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How many things have never been done before in the history of the world? I cannot believe there are too many left and to be the first in the history of flight to solo, non stop, around the world, impresses me. Oh by the way, he's an Eagle Scout.

Actually I was thinking the Dancing Queen Prawn

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:32 PM) The biggest, and most obvious, difference though is that the media industry has a great deal of power in swaying people's opinions of the issues by the nature of it's work and that's why when the news is reported it's very important that it is done in a non-partisan manner. So if a liberal watched the news and said, it's fair and balanced, you would assume the news had a liberal slant?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:10 PM) Doesn't it automatically become a federal case for the murder of a judge? That would also make it an executable offense. A judge wasn't murdered, it was her mom and husband. I think the laws should extend to relatives as well. Which creates an easier climate for extortion of a judge? I'm going to kill *you* or I'm going to kill your daughter?

Let's take a simple system. We passed a budget, it will cost $500 to run the country. Here's everyone's bill for their share. Money goes in, we're done. Let's keep the focus on paying our bills. As soon as the politicians mesmerized us with speeches telling us we could get all these benefits and keep our money, we were screwed. If the government spends $100 this year. We have to pay the $100 eventually. The longer we wait to pay the $100 the more it will cost us in interest. So if we borrow the money to pay the $100, for all of us to pay less, we need more taxpayers, who will divide up that $100 more ways, and they have to contribute all the interest plus their share. As far as sparking the economy, every dollar the government gets, it spends. Unfortunately, too much of our national debt is now owned by the foreign governments and their banks who we love to hate. So those dollars are going overseas. But to say a dollar spent at Boeing by Uncle Sam spends differently than a dollar spend at Boeing by United doesn't make sense.

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.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 02:04 PM) 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. Not only that, many qualify for assitance on some level. What would be interesting, but almost impossible to compute, is what "benefits" we are receiving. What's my cost for guys like Nuke patrolling and keeping America safe? What's my cost for these roads, the communications infrastructure, the research that has improved my way of life, the schools my children attend, etc. etc. Even if we do not sign the back of a government aid check, we all benefit.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 01:48 PM) I can't argue with the truth. Screw you both, I now have Dancin' Queen stuck in my head Arggghhhhhhhh! Hmmm, who here would be the dancin' queen??

Putting on the rose colored glasses for a moment . . . Could it be that our tax code is so complex because we are trying so hard to be fair? We always seem to get into this vortex Wealthy pay more than poor Oops, that is unfair and hurts the poor, because the wealthy need capital to expand businesses, give raises, etc etc We better tax the poor more and the rich less Meanwhile the burden on the "middle class" which we can never agree on who is and isn't "middle class" stays the same or increases.

I feel like a Mets Fan who the hell are these guys?? I kid, because I care™ Happy Birthday!!

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 01:51 PM) 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. I think you would immediatly create exemptions for food, clothing, shelter, type items to shield those first dollars out the pocket every month. Same as in my system of basically giving everyone their first $20,000 tax free for those same items.

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. Also a better idea than what we have. The problem with that is I believe if we all are getting together to do stuff like protect the country, fund some eduction, help the needy, launch rockets, etc. we all should kick in. The focus should be on the governement's consumption, not our own. Plus, the system has to get easier for the people who are actually collecting the taxes. It's a pain in the ass to be tracking tax collections for many small businesses. I am in the process of reviewing all the locations we do service and finding out there are 4 or 5 different tax codes based on city, county, and state, taxes. Spending time on that doesn't help me to grow my business.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 01:43 PM) What is the hold music to hell like? While you are waiting, here's 50 cents and some Vanilla Ice-T

I'd like to see a single percentage system, computed on earnings over a minimum amount, all based on the individual system. No difference between married or single. Using $20,000 as the start and 20% Single Woman 25, earning $32,000 pays $2,400 CEO earning $200,000 pays $$36,000 Someone making $19,500 pays zero. Thinking as I type this, I'm certain there would be some flaws, and I'm equally certain y'all will find them. Bottom line, come up with a min number, poverty level, or whatnot. I know that would give a person in Manhatten, IL an advantage over someone living in Manhatten, NY.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 01:18 PM) And I want twenty dollars. Neither seems very likely to happen. So many thoughts, so many thoughts :headshake

Since most of our elected leaders have law backgrounds, it could happen in hell

Duh, all these replies and no one bothered to use the custom smiley, perfect for this

Scary when 66 On Trial in Child Sex is right above Free Ice Cream

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 01:07 PM) Phone WTF is that? Indiana just joined in

The local team down here after EVERY foulball, you hear That's ANOTHER G&H Glass ~~~~~~~ Foul Ball :fyou G&H, I am soooooooo sick of hearing that. Didn't the Yankees have to sew advertising on their uniforms for those games in Japan? Next we'll have Eat at Joes on the back of their uniforms.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Mar 3, 2005 -> 05:16 AM) There is one thing I have learned about Texans ovet the past couple of years ....... They damn sure are proud of Texas and being Texans. What I've yet to figure out is ...... Why? Like everything else about modern life, folks in Kentucky usually get it a couple decades after the rest of us. Y'all are going to be amazed when you stop dialing and use a push button phone. :finger

Does every industry have a bias? Could we call some industries liberal or conservative? Obviously Hollywood tends to be liberal, which ones are conservative?

The Way They Were Mammories, light the corners of my mind Soft silicon filled mammories Of the way they were Scattered pictures, of the clevage I left behind dollars you gave to one or the another For the way they were Can it be that it was all so simple then Or has time rewritten every line If we had the chance to do it all again Tell me, would we, could we Mammories, are all beautiful and yet Ones too small to remember Are replaced with even larger So it's the laughter We will remember Whenever we remember The way they were The way they were

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Mar 2, 2005 -> 07:53 PM) And I thought mine were big! Stripper Selling Infamous Breast Implant on EBay MIAMI (Reuters) - A former topless dancer who was famously cleared of battering a Florida nightclub patron with her "crazy big" breasts has shed her oversized silicone implants and put one of them up for auction on eBay. Wanna bid? The Way They Were Mammories, light the corners of my mind Soft silicon filled mammories Of the way they were Scattered pictures, of the clevage I left behind dollars you gave to one or the another For the way they were Can it be that it was all so simple then Or has time rewritten every line If we had the chance to do it all again Tell me, would we, could we Mammories, are all beautiful and yet Ones too small to remember Are replaced with even larger So it's the laughter We will remember Whenever we remember The way they were The way they were

Hmm that looks real close to the Scion. Just saying . . .