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QUOTE(Texsox @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 06:03 PM) That's Indiana for you. That would never happen in Chicago Yeah they would have just walked over and asked if they wanted to buy tools, instead of using ebay.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 06:08 PM) Personally I'm not too sure what, if any, effect that would have but those in the know, including Greenspan, seem to think that it would have a very positive effect on the economy. I think it's an idea worth exploring though cause our current tax code is a disaster. I have never seen Greenspan comment on a consumption tax, and I am big time fed watcher.

Cintron does yard work on Jenks... LONG gone from the sounds of it.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 03:18 PM) Bobby Jenks sighting. Honel pitched well. like to see Jenks start the season in the rotation at Charlotte. Unless Jenks has a bang up spring, it doesn't sound like he will start that high in the system. High A to AA sounds more realistic

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 03:11 PM) what evr happened to the chat room or whatevr? people still use that or not till regular season starts? We are hoping to have it ready for openning day. The one we had last year wasn't actually a part of the site.

http://www.nbc5.com/technology/4249655/det...994&dppid=65192

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:48 PM) The fact is he got thrown out, IMO in the boxscore it is not going to say CS but was really safe now is it? Your right Speed has nothing to do with getting picked off... but learning to read pitchers do, which harris still hasn't manged and was the point of my post. Harris has no clue how to run the bases, no doubt about it.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:45 PM) Thank god Harris has that speed you can't teach... to bad he still hasn't learned how to use it. Speed has nothing to do with getting picked off... And from the sounds of it, because of his speed he was actually safe and got jobbed at 2nd.

QUOTE(smalls2598 @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:44 PM) they allow tailgating at Millter park, right? Yes they do. They have more info on their website.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:40 PM) Wino Please don't ban me Wino... I was wondering who was going to say it.... You can dance, you can sing, having the time of your life.....

QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:34 PM) LMAO.. I'm showing him this!!! I guess that means I am driving now, huh? :banghead

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:32 PM) Saudis now pressuring Lebanon to get out too No surprise there... you know the Bush admin has been pushing everyone to say that to Syria.

QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:28 PM) He never has before... by the 3rd inning we usually don't know if he does or doesn't anyway.. And that's only because it takes Jim until the middle of the first to get there

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:28 PM) still runnin'. Go, go Sox.... plus I need a lot of steals for the YNOT, I think I had the highest guess of anyone

Now the feed is up... I guess it was just delayed in starting...

QUOTE(JimH @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:09 PM) Harris moves him to 3rd with a grounder to the right side. Pods at 3rd, one out. That sequence brings a tear of joy to my eye.

I am going Friday, and sitting in a suite

QUOTE(Texsox @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:09 PM) There are laws that allow for stiffer penalties when the victim is a Judge. I think those laws should extend the their families as well. Same with cops. Doesn't it automatically become a federal case for the murder of a judge? That would also make it an executable offense.

Under the current system, the poorest quintile of tax payers have a negative tax rate. The poor actually net recieve money from paying taxes because of child credits and EIC and the like.

No live radio feed today on MLB.com :fyou

Also for the comsumption taxers, here is an example of why this is bad for the poor. Take someone earning 10,000 100,000 and 1 million a year with a 20% consumption tax. A person making 10k spends all of their money to survive and ends up paying 2k in taxes at 20% for a marginal rate of 20% Someone making 100k, if they save 10%, spends only 90k which would be all they get taxed on. They pay 18K in taxes, for a marginal rate of only 18%. And finally someone making a million dollars a year and is able to save 50% of their money, would only spend 500k, meaning they only get taxed on 500k for a tax bill of 100k. Their marginal tax rate is only 10%, meaning they would pay half of the tax rate of the people who have to spend all of their money. The system is regressive and would bankrupt the poor.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 01:47 PM) I don't know if that's true. Making 12,000 a year a far larger percentage of my money would then go to taxes than someone earning ten times my income with a very high sales tax. For this flat tax--are you exempting life necessities (clothes, food, etc)--that might be more fair, but a general flat consumption tax would honestly bury someone in my income bracket. The only exemptions in most flat tax plans are mortgage interest. And actually the only reason I even said flat tax was because it is the simplist of all systems. Your taxes could be done on a postcard. My theory is through negotiations if you start with something extreme like that, maybe we can compromise to a solid progressive multi-rate tax plan, without any loopholes.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 01:44 PM) I think I prefer a consumption tax as opposed to a flat tax as its more fair ( more you spend more you pay ) and would also encourage people to save more money. Not at all actually. It is extremely regressive against the poor, as they have to spend all of their money to survive. They end up actually paying a higher marginal tax rate. It would be disaster for poor families who now have actually a negative tax rate.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 01:45 PM) ABBA forwards or backwards... still pure evil

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 01:42 PM) But then it wouldn't really be *free* ice-cream would it? Oh, hold on, hell is calling to confirm my reservation.... What is the hold music to hell like?