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[quote]Originally posted by bunge: Becuase having one person pay extra doesn't help. It's the principle, and he knows there are more in his situation that would not be paying. They're all being allowed to short change the country and he believe…
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[quote]Originally posted by jimmac: That is pretty lame, unlikely, and besides the point. Bunge was the one who thought this guy had something to say about Bush's tax bill - not me. But I ask once again: if he's so upset about his tax bill, wh…
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[quote]Originally posted by bunge: That's such a shallow 'argument' it makes me wish you would come up with something decent to respond to. Nothing shallow about it. Why wouldn't he respond in the way I suggested? Because he wasn't really upse…
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[quote]Originally posted by bunge: There was a great letter in the Chicago Tribune today from someone who is currently paying over $40,000 a year in taxes. He admits he earned his money like Bush---he inherited it. Almost all of his income comes …
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[quote]Originally posted by BRussell: Are you saying that all corporations that pay dividends also pay a net income tax? Are you sure? Name a company that doesn't. [quote]OK. But what do you think about my point that the "double taxation" …
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[quote]Originally posted by BRussell: 1. Let's be honest that stimulus plans are things politicians do to take credit for inevitable future economic rebounds. Dole killed Clinton's 1993 stimulus plan - deservedly so - and this plan should be kill…
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[quote]Originally posted by BRussell: 1. Is anyone making money now? I usually try to ignore my investments, but I just found out that my money market account is making 1.5% , and I also have a balanced stock/bond/cash fund that of course isn'…
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[quote]Originally posted by bunge: Do you really believe that? Because if you do, no one else does. I'm the one who started the thread that suggested the United States bomb North Korea's reactor. You're just blind I guess. Not blind. I just…
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[quote]Originally posted by bunge: No. If there's a law then it must be enforced. But you'd only enforce it if Japan went nuclear. With Korea you think that talking is the solution. Ergo: double standard.
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[quote]Originally posted by pfflam: Both of you are right. It is proof of US isolationism . . . much of it our fault and much of it due to other reasons... The recent wave of anti-Americanism was touched off by an incident where a couple of …
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[quote]Originally posted by bunge: ... Sanctions against Japan would be justified regardless, a lack of sanctions against North Korea just wouldn't be. That's a double standard and doesn't make any sense.
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[quote]Originally posted by bunge: Of course they would. Of course they wouldn't. [quote]We wouldn't have to give or help them design any technology, but they would need our blessings to avoid serious sanctions and what-not. If we gave th…
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[quote]Originally posted by bunge: My point is just that we can't help or encourage Japan to do that. It's a nice thought but would have to be a bluff. And I repeat: they wouldn't need our help. Japan isn't some technological backwater. So …
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[quote]Originally posted by bunge: Didn't we sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? What are you yammering about? Lot of good that piece of paper is doing. Look how it's not stopping North Korea. If Japan decides to get nukes, …
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[quote]Originally posted by pfflam: That's idiotic . . . its like making our country safer by manufacturing more and more guns. . . Speaking of idiotic, did you bother to even read the article? He's not advocating that Japan get nuclear wea…
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[quote]Originally posted by pfflam: And to add . . .yes we should pull out of S Korea and charge them for our services good idea Not a good idea. So the South Koreans are mad at us. You want us to really come across as a spoiled child? Then w…
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[quote]Originally posted by pfflam: I have noticed something lately, the unilateralist attitude of the US... It's a good thing everybody's added this buzzword to their vocabulary. Imagine if people had to actually think about our foreign poli…
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[quote]Originally posted by BRussell: Someone please explain to me the utter hatred of Hillary Clinton. I know that's the right-wings' standard operating procedure, but it seems even stronger than their usual for her. What's the deal? Or is it even…
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[quote]Originally posted by Scott: Why shouldn't you use all 21? I can think of a reason one reason. If you can think of a reason, why are you asking? You don't use all 21 speeds because the ratios overlap. For example: you don't have the…