what was that Buckley quote? "I'd rather have nine people picked at random from the phone book than nine Harvard graduates on the Supreme Court."
you forgot to mention that his pizza chain was was a "mafia based name". that's the way they always do it on msnbc
The way this election is going leads me to believe the bumper stickers, once the GOP figures out who it will run, will say: "Our moron is better than your moron" Seneca
well thanks seneca, that's the first time anybody explained to me wht the "Fair Tax" is. So basically it's just a national sales tax. It is quite controversial. Basically the rich would get off scott free, but they are only 1% anyway and it seems like we are wasting a lot of time and energy trying to figure out how to get them. I would like it if it was accompanied by a huge increase in food stamps and also gas stamps that would pay for gas and diesel and tolls and bus and train fare. I know it's kind of screwy taxing people then giving the money back, but that is a way to means test. Making food exempt would only keep more of the rich's money in their pockets. I like it better than 999, but I like Cains idea of making used goods exempt. Otherwise we already do this in most states at the state level, it isn't that complicated. If you buy retail for your business you just give them your number and the purchase is exempt. At the rate we are spending I don't know what 23% would do. Everybody would like it the first payday. No nothing taken out, no federal no medicare, no ss. Only state, and the state would probably start getting heat to convert to all sales tax, and their stupid health insurance premiums. But they might get a little pissed their first trip to Walmart.
Holy $HIT!!! :eek: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol...eats_president_obama_4341_in_latest_poll.html
Polls show at this time Herman Cain is the only republican candidate who can beat Obama. The rest are just fluff.
I agree, the only reason I voted for Obama was because he was black. As far as I could tell that was the only thing that made him different from the rest. I'm kind of over it, but the rest of the world isn't. I listened to Ron Paul on CNBC this morning. The democrats won't admit it, but his policies are a lot more to the democrats liking than Obama's. He is the only true anti war candidate. And the only one who has ideas and a concern for the dwindling middle class.
I like the simplicity but 9-9-9 is very regressive. Good taxes would be invisible. 9-9-9 would be a giveaway to the richest (most money in savings) while taxing the poorest. Imagine paying 20% tax to buy something. All non essential consumption would stop. Plus people at bottom wrung wouldn't have money to survive. This is a tax plan for the ultra rich.