Look!
Look! Giving money to rich folks is the American way!
(Henry Paulson)
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Now see, what did I tell you?
It’s only socialism when poor people benefit. The rich are obviously better than you or I, and probably favored by God. We should be handing them our money, they obviously know what to do with it or they wouldn’t be rich. Remember, what’s good for the immoral bandits on Wall Street is what’s good for America!
*sigh* I love it when socialism and capitalism are misrepresented….Before you pounce, I don’t think what we have is a capitalistic society in the truest sense of the word, and I DO NOT WANT the bailout.
I still think you’re awesome.
Wasn’t there an algore picture on here a while back captioned “Excuse me while I bask in my awesomeness”? I think I want that picture, only with me
Luv you DW.
XD Luv you long time.
I wonder if you can get those ordered somewhere. That would be neat. I think at all those macro sites, you can actually get posters made and sent. *is being dim*
I hate this bailout too.
I think most interrigent people think this bailout is a nasty little way to get a bunch of crap through congress that we don’t need. Has anyone actually read the !!!!!!!!451!!!!!!!!! page bill?????? Has anyone seen the extra crap that doesn’t have anything to do with the economy that is getting passed????? Normal proceedure to attach pork barrel stuff to a bill or not, if the economy is in THAT MUCH of a crisis, then let’s put forth a bill that has everything to do with the economy, and nothing to do with $300 tax credits for businesses that can prove their workers use a bicycle as their primary means of transportation to work!!!! I think this is the biggest snow job in the history of politics *sigh*
I hadn’t read it, but I was afraid of that.
Wait, McCain voted for it. Iisn’t McCain supposed to be THE MAVERICK against pork barrel spending?
I have never once said I liked McCain. In fact, I believe my last few posts have been pretty apparent on that. He’s just better than the other guy *sigh* I’m making a new campaign poster: “McCain: Because Apparently We Can’t Get Anyone Better.”
And I do like Sarah Palin.
Lol! All I can say is that stock market better go back up again after all their scare tactics.
McCain- because he’s not as bad as the other guy .
I agree with you. Why do proponents of socialism bash giving money to rich people as a bad thing, yet promote giving money to poor people as a good thing? Why should either be ok? How about not giving people other people’s money period? If we can all agree that this bailout makes no sense, why should it make sense who you’re bailing out? That’s what’s wrong with this entitlement mentality.
well … according to the Palin’s giving money to charity or taxes sure isn’t “The American Way”
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Taxes Paid:
For 2006, the Palins paid $11,944 (LINE 63) in total taxes on gross income of $127,869 (LINE 37), which is a 9.3% tax rate.
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For 2007, the Palins paid $24,738 (LINE 63) in total taxes on gross income of $166,080 (LINE 37), which is a 14.9% tax rate.
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Charitable Contributions:
2006
In 2006, Sarah and Todd Palin donated $4,250 to charity in cash/check donations and $630 in non-cash/check donations, for a total of $4,880. This is 3.3% of their adjusted gross income.
2007
In 2007, Sarah and Todd Palin donated $2,500 to charity in cash/check donations and $825 in non-cash/check donations, for a total of $3,325. This is 1.5% of their adjusted gross income.
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I thought Christians were encouraged to give to charities?
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PS – Much as I dislike him; the McCains gave around 30% of their income to charity in 2006 and 2007.
Gotta give the man and his wife credit for that
My sources here may be iffy of course ….
And most couples making $120,000 to $170,000 give exactly nothing to charity. Maybe some change to the bell-ringing Santa at Christmas. Kudos to them for giving when most Americans do not. Must be nice to be able to spare several thousand dollars a year to give to charities, even with five kids.
The Palins also don’t have the benefit of having $100 million sitting around. The McCain’s dont even need their income, so its easy to give away money.
As far as what they paid in taxes , if you feel there is something wrong with their taxes or that they are evading taxes, this is the first I’ve heard of it. You’d think someone would have said something by now.
How much did the Obama’s give? And Biden? And it’s encouraged, not required
Obama got some flak about donating almost nothing to charity, then his contributions spiking just before he decided to run for President. Biden has given $3600 total over 10 years, amounting to 0.1% of his gross income. Personally I think anyone should be commended for giving, regardless of the amount.
Considering that most of us can’t spare a damn dime… *sigh*
I know. I had to cannibalize the gas can I had filled up for my lawnmower just so I could drive my car this week. Ughhh.
Speaking of gas prices, I was actually happy to see $3.14 today when I drove into work. It’s sad when anything close to $3 makes me happy…….I want my $1.15 gas back, dammit! Oh hell, I want the price war from the year I started driving where gas was down to $.89!!!!!!
I make 11 an hour which used to sound awesome. That 200 a month for gas for the Intrepid is killing me…
I sell stuff on the internet for extra cash, you just have to buy low and sell high, it really is that easy. It does take a lot of time though. People are still buying too, even the high end stuff.
This assumes I have stuff I can sell. @_@
Buy it, then sell it…
*headdesk* That assumes I have money to spend.
lol! I used credit to get started, I had a huge debt but it’s all paid off now and I have an inventory and cash. It’s kind of risky though and you have to know your specialty. There’s competition too, but that’s what makes it fun to me. I’m just learning as I go!!
I already have enough stress without gambling too. I am glad you are making it work though, hun. Awesomeness even.
I just am too paranoid to do that with my sons and woman counting on me. X_X
Just a suggestion!
Sweetie, I have a feeling that ema doesn’t need suggestions of that nature any more than I do
Would you prefer I give orders then?
Jesus, get an effing virtual room already!
That sand, you know the sand in your vagina? You might want to remove it before it becomes a pearl.
Unless, you know, you’re into that sort of thing of course.
Your constant banter is getting as old and stale as McCain.
You can get another thread, I promise I won’t stop you
There’s no shortage of people who brag about their supposed sex life to complete strangers on the internet. I tend to ignore ‘em.
At least it’s getting colder so the grass isn’t going to be growing as fast.
Yeah, good thing too. Cause giving annual checks to the poor is the Soviet way! We should start collectivizing our farms, too. Hell, let’s put up pictures of Obama saying “Our beloved leader” as he rides roughshod over the Duma…er, the Congress.
Click the name. Hmmmmmm……..
Which name? Mine?? Why “Hmmmmmm”?
But most of Obama’s donations went to his church and racist preacher.
Do you have any source for that whatsoever?
you do know how to google don’t you ?
Try the same place JB got theirs.
I got mine at johnmccain.com – see link in my name in the post where I claim the source may be iffy.
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Another fun tax thing to note: She did not claim the 60k for family travel paid for by Alaska and she did not claim the 11k she claimed as per diem meal expense for the nights she was IN HER HOUSE
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Maybe if everyone paid the taxes they actually owe instead of bending over backwards to avoid and evade them the country would have a smaller deficit and the bailout would not have been needed. That would mean closing the offshore banking loophole McCain loves though
Maybe if taxes and regulation weren’t so bad here, people would pay their taxes and companies would not outsource to other countries !
Ahem. And there you have the perfect argument for capitalism and less government involvement in day to day living.
Thank you !
And BTW- my college Economic professor told us that ” it’s every citizen’s duty to pay as little income tax as legally possible”. Now I know what he meant.
What everyone fails to understand is that the bailout is, for better or worse, absolutely necessary. If these companies fail, and can’t recover, Main Street will be even more adversely affected. As much as these furious right-winger anti-socialist hangers-on from the McCarthy days would like to believe that all that can come of this is bad, bad, bad, what they fail to recognize is how many “Joe Six-Packs” will suffer if these companies die. Lest we forget–ordinary people invest money, too. And, of course, it’s the common American who has to worry the most about this subprime mortgage issue.
Now, I don’t like seeing greedy fat cats get a 700 billion dollar security blanket, either, but it’s a necessary evil for a greater good. My advice to all of the people denouncing this bailout? Do your research before you go spouting off about the evils of Wall Street and how the government shouldn’t help it survive.
The market is built to go up and down. Companies in a free market always have the chance of failing.
The government spending $700 billion dollars to prop up these companies, makes it not a free market.
THANK YOU.
Paulson only looks HALF as evil as Chertoff…..the most evil LOOKING man in the US.
Whether those brokerages do or don’t get bailed out won’t affect me one bit. AIG probably won’t make one bit of difference. FANNIE and FREDDIE MAC will, however. That will affect interest rates, housing prices, property values etc.
What we need is more anti-socialist hangers on. Obama’s voting record IS TO THE LEFT of a Socialist. What does that make him, Marxist ?
and being a socialist is bad how exactly…?
You’re 14. Come back when you’ve actually seen it in action.
Obama’s voting record IS TO THE RIGHT of the centre. Just the vast majority of US politicians are even further right. (click name)
WTF ! He’s THE most liberal senator in the senate !!!!!!!!
Not really (OUCH, THIS HURTS). He’s overall about the 10th most liberal. That story from (Time Magazine?) was based off one small part of his voting record. You can’t be the most liberal when you aren’t there to vote. I wouldn’t call him right of center, that’s a major reach and only true if you move the center way to the left. But he’s not the most liberal.
reality fail
Best Wishes!,