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“Why??? Any sane individual will be a rational economic actor, seeking to avoid higher taxes.
Is there something morally wrong with ETFs or the fact that there are bonds out there , sanctioned by the federal and state gov’t that are tax exempt???â€
I sincerely hope you haven’t insulted those who tried, using legal arguments, to get out of paying their adjustable rate mortgages after reset.
Or better yet, the union members who are trying to keep the benefit of their existing contracts.
Oh, for a minute there I thought you were saying something about the point we were discussing 😉
(it wasn’t really much about Repubs vs Dems, just to teh specific comment that Arkady made)
Seriously, I agree with you that there is too much corporate welfare. On your last paragraph – I don’t think we should reopen the abortion debate once again.
“Why??? Any sane individual will be a rational economic actor, seeking to avoid higher taxes.
Is there something morally wrong with ETFs or the fact that there are bonds out there , sanctioned by the federal and state gov’t that are tax exempt???”
i think the mere fact that tax shelters and loopholes like this exist is fundamentally wrong.
most of these tax shelters are only known / applicable to people with the money to pay for them.
“finance types notwithstanding, the rest of us are getting paid PEANUTS for the work we do – most of my friends work in media or publishing and haven’t seen a raise in 3-4 years.”
I’m making about 1/4 of what my base pay was previously. My peak earnings were in 2007 and I’ve not had a raise since I started working again in 2008.
>the idea, common among some on the left, that people in the MidWest and the South who vote Republican are doing so against their ‘real’ interests, as mentioned by Arkady
But that is pretty obvious. Republican pols have done a superb job of enacting laws and policies that help the rich at the expense of the poor…are you disputing that? But they also couch the argument in terms of ‘elites’ who think they know better than you, ‘government is the problem’ all the way to the ‘welfare queens’ of the 80’s and straw-man arguments involving govt. control of your life. So absolutely, yes, the working and the poor who vote Republican are voting against their economic (and sometimes social) interests.
“Why??? Any sane individual will be a rational economic actor, seeking to avoid higher taxes.
Is there something morally wrong with ETFs or the fact that there are bonds out there , sanctioned by the federal and state gov’t that are tax exempt???â€
I sincerely hope you haven’t insulted those who tried, using legal arguments, to get out of paying their adjustable rate mortgages after reset.
Or better yet, the union members who are trying to keep the benefit of their existing contracts.
“And, ENY, none of has the time to be tallying who writes more nor do we care – maybe you could take on that task since you want to know.”
Thanks, I’ll pass on that. I was just curious, since you (or someone here) said others posted more or as much. It’s not really important.
Nice to see John Galliano crashing and burning.What an unbelievable jerk.
Oh, for a minute there I thought you were saying something about the point we were discussing 😉
(it wasn’t really much about Repubs vs Dems, just to teh specific comment that Arkady made)
Seriously, I agree with you that there is too much corporate welfare. On your last paragraph – I don’t think we should reopen the abortion debate once again.
“Why??? Any sane individual will be a rational economic actor, seeking to avoid higher taxes.
Is there something morally wrong with ETFs or the fact that there are bonds out there , sanctioned by the federal and state gov’t that are tax exempt???”
i think the mere fact that tax shelters and loopholes like this exist is fundamentally wrong.
most of these tax shelters are only known / applicable to people with the money to pay for them.
By dirty_hipster on February 28, 2011 4:14 PM
(sheen is a new adjective i’ve created to be synonymous with “awesome” – based off charlie sheen doing only things that are awesome)
Sriously…you need to sen that in to Urban Dictionary like lech did with mexican yoghurt!!!!!!!
Anything up with the Forum? I posted at 2:30 and it’s not there…no posts up since 1:45.
“finance types notwithstanding, the rest of us are getting paid PEANUTS for the work we do – most of my friends work in media or publishing and haven’t seen a raise in 3-4 years.”
I’m making about 1/4 of what my base pay was previously. My peak earnings were in 2007 and I’ve not had a raise since I started working again in 2008.
>the idea, common among some on the left, that people in the MidWest and the South who vote Republican are doing so against their ‘real’ interests, as mentioned by Arkady
But that is pretty obvious. Republican pols have done a superb job of enacting laws and policies that help the rich at the expense of the poor…are you disputing that? But they also couch the argument in terms of ‘elites’ who think they know better than you, ‘government is the problem’ all the way to the ‘welfare queens’ of the 80’s and straw-man arguments involving govt. control of your life. So absolutely, yes, the working and the poor who vote Republican are voting against their economic (and sometimes social) interests.