone stealing my car? No, not even if the law allowed it. Would I kill someone ransacking a business that I spent my life building, that provides mine and my families livelihood? Absolutely, especially knowing the police would simply take pictures after the fact. We are all engines of karma
  15. Defending your business from wanton thugs? Absolutely, IMO. We are all engines of karma
  16. What is most striking to me about the London riots is people have no way to defend their property or livelihoods. The cops are just taking pictures... Incredible. We are all engines of karma
  17. Excellent article on inheritance/death tax: http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2011/08/09/why_taxing_the_rich_does_not_work_99172.html Real numbers, even net present values! We are all engines of karma
  18. Absolutely it's grandstanding, especially at this point in time. The head of S&P is a liberal arts major. I would love to see what positions Soros took today, and I bet they were dialed in before S&P made their call. We are all engines of karma
  19. Sounds like it's time for a dose of that. We are all engines of karma
  20. Oh, stop... We are all engines of karma
  21. That's a stated goal of the left, and I agree it makes no sense. We are all engines of karma
  22. Won't argue that, but getting that salary and benefits for life after 2 years of service is a bit much. I could be wrong on the salary, but that's my understanding. We are all engines of karma
  23. As the USC article said, there are extremely wealthy families that are happy paying additional amounts to the government. That's fine. God bless them. For the government to make it a policy to confiscate private property at death isn't fair to those families that have earned that wealth. There must be limits on government power. That's what our constitution is all about. Even the USC article says there's not alot of money there, in the context of $1.5T dollar a year deficits, and as such it makes no sense to make that part of tax policy. We are all engines of karma
  24. Ah, you got this from another article, that still doesn't use your number. Here's the number they use... I know better than to ask this, but where do you get the 1%/year? I'm guessing you're making it up. Even with your estimate of $2T/decade, that's only $200B/year. Not even close to paying for Obama's vision. BTW, your guesstimate is twice the value provided by the article you cited: So, even doubling the inheritance tax doesn't put a dent into Obama's vision. The government has a spending problem that it will not be able to tax it's way out of. We are all engines of karma