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  • Jul 18, 2008, 06:44 AM
    N0help4u
    Can we afford this?
    Increase taxes and make up new taxes

    Tax on the wealthy
    Tax if you live in house more than 24 hundred square feet
    Double income tax
    Social security tax
    Tax retirement
    Higher tax on inheritance tax
    Medical tax
    Global poverty tax
    Tax windfall profits
    Stock market dividend taxes

    Obama or McCain?

    Choices/change?

    What say do we really have with either?
  • Jul 18, 2008, 06:56 AM
    NeedKarma
    Don't forget to include the billions that go daily to Iraq!
  • Jul 18, 2008, 06:58 AM
    N0help4u
    Yeah that too but I might be posting something on that on Monday
    On how Obama wants to keep the war on-going but basically disguise it as something else.
  • Jul 18, 2008, 06:59 AM
    George_1950
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by N0help4u
    increase taxes and make up new taxes
    ...
    Obama or McCain?

    Choices/change?

    What say do we really have with either?

    Not sure I understand your question.
  • Jul 18, 2008, 07:01 AM
    excon
    Hello N0:

    The fiasco in Iraq has to be paid for somehow. When you borrow to finance your war instead of taxing the people, the dollar drops against ALL the other currencies. When BUSH borrowed a trillion or so to finance his war, OUR dollar lost 50% of it's value against the Euro.

    THAT'S a tax of 50% on every living American.

    ME? I'd rather pay my taxes in front, because they get too expensive when you pay them the BUSH way.

    excon
  • Jul 18, 2008, 07:03 AM
    N0help4u
    What do you think of all those taxes Obama wants?
    Do you think McCain is a better OR safer choice?
    Are you really happy with either one of them?
  • Jul 18, 2008, 07:12 AM
    excon
    Hello again, N0:

    Spending is the key. If you spend, you got to pay. The righty's want to spend just as much as the Dems do, maybe EVEN more. War IS expensive.

    So, as I said above, I'd rather pay for my taxes in front cause they're cheaper that way.

    You are NOT, are you, still living under the fantasy that the libs spend more money than the conservatives?? That ain't the way it is anymore, Saph.

    excon
  • Jul 18, 2008, 07:23 AM
    NeedKarma
    McCain may attempt to promise something better for you but it's not tenable:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/us...=1&oref=slogin
  • Jul 18, 2008, 07:25 AM
    tomder55
    The problem with the dollar decline is that there is too many dollars being held by foreigners because of the trade balance (primarily oil purchases) .
  • Jul 18, 2008, 07:32 AM
    excon
    Hello again, tom:

    Not really. The dollar decline by half is directly related to inflating the money supply by half. Prices go up to soak up all those extra dollars. Price inflation follows monetary inflation by about 18 months.

    excon
  • Jul 18, 2008, 07:43 AM
    tomder55
    The Left Coaster: The Falling Dollar, Inflation, and Oil
  • Jul 18, 2008, 07:50 AM
    excon
    Hello again, tom:

    From YOUR link: "The world is thus awash in dollars, and excess supply means falling value."

    Couple questions; Where do you think those "excess" dollars came from?? And, since when do you use left wingers to make your point?

    excon
  • Jul 18, 2008, 02:25 PM
    Galveston1
    Just where are all of those excess dollars? I know several people who would LOVE to get their hands on them! Where I live, $10 per hr is considered good pay. That should be double, but folks can't get it. Now, many are working 1 or more hours a day just to pay for gasoline to get to work and back. Single parents can't make ends meet, especially when you factor in child care. Even 2 income homes are sometimes pressed to make ends meet. Inflation usually brings increased pay along with higher prices, but as of now, and here, that doesn't seem to be happening. Me? I'm retired and hoping my electric bill doesn't go to $1,000 a month.

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