A wee bit.
Posted on 11/10/2005 1:22:46 PM PST by qam1
How much land does the Fed own W. of the Mississippi ?
What program(s) could be funded by an orderly sell off of some of that land ?
Wouldn't it be a little hard to sleep in there?
http://liberalquicksand.blogs.com/liberalquicksand/2005/10/froma_harrop_li.html
Below are the last two paragraphs from the above:
"Froma – the flaming liberal – of course is demanding higher taxes to pay for it all, instead of fixing the problem in the first place! Froma and her liberal friends even whisper how Bill Gates and the other evil rich should not get their SS benefits, because after all, "they don’t need them."
"Froma Harrop is a classic example of a liberal, a communist, a socialist – a Democrat. This is why Democrats cannot be trusted to be elected Dog Catcher, let alone anything else. – Hank Dagny-LQ"
& what's the name of those rebels - JI (?) that may take an active dislike of retiring Americans
The waves of illegal immigrants will take care of our problem, just like in Europe. Especially if they are Muslims.
Froma Harrop is an devoted anti-capitalist and Bush hater working in the guise of a writer. Her lack of understanding of economics has never prevented her from earning a living by writing about things that are beyond her grasp. What a great country we live in where such a know-nothing can earn a decent living spewing her know-nothingness, huh...
I was born in 1962.
I have paid more money to SS than you make - and I will never see a dime, in return.
On the way, I bought 5 college degrees for various folks - with five more on the way.
I don't want a dime of your money.
Stop pretending I do.
Find another bogeyman.
There is a new book out - "Hey, Mom! There is a liberal under my bed!"
It is meant for little kids. Go read it.
Is this supposed to be a good thing? Higher taxes choke off economic growth (making us all poorer) while encouraging even greater spending.
The scam is that the tax cuts are not really wiping the nation’s slate clean of tax obligations. When spending exceeds tax revenues, the difference must be borrowed. That debt does not disappear. It gets paid for, with interest, by someone’s taxes. So the Bush cuts simply move the taxes from one generation of shoulders to another.
No, the real scam is that politicians continue to promise something for nothing. No matter how much they extort from the taxpayer, they will always spend that much and more.
To paraphrase a dirty Rat, It's the spending, stupid!
Interesting comment.
Do you have much faith this money would actually be earmarked for such a purpose -- the proverbial "lock box".
The old statement, "Be nice to your children...they get to pick your nursing home.", is not so out of touch.
Your childlike faith in the government's ability to spend my money wisely is touching.
I set out to do the same thing here in Panama and I'm here to tell you that there's more than one side to that picture. Everyday I get woken up by squawking parrots and monkeys and I find myself, having to manage a maid, a gardener and other staff, looking at nothing but miles of jungle---
--and loving it.
A wee bit.
You might not want the money, but 99.9999% of the baby-boomers do. The wife is a social worker. She and the other social workers that she knows all agree that the coming baby-boomers are already exhibiting the worst signs of greed. They have little money, major debts, 30-40 year mortgages that have paid almost nothing on, they think they can work the rest of their lives or that social security might pay them enough to be happy. This is going to be interesting with each passing year.
My generation, which is just turning 50, is hard-charging, hard working and wants those younger people to get off their butts and TRY to work as long and as hard as we will...
Under our current estate taxing, capital gains are not taxed.
I've always felt that my generation (I was born in 1981. Count anyone born 1981 or later as my generation) has had far more in common with its grandparents (The WW2 generation) than its parents.
Who euthenizes the euthenizers?
I'm not going to be too worried about them.
I've got enough family there to man my compound. ;^)
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