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If you can explain to me why it is a good idea to tax someone making $20,000 a year 22%…go for it.
This person will never have money to invest or save…so I guess they should be thanking their lucky stars they will never have to pay 9% of what? $100,000? What would that leave them $91,000 to live on? How about 9% of $1,000,000…$90,000…oh…[Read more]

So you don’t think the person who is investing is never going to pay tax on that investment?  What about when they retire and suddenly are reqiured to liquidate their positions in the market which you are requried to do currently. You don’t think they are going to pay 9% of a much bigger number? You are just taking a snap shot of a single year.  Y…[Read more]

Yes, I thought it was really interesting too. I would like to see how it is being used…it would definitely be an interesting study.

Because I am a nerd I took the time to look at two scenarios for a person making $20,000 residing in the state of Idaho…where I live.
Current system: Person does not pay income tax but does pay payroll tax which totals $1500 leaving them with $18,500 to live on…lets assume he uses all of this to live purchasing food, etc. I don’t know how to…[Read more]

I do believe in a government role in terms of regulation.  I do however have issues with government trying to regulate common sense.  For example,  Last year my dad decided to tear down a 20 year old greenhouse that was built in a hurry 20 years ago because we were out of production space,  It was just a small simple wooden structure with a cor…[Read more]

Why would they eliminate it when it works so well for the both of them?

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/230692/20111013/herman-cain-999-plan-tax-will-it-work-experts.htm
“Consider two people: one who earns $30,000 a year and spends all of it by necessity, and one who earns $500,000, spends $100,000 of it and saves or invests the remainder. Under Cain’s plan, the first person would pay an 18 percent tax on that…[Read more]

I don’t think the idea is protecting you from yourself…rather protecting your property, the air you breath and the water you drink from the misdeeds of others. There are reasons regulations were enacted originally…precisely because a capitalist society with no regulations is dangerous to your health. Capitalism is great as long as there are…[Read more]

Cain is a part of the establishment as much as you would like to think he is a clean break from corruption. He said people that wanted an audit of the Fed didn’t know what they were talking about and it was unnecessary. Of course he worked for the Fed…he has plenty of advantageous political/corporate connections.
Additionally, his plan is not…[Read more]

Don’t sweat it Heather,  just like Newt recently said.  Congress created it (the Fed) they can also change it or eliminate it.
 
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It is always a pleasure talking to a stauch Democrat who always believes that government should protect me from myself.  No I think that neither party has the answer.  The answer lies somewhere between the two parties.  Now if we could just get them to actually talk to each other…
 
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Well actually a person making 20,000. is already paying way more than 9% What Cain is proposing is No more payroll taxes for you the employee or the employer either one.  When you factor that into your calcluation you would be much better off under Cains plan and I believe business (especially small business) would be to.  I know because I pay t…[Read more]

It is kind of interesting how these parks worked in the past and what developers agreed to do for a a couple thousand extra square feet in a building. There are MANY private parks in NYC attached to projects, but I was unaware that the public access had to be left open 24hrs. Most aren’t open past dusk, and are patrolled and LOCKED…[Read more]

They would all be the same Steve. Consider that Romney is receiving more Wall Street donations then any other candidate currently. Consider that Cain expects someone making $20,000 to pay 9% tax…or that some of the contenders spent months questioning where Obama was born. You do a disservice to yourself defending one side at all. Defend neither…[Read more]

I don’t agree that there is a huge difference. These same banks own shares of the Fed. The Fed is not run by the government…there was even a court case where a guy tried to sue the US government when a Federal Reserve vehicle ran into him. The case was dismissed because the Federal Reserve is considered a private…[Read more]

your kidding..You want to gut the EPA, the clean air act, to privatize social security, medicare and medicaid, and abolish unions? You think the world was made 6,000 years ago, global warming is a conspiracy by scientists, mass transit is a joke, and we should take away all the national parks and give them to oil companies to drill for oil? Attack…[Read more]

I don’t really think it matters to much Trace,  Any one of the Republican Candidates would be a breath of freshair over what we have now.  I haven’t seen much in the way of results with this President only a whole lot more debit on the books,  certainly not a better economy, certainly not more jobs.  Just what has he done.  He has taken lots of t…[Read more]

he has expanded the wars….”meet the new boss, same as the old boss”

Jimmy Carter… now there was a real flop of a President.  Bush every time of course.  That is not to say that in retrospect I agreed with every policy that was apart of GW’s administration.  But on the other hand he too had a tough go of it. It is easy for anyone to arm chair quarterback his decisions.  Just remember, America was attacked on our…[Read more]