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Yes, well I’m sorry, for I have no idea of your circumstance, and it is none of my business, I do get somewhat unhinged at the dreadful inequality in this world especially about the selfishness and attitude concerning the less fortunate amongst.us. I hate the expression of so many who look down on those less fortunate and say about them…“By God I picked myself up by my boot straps and so can they”.What do I pay? Am I “rich?” You seem to think you know a lot about me…
I’m not blubbering.You are a bit unhinged in this post. I was asking about the strategy to grow the economy.
Peace, Carlan
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threedogday
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I get upset about the people who are born on third base and think they hit a triple. Sorry about the cliche’ but it is so apropo’
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estesbob
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You didn’t answer my question. Were you talking about effective rate or marginal. I am glad you have determined youvpay your fair share. The problem is when Liberals start deciding what others "fair share " is
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estesbob
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Apropos if one is consumed with envy.
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Carlan
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Actually, estesbob, I have no idea what my effective or marginal is. I determine my fair share because I fill out my two tax sheets every year work the bottom line out myself and send in what the tax tables tell me I owe, fairly simple.The IRS has never yelled at me or called me out for messing up seriously in all the 32 years since my husband died and I’ve been doing it.I suppose if I bothered to check out my last return, I could figure what percentage of the botton line I payed was. Actually I can’t be bothered at the moment but i will if you insist
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Carlan
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The sin of envy? That is a handy one to dish up, and it has been used more than once in this type of forum.
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TheRealJuliane
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As opposed to? The government taking money from all of us and creating nothing but further indebtedness? Who else COULD create jobs and make money? And I don’t mean simply PRINTING money via the government printing presses.
I know you didn’t mean to, but your 2nd paragraph is more of a recommendation for the GOP than a condemnation. You were speaking sardonically but you actually made sense for a change.
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seekerz
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Uh, do businesses stop making money when a particular party is in power? Bush cut taxes and the resulting wealth was supposed to trickle down…do you happen to remember the rate of monthly job losses when he left office?
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Jeanne_S
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What we are living and have been living for four years was just rearing it’s ugly head when GW left office.Lest you forgot,Maxine Waters,Barney Frank,Chris Dodd all Dems were the head of the oversight commitee for Fannie and Freddie. It is on tape that Franks didn’t see any probems ,even as they were occuring before his very eyes. There were warning shots put out by GW and John McCain,largely were ignored by the Dems.All of this was instrumental in the slippery slope of the job losses we have and are STILL experiencing,in spite of the left supressing and manipulating the numbers.
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mary_bobo
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Pardon, but when has it become stupid to suggest balancing the budget and living within our means? Seems like the prudent thing to do to me. And as far as nastiness goes, I highly suggest if you want to see nasty, you must have missed the crowds in Wisconsin and the Occupy crowd. That is nasty.
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ProVobis
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By then it was too late. The Fed had already bailed out Bear Sterns, signalling to the market that they were willing to bail out others. So they didn’t with Lehman Brothers but that really didn’t matter. The market had been doomed to collapse because of the housing bubble caused by low interest rates, low margin, overselling and overbuilding of homes, that came after 9/11. Even in 2004 the Fed realized that the housing bubble was out of control by starting to raise interest rates, but not too much as they didn’t want to be blamed if Bush were to lose the election.
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Carlan
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Golly, iam all for balancing budgets, this 87 year old had better be, gotta try to keep that catastrophic bit from disappearing altogether.
Didn’t miss either, but I certainly was able to relate, most likely in a different way than you could or did. It would be wonderful If the whole world could see Jesus in poor and the down and out, at least try not to offend their sensibilities.
Peace. Carlan
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CMatt25
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Good post Carlan. Too often I find conservative posters here who accuse others of believing they can substitute taxes for personal charity. But as you prove in this post that is certainly not the case. I don’t get the impression from some of your posts you are an 87 yr old with substancial financial means. Yet you prove people can and do offer up personal charity along with not begrudging paying their taxes. God bless you Carlan.
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At the last Catholic Mass I attended we prayed for our government leaders to help the poor. It affected me to the point of bringing tears of joy to my eyes after having read some of the political views here.
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CMatt25
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I agree. I’ve even heard the night of his inauguration some of them were already holed up somewhere in DC plotting their opposition to him. They seemed to have had no real desire to even attempt to play nice and work with him from the very beginning.
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CMatt25
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Another great post Carlan. Just as you aren’t I don’t believe Jesus was keen either on dreadful inequality and the attitude you point out here. I also don’t think Jesus would twist greater fairness and justice with envy. A person can seek fairness and justice and it doesn’t mean at all that they are envious. Peace to you as well.
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estesbob
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You dont find many people comfortable channeling Jesus-especially when Jesus presented as just another Democrat Party hack. Democrats have twisted the Churches teaching on the Preferential option for the poor and vulnerable into a prefernetial option for big govenment and high taxes.
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