This is the first time I have ever heard the word "fast" used to describe a Golf. Look at the previous posts to see what "fast" means: not just scooting around corners, but straight-line sub-15 second quarter miles with sub 7 second 0-60 MPH times.
Only in America were cars big and heavy in the 70s, the rest of the world had gotten it right even back then.
Only if you think having useless bumpers, no seat belts, and no smog controls is "getting it right".
All we need to do is raise taxes on the wealthy. Then the government can buy these $58,000 cars (plus a solar electric system, of course; wouldn't want to built any dangerous power plants) for every home. ENERGY CRISIS SOLVED
That's funny; I didn't see him mention God. So you think success is all luck? Actually, I'm not going to bother making sense of what you said. Just go back into your basement and slack off, since you don't seem to think effort matters.
The poor tend to spend their money on essentials. These get taxed
If you live in a state that actually taxes food and clothing, you need to fix it in the state. Stop trying to "eat the rich" at the federal level. Oh, and rent is not taxed anywhere.
Are they paying their fair share? Who knows
I've seen articles in just the last week showing that the wealthy still pay a much bigger share. Why? Because geniuses already imposed "special" taxes on things that the wealthy buy, like luxury taxes. How much is "enough"? How is paying a higher percentage than another person "fair"? Would you accept it if you worked in sales, sold twice what your coworker did, and your boss only gave you 5% commission while your coworker got 10% because it would be more "fair"?
In the 1980s, PCs were sold to balance the books, store recipes, write letters, tutor schoolchildren, and play games. Today, PCs are sold to watch porn, watch porn, watch porn, watch porn and play games.
Why do people claim they believe this stuff when it just makes them appear stupid? I mean, there are likely about zero Tea Party people who are billionaires and most are middle class. And did you notice that one of the top tea party-favored candidates is black? And that a tea-party-favored member of the CBC is black?
We could tax ever dollar of income made over $1 million and it would not cover the shortfall. Everyone who's calling out to "raise taxes" really means "raise taxes on those making more than me". Except, of course, for people like Buffett, who mean, "raise taxes because that'll keep out the upstart new investors who keep competing with me."
The DNC wants to raise taxes to pay the price for continued society.
The US could take every dollar that anyone makes over $1 million and it wouldn't cover this year's shortfall. When has a Democrat ever cut spending after raising taxes? The closest is when Clinton begrudgingly signed the GOP-congress's spending bill after he already raised taxes under the Democrat Congress a year before.
Ok... so thanks to the payroll tax cut, contributions are insufficient to cover outlays this year and SS is having to dip into its fund. So SS is cashing in some of its treasuries. Where does the money come from? The Treasury. Well, we know that revenue is far below expenditures this year... that's the definition of a deficit. So the US has to borrow the money to pay SS. So to pay SS recipients, we have to ISSUE MORE TREASURIES.
The problem is so obvious, I don't know why everyone doesn't understand it. It's really like filling your piggy bank with IOUs and claiming you're saving for the future.
Any atheist could become a killer for their beliefs... or unbeliefs, as it were. That's human nature. The Christian bible doesn't specifically condone killing; as we all know, one of the ten commandments says not to kill and Jesus' teachings are easily interpreted as pacifist (e.g. Quakers and Amish). Wars occur in the OT, but that is quite a different matter than terrorism, and out of the scope of this discussion. "Superior morality"? Yeah, not so superior when your God tells you not to kill, but you do so anyway. But in the Qur'an, oppression of infidels is required through the paying of tribute, and resistance is to be met by violence.
Maybe if we weren't killing Muslims in Massachusetts, they wouldn't attack us. They just feel powerless, living impoverished in their 4,000 sq ft mansions, practically uneducated with a degree in physics from Northeastern U. Get the USA out of Massachusetts!
What truly makes me sad when I see things like this, is that it ultimately makes me think that a bit of science has been lying around for 150 years
No, it hasn't. The number of people who claim that carbon dioxide is not a greenhouse gas is a tiny group of crackpots. The debate is over whether the earth is really warming (because many of our climate stations are returning bogus data), followed by whether man's activity is the cause. However, since humankind is full of blowhards, incompetents, and narcissists, we have to endure pointless "debates" between ignorant losers and the straw men they create.
Defense is a responsibility given to Congress in the constitution. Interstate highways often have tolls on them, because they're actually maintained primarily by the states. Police and fire are run locally. So congratulations, you just pointed out things that make sense under a federal constitutional republic.
The people don't understand the ObamaCare plan - not entirely sure I do either, as it's a bit of a Frankenstein plan, rather than best plan which we couldn't get, not because of "Socialism", but because the major Healthcare companies have the GOP (and some Dems) so buttoned up in their pockets that the best plan of all could never get passed (the plan which cuts them largely out of the loop.)
Both houses of Congress were Democratic when the bill was passed. The GOP had absolutely nothing to do with any compromises. QED
Imagine if you will, there was no Social Security in the United States and any administration trying to get that system through today, with the way big business interests have so many politicians on a gilt leash. It'd be horrible and the only people really benefiting (besides lawyers, who seem to find a way to prosper from anything) would be businesses, not the people it was meant to serve.
Yes... imagine if we didn't have a program in which all the revenue is thrown into the general fund instead of actually being saved for future shortfalls. That would be horrible.
It's funny you mention that, because the US yacht market (and thus most of the manufacturers) was destroyed when a special luxury tax for yachts was imposed. Obama, who doesn't like learning from history, wants to do the same for the private jet market.
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My phone is normally in my pocket. Shouldn't this be protected as well? I mean, if it isn't, then they can rifle through my wallet too.
Only if you think having useless bumpers, no seat belts, and no smog controls is "getting it right".
The fact that it was stable for 20 years tells me that it is not the gold that is volatile, but our unstable global economy. Greek bailout, anyone?
The Ford Focus MSRP is $16,500. No one pays MSRP, so I'm sure you could get one that's comparable to your Kia.
All we need to do is raise taxes on the wealthy. Then the government can buy these $58,000 cars (plus a solar electric system, of course; wouldn't want to built any dangerous power plants) for every home. ENERGY CRISIS SOLVED
That's funny; I didn't see him mention God. So you think success is all luck? Actually, I'm not going to bother making sense of what you said. Just go back into your basement and slack off, since you don't seem to think effort matters.
There's a state tax on the poor that every politician loves: the lottery.
If you live in a state that actually taxes food and clothing, you need to fix it in the state. Stop trying to "eat the rich" at the federal level. Oh, and rent is not taxed anywhere.
I've seen articles in just the last week showing that the wealthy still pay a much bigger share. Why? Because geniuses already imposed "special" taxes on things that the wealthy buy, like luxury taxes. How much is "enough"? How is paying a higher percentage than another person "fair"? Would you accept it if you worked in sales, sold twice what your coworker did, and your boss only gave you 5% commission while your coworker got 10% because it would be more "fair"?
In the 1980s, PCs were sold to balance the books, store recipes, write letters, tutor schoolchildren, and play games. Today, PCs are sold to watch porn, watch porn, watch porn, watch porn and play games.
Too bad for you that Mao isn't running.
Let me guess... because they're sexist, too? I guess Bachmann and Palin are trannys.
Why do people claim they believe this stuff when it just makes them appear stupid? I mean, there are likely about zero Tea Party people who are billionaires and most are middle class. And did you notice that one of the top tea party-favored candidates is black? And that a tea-party-favored member of the CBC is black?
We could tax ever dollar of income made over $1 million and it would not cover the shortfall. Everyone who's calling out to "raise taxes" really means "raise taxes on those making more than me". Except, of course, for people like Buffett, who mean, "raise taxes because that'll keep out the upstart new investors who keep competing with me."
The US could take every dollar that anyone makes over $1 million and it wouldn't cover this year's shortfall. When has a Democrat ever cut spending after raising taxes? The closest is when Clinton begrudgingly signed the GOP-congress's spending bill after he already raised taxes under the Democrat Congress a year before.
The problem is so obvious, I don't know why everyone doesn't understand it. It's really like filling your piggy bank with IOUs and claiming you're saving for the future.
People have been complaining about airport security ever since W created the TSA. Stop lying to yourself.
Any atheist could become a killer for their beliefs... or unbeliefs, as it were. That's human nature. The Christian bible doesn't specifically condone killing; as we all know, one of the ten commandments says not to kill and Jesus' teachings are easily interpreted as pacifist (e.g. Quakers and Amish). Wars occur in the OT, but that is quite a different matter than terrorism, and out of the scope of this discussion. "Superior morality"? Yeah, not so superior when your God tells you not to kill, but you do so anyway. But in the Qur'an, oppression of infidels is required through the paying of tribute, and resistance is to be met by violence.
Maybe if we weren't killing Muslims in Massachusetts, they wouldn't attack us. They just feel powerless, living impoverished in their 4,000 sq ft mansions, practically uneducated with a degree in physics from Northeastern U. Get the USA out of Massachusetts!
No, it hasn't. The number of people who claim that carbon dioxide is not a greenhouse gas is a tiny group of crackpots. The debate is over whether the earth is really warming (because many of our climate stations are returning bogus data), followed by whether man's activity is the cause. However, since humankind is full of blowhards, incompetents, and narcissists, we have to endure pointless "debates" between ignorant losers and the straw men they create.
Defense is a responsibility given to Congress in the constitution. Interstate highways often have tolls on them, because they're actually maintained primarily by the states. Police and fire are run locally. So congratulations, you just pointed out things that make sense under a federal constitutional republic.
Both houses of Congress were Democratic when the bill was passed. The GOP had absolutely nothing to do with any compromises. QED
Yes... imagine if we didn't have a program in which all the revenue is thrown into the general fund instead of actually being saved for future shortfalls. That would be horrible.
It's funny you mention that, because the US yacht market (and thus most of the manufacturers) was destroyed when a special luxury tax for yachts was imposed. Obama, who doesn't like learning from history, wants to do the same for the private jet market.
So how did you like your new 256K EGA card? 16 colors are awesome!
I'm sure AGW is at fault, so no.
Or racist thugs, like the Tea party... right?