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Jim in CT 04-20-2016, 05:19 AM https://www.yahoo.com/news/income-tax-sanders-clinton-trump-cruz-kasich-181125187.html?ref=gs
OK. Bernie's income of 205k was triple the national average, yet his tax rate (13.5%) is LOWER than the national average of 14.7%. In other words, it's OK when Bernie uses all legal means to minimize his taxes...but when anyone else does it, Bernie says they are evil and "not paying their fair share". He has absolutely zero moral authority to point at any specific person or corporation and call them a tax cheat, unless they have broken the law.
This is like listening to Al Gore, or some Hollywood idiot, bleating about climate change while they take a private jet from one mansion to another. It's always "do as I say, not as I do."
Sea Dangles 04-20-2016, 08:20 AM They all do it
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Jim in CT 04-20-2016, 09:01 AM They all do it
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They all pay no more than they have to, of course. Only liberals, as far as I can tell, have the chutzpah to attack everyone else who does the same thing they are doing. Hilary says we need to rein in the one percenters, but it's fine when she makes 25 million a year.
If I was ever going to not vote because of having no enthusiasm for the candidates, this would be the year. A weak crop at best, both sides.
JohnnySaxatilis 04-20-2016, 09:08 AM This is exactly the system he wants to change, you guys are making his point for him he SHOULD be paying more taxes. But this is how the system works right now, what do you want him to do go back to H&R block and say hey here's some more money?
LOL you guys are hilarious sometimes
detbuch 04-20-2016, 09:17 AM This is exactly the system he wants to change, you guys are making his point for him he SHOULD be paying more taxes. But this is how the system works right now, what do you want him to do go back to H&R block and say hey here's some more money?
LOL you guys are hilarious sometimes
But the system he wants to bring in stinks worse than the one he wants to change.
Jim in CT 04-20-2016, 09:19 AM This is exactly the system he wants to change, you guys are making his point for him he SHOULD be paying more taxes. But this is how the system works right now, what do you want him to do go back to H&R block and say hey here's some more money?
LOL you guys are hilarious sometimes
Believe me, I am not making his point for him. Why should he be paying more? And if he thinks he should be paying more, than why isn't he paying more? He's not required to use those deductions. He can pay more if he wants.
Johnny, he's not just saying "I should be paying more than this". He is calling companies, and people, out by name, and criticizing them for doing exactly what he is doing. That's the hypocrisy. He has no right to call out a person by name, and criticize them specifically, for doing exactly what he is doing.
He can criticize the system. It's hypocritical of him to criticize specific individuaks who aren't doing anything he's not doing.
Again, if the current system is immoral, he can pay more. He chooses not to. If he pays no more than required, by what right does he call out someone else for doing the same exact thing?
Fly Rod 04-20-2016, 09:52 AM The tax system is there for all of us to use and deduct and save where ya can....same with bankruptcy laws, use it if ya have too...how many here that own a house have the Homestead Act for 35 bucks in Mass. U and spouse R covered for 250,000 each over 62 of age, one time fee....U R not protected from city, state or federal claims nor from bank mortgage... click on your county deeds and read it ....in essex county it is www.salemdeeds.com ...:)
If you really want your head to explode Jim, don't forget that the Pope has stated that Bernie has the strongest Christian/ Catholic values of all of the runners.
It's just a shame that greed is the USA's main religion.
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Jim in CT 04-20-2016, 10:45 AM If you really want your head to explode Jim, don't forget that the Pope has stated that Bernie has the strongest Christian/ Catholic values of all of the runners.
It's just a shame that greed is the USA's main religion.
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Nebe, that as a nice way for you to comment, without even coming close to addressing the point I made...a classic, and very tiresome, liberal ploy.
Can you please show me where the Pope said that Bernie (an abortion fanatic) has the strongest Catholic / Christian values? I didn't see that. But you got me, I don't like much of what this Pope says about macro-economics. This Pope lost me when he was in the US Capital, and he walked right past Paul Ryan to shake hands with Joe Biden. See, I am able to criticize those on my side when they act stupidly.
Now, is Bernie a hypocrite, or not? If he can take full advantage of all deductions he qualifies for, where the hell does he get off, calling out other specific people, for doing the same?
Sea Dangles 04-20-2016, 11:45 AM This is exactly the system he wants to change, you guys are making his point for him he SHOULD be paying more taxes. But this is how the system works right now, what do you want him to do go back to H&R block and say hey here's some more money?
LOL you guys are hilarious sometimes
No one forces him to take deductions,he just doesn't want to pay more than he is legally obliged to pay. Do as I say,not as I do.......
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spence 04-20-2016, 11:59 AM I think a more interesting question is why Trump hasn't released his. Some are speculating his real estate deductions could have his liability at zero.
Jim in CT 04-20-2016, 12:32 PM I think a more interesting question is why Trump hasn't released his. Some are speculating his real estate deductions could have his liability at zero.
Not sure why that's interesting, because who would pay more than they have to?
What's interesting (in an appalling way), is that a US Senator who is running for President, is naming specific people and companies for "not paying their fair share", when those people and companies are doing the same exact thing that Bernie is doing.
If he were to get elected (zero chance) his job is to represent all of us, not just the ones he happens to like. That concept died at the 2009 inauguration.
Jim in CT 04-20-2016, 12:34 PM Do as I say,not as I do.......
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Always, "do as I say, not as I do." Same thing with climate change, gun control, name it...
Fly Rod 04-20-2016, 04:21 PM I think a more interesting question is why Trump hasn't released his. Some are speculating his real estate deductions could have his liability at zero.
THERE IS NO LAW THAT SAYS THAT A PERSON RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT HAS TOO....I YELLED, DID U HEAR THAT...:)
Mark cuban said that he would never expose his taxes if he were running for president,"nobodies business...:)
justplugit 04-20-2016, 05:07 PM I think a more interesting question is why Trump hasn't released his. Some are speculating his real estate deductions could have his liability at zero.
If his, lawyers, use a legal IRS real estate deduction there would be nothing wrong with that, anymore then us deducting the interest on our real estate mortgage interest deduction
Do away with the IRS, swell chance with all the lawyers , and put in a flat tax.
Good Luck.
spence 04-20-2016, 06:48 PM What's interesting (in an appalling way), is that a US Senator who is running for President, is naming specific people and companies for "not paying their fair share", when those people and companies are doing the same exact thing that Bernie is doing.
It's not the "exact same thing" that Bernie is doing.
Sanders and his wife are taking the same basic deductions that tens of millions of people use to adjust their tax return.
He's accusing a small number of large corporations of abusing grey areas in the law to achieve massive tax avoidance, or influencing legislators to enable tax avoidance schemes.
It's not the same thing. As an actuarial with a class in religious studies I would have assumed you'd done the math.
spence 04-20-2016, 06:49 PM If his, lawyers, use a legal IRS real estate deduction there would be nothing wrong with that, anymore then us deducting the interest on our real estate mortgage interest deduction
Do away with the IRS, swell chance with all the lawyers , and put in a flat tax.
Good Luck.
If true at a minimum it's embarrassing and would really undermine his support among the middle class who think the system is screwing the people. At worst there's more to it...
I'd like to see them.
It's not the "exact same thing" that Bernie is doing.
Sanders and his wife are taking the same basic deductions that tens of millions of people use to adjust their tax return.
He's accusing a small number of large corporations of abusing grey areas in the law to achieve massive tax avoidance, or influencing legislators to enable tax avoidance schemes.
It's not the same thing. As an actuarial with a class in religious studies I would have assumed you'd done the math.
In jims world it is the same spence. Just like a box of 100 chocolates with one bad one has the same odd as a billion to one chance of being caught in a terrorist attack. :rotfl:
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Jim in CT 04-20-2016, 07:56 PM In jims world it is the same spence. Just like a box of 100 chocolates with one bad one has the same odd as a billion to one chance of being caught in a terrorist attack. :rotfl:
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He deducted almost 10k for business related food expenses. Not everyone does that.
It is the same Bernie is using every legal means at his disposal to minimize his taxes. Because of that, he has no right to criticize anyone else for doing the same. Instead of calling out an actual tax dodger like Al Sharpton, Berne gets on his knees and kisses Sharpton's ring, just like every other Democratic candidate in the last 10 years.
Billion to one? Thousands of people are in the ground thanks to terrorists. How many people do you think live on this planet? How many do you think get killed by sharks?
I was a little off...
The chances of being killed in a terrorist attack are about 1 in 20 million. A person is as likely to be killed by his or her own furniture, and more likely to die in a car accident, drown in a bathtub, or in a building fire than from a terrorist attack.
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detbuch 04-20-2016, 09:21 PM I was a little off...
The chances of being killed in a terrorist attack are about 1 in 20 million. A person is as likely to be killed by his or her own furniture, and more likely to die in a car accident, drown in a bathtub, or in a building fire than from a terrorist attack.
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I assume you mean in the U.S. If that's the case, then I assume that you don't believe there is much of a chance of another 9/11. The odds on that day were closer to 1 in 100 thousand. Which is only about 10 times less than the odds of being killed in an auto accident.. I don't know what the odds are for bathtub deaths.
I don't know how much more we can do to prevent auto and bathtub deaths, but there may be a lot more we can do to prevent terrorist attacks and even-up the odds a little more.
How about gun deaths ? I know how to stop that... Take away everyone's guns. Simple right? What's a little violation of your freedom?
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detbuch 04-20-2016, 09:52 PM How about gun deaths ? I know how to stop that... Take away everyone's guns. Simple right? What's a little violation of your freedom?
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Over sixty percent of gun deaths in this country are suicide. The idea that taking guns from that sixty percent would eliminate the suicides is wishful thinking. Most of the other gun homicides would not be eliminated as homicides because they too would occur by other means. As it is, over 30% of homicides are done by other than guns. And gang violence accounts for a good portion of homicides. Eliminating guns would not get rid of gangs. Getting rid of gangs would be the easier solution. So taking guns away from everyone would eliminate gun deaths, but not most of the violent deaths. On the other hand, making law-abiding people gunless would leave them at the mercy of those gangs, criminals, or others, who could illegally purchase guns from a growing black market in guns.
And, I know . . . I know . . . we don't have to fear our government. But there are those instances in history when people were disarmed and then slaughtered by the government that disarmed them. Nazi Germany, Soviet Ukraine . . . etc. Disarming everyone could lead to more deaths, not less.
Anyway, what does gun control have to do with terrorist attacks? Wouldn't everyone being armed prevent or minimize some terrorist attacks.
Jim in CT 04-21-2016, 05:56 AM It's not the "exact same thing" that Bernie is doing.
Sanders and his wife are taking the same basic deductions that tens of millions of people use to adjust their tax return.
He's accusing a small number of large corporations of abusing grey areas in the law to achieve massive tax avoidance, or influencing legislators to enable tax avoidance schemes.
It's not the same thing. As an actuarial with a class in religious studies I would have assumed you'd done the math.
"Sanders and his wife are taking the same basic deductions that tens of millions of people use to adjust their tax return."
Oh, I see. So "tens of millions of people" deduct $10,000 for food expenses like Bernie did? Because lord knows, there's no "grey area" when it comes to deciding whether or not a lunch is a 'business lunch'.
"abusing grey areas in the law"
One of his loudest complaints is that CEOs pay a lower effective rate than employees. That's bullsh*t, and you know it. The reason for that, is that wealthy people commonly receive a large share of taxable income from capital gains, which is taxed at a rate lower than wages (and for good reason). There is absolutely nohting grey, murky, or ambiguous about it. The IRS currently works for Chairman Barack, and they have decided that capital gains are to be taxed at a lower rate than wages. In case you can't connect the dots, that necessarily means that someone who gets their income from capital gains, will therefore pay a lower rate than someone who gets all their income from wages.
Is that going sufficiently too fast for you, that you can't grasp it, so you call it "grey"? It's pretty straightforward and intended.
Spence, I seem to recall a President in the late 1990's slashing capital gains tax rates significantly, and if memory serves, he had a (D) after his name, correct? Remember him, a gray-haired pervert? He was married at the time, and sure as hell, I don't recall his wife ever once bitching about her husband cutting capital gains tax rates. I also seem to recall that the economy took off, after those capital gains tax rates were cut. To the point that my golden retriever could have followed his nose into the local Wendys and walked out as an assistant manager. How about that?
Jim in CT 04-21-2016, 06:00 AM How about gun deaths ? I know how to stop that... Take away everyone's guns. Simple right? What's a little violation of your freedom?
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Simple, yes. And as you said, it would be a violation of the Constitution.
Please tell me what is happening to you, in the name of national security, that is a violation of your constitutional rights? I'm all ears.
Sea Dangles 04-21-2016, 06:19 AM I think a more interesting question is why Trump hasn't released his. Some are speculating his real estate deductions could have his liability at zero.
I will ask why Hillary has not released a transcript of her paid speech to Goldman Sachs since we have decided to go off topic. I am sure this displays the ultimate in hypocrisy. Does this interest you?
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Jim in CT 04-21-2016, 06:32 AM I will ask why Hillary has not released a transcript of her paid speech to Goldman Sachs since we have decided to go off topic. I am sure this displays the ultimate in hypocrisy. Does this interest you?
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She hasn't released the transcripts for the same reason that Trump hasn't released his tax returns, which is the same reason why Obama hasn't released his academic records...there's something in there they each don't want us to see.
His interest in her speech transcripts is limited to confirming how brilliant she is.
Simple, yes. And as you said, it would be a violation of the Constitution.
Please tell me what is happening to you, in the name of national security, that is a violation of your constitutional rights? I'm all ears.
Lets see. If I am not mistaken a warrant is needed to search my belongings in public. I'd say when I travel I loose that right to privacy.
If I was to buy a 1 way train ticket and had over 10K in cash in my possession, the government can search me and take that money "just because they suspect I'm a drug dealer". I'd say that is unconstitutional. I'm sure there's more but I need coffee
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Jim in CT 04-21-2016, 07:21 AM Lets see. If I am not mistaken a warrant is needed to search my belongings in public. I'd say when I travel I loose that right to privacy.
If I was to buy a 1 way train ticket and had over 10K in cash in my possession, the government can search me and take that money "just because they suspect I'm a drug dealer". I'd say that is unconstitutional. I'm sure there's more but I need coffee
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"If I am not mistaken a warrant is needed to search my belongings in public"
Please show me where the constitution says that. (It's a trick question, the constitution doesn't say that, so you don't have that right). The Constitution says you have the protection against unlawful and unreasonable search. Our society has determined that when you get on a plane, you have no reasonable expectation of proivacy in what you carry on with you. You may not like that, but just because it ticks you off, doesn't mean your rights have been violated.
"the government can search me and take that money "just because they suspect I'm a drug dealer". I'd say that is unconstitutional"
I'm not sure they can do that wihtout just cause, and if it ever happens to you, you can find an ACLU lawyer who will sue on your behalf.
Sorry, you need to do a lot better than that.
Fly Rod 04-21-2016, 09:25 AM Lets see. If I am not mistaken a warrant is needed to search my belongings in public. I'd say when I travel I loose that right to privacy.
If I was to buy a 1 way train ticket and had over 10K in cash in my possession, the government can search me and take that money "just because they suspect I'm a drug dealer". I'd say that is unconstitutional. I'm sure there's more but I need coffee
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Is it unconstitutional, U buy a 2 way airline ticket your luggage would B searched and or a one way ticket...start jumping up & down in the airport and C where it gets U.....:)
spence 04-21-2016, 07:27 PM Oh, I see. So "tens of millions of people" deduct $10,000 for food expenses like Bernie did? Because lord knows, there's no "grey area" when it comes to deciding whether or not a lunch is a 'business lunch'.
I would think for someone who's on the go as much as a US Senator is coming up with 10k in qualified business meals wouldn't be that hard. I'd wager a lot of home office, self employed and small business owners go well beyond that.
One of his loudest complaints is that CEOs pay a lower effective rate than employees. That's bullsh*t, and you know it. The reason for that, is that wealthy people commonly receive a large share of taxable income from capital gains, which is taxed at a rate lower than wages (and for good reason). There is absolutely nohting grey, murky, or ambiguous about it. The IRS currently works for Chairman Barack, and they have decided that capital gains are to be taxed at a lower rate than wages. In case you can't connect the dots, that necessarily means that someone who gets their income from capital gains, will therefore pay a lower rate than someone who gets all their income from wages.
You're mixing up your outrages. The CEO gripe is primarily that they earn 300x of their workers. The effective tax rate gripe is about large corporations and hedge fund managers.
I think the CBO has studied earners above 700K and found their effective tax rate averages around 30%. It's the mega rich that are going further out of their way to avoid paying.
Is that going sufficiently too fast for you, that you can't grasp it, so you call it "grey"? It's pretty straightforward and intended.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1n5CQe1krI
Spence, I seem to recall a President in the late 1990's slashing capital gains tax rates significantly, and if memory serves, he had a (D) after his name, correct? Remember him, a gray-haired pervert? He was married at the time, and sure as hell, I don't recall his wife ever once bitching about her husband cutting capital gains tax rates. I also seem to recall that the economy took off, after those capital gains tax rates were cut. To the point that my golden retriever could have followed his nose into the local Wendys and walked out as an assistant manager. How about that?
The economy took off well before Clinton cut the capital gains rate due to the tech boom. It was the surge in revenues that afforded the opportunity combined with the pressure from the '94 House. If the tax cuts had such a magical impact you'd have thought they would have insulated the economy from the oncoming recession but...
Jim in CT 04-21-2016, 08:21 PM I would think for someone who's on the go as much as a US Senator is coming up with 10k in qualified business meals wouldn't be that hard. I'd wager a lot of home office, self employed and small business owners go well beyond that.
You're mixing up your outrages. The CEO gripe is primarily that they earn 300x of their workers. The effective tax rate gripe is about large corporations and hedge fund managers.
I think the CBO has studied earners above 700K and found their effective tax rate averages around 30%. It's the mega rich that are going further out of their way to avoid paying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1n5CQe1krI
The economy took off well before Clinton cut the capital gains rate due to the tech boom. It was the surge in revenues that afforded the opportunity combined with the pressure from the '94 House. If the tax cuts had such a magical impact you'd have thought they would have insulated the economy from the oncoming recession but...
"I would think for someone who's on the go as much as a US Senator"
You said he's doing what tens of millions of people do. Sorry if that sounds inaccurate, but you said it, not me.
"coming up with 10k in qualified business meals wouldn't be that hard"
"You're mixing up your outrages. The CEO gripe is primarily that they earn 300x of their workers."
No, sir. I hear him whining non-stop about their tax rates being too low. That's what "not paying their fair share" gets at.
As for income, for the VAST majority of large businesses, CEO compensation is nothing on the balance sheet. You know that. At least you should.
"The effective tax rate gripe is about large corporations and hedge fund managers"
First, wrong. He has whined many times that CEOs pay a lower rate than their secretaries. Second, if he doesn't like the tax rates, his beef is with his counterparts in DC who set those rates, not with people who use those rates, the same way he does, to minimize taxes.
"If the tax cuts had such a magical impact you'd have thought they would have insulated the economy from the oncoming recession "
Maybe they would have, except Clinton (not Bush) repealed Glass-Seagal, and THAT allowed banks to get involved in fishy investments. Please tell us where I am wrong on that. Go on...
Jim in CT 04-21-2016, 09:08 PM I
The economy took off well before Clinton cut the capital gains rate ...
He cut capital gains taxes in 1997. Let's go to the numbers, shall we? GDP growth by year...
93 2.7
94 2.4
95 2.7
96 3.8
97 4.5 --> year of tax cut
98 4.5
99 4.7
00 4.1
No spike in GDP growth after the tax cut?
My intellect is only dizzying compared to some, to quote Buttercup...common sense only looks dizzying to those who turn their backs on common sense, every time common sense goes against their agenda.
http://useconomy.about.com/od/GDP-by-Year/a/US-GDP-History.htm
spence 04-21-2016, 09:23 PM Maybe they would have, except Clinton (not Bush) repealed Glass-Seagal, and THAT allowed banks to get involved in fishy investments. Please tell us where I am wrong on that. Go on...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/19/bill-clinton/bill-clinton-glass-steagall-had-nothing-do-financi/
Sums up where you're wrong pretty well.
But then there was nafta. ;)
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spence 04-21-2016, 09:27 PM He cut capital gains taxes in 1997. Let's go to the numbers, shall we? GDP growth by year...
93 2.7
94 2.4
95 2.7
96 3.8
97 4.5 --> year of tax cut
98 4.5
99 4.7
00 4.1
No spike in GDP growth after the tax cut?
No.
You're an actuary right, someone who understands how trends would impact future performance?
How then does a tax cut magically impact the year it's implemented, GDP being calculated after the fact. Not to mention there's an already established vector? Not to mention the other variables that had a much larger impact on the economy like the tech boom.
It's time to fess up on your real job. Subway? Don't be ashamed, any work is respectable in my book.
spence 04-21-2016, 09:34 PM But then there was nafta. ;)
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Please explain.
Not going to waste my time.
Nafta screwed the American worker beyond belief.
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Sea Dangles 04-21-2016, 10:11 PM Still does
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Ross Perot called it.
Imagine if we never had nafta. We might still have a strong middle class. Heck.. Maybe Spence wouldn't have to shop at Marshalls anymore :rotfl:
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spence 04-21-2016, 10:24 PM Not going to waste my time.
Nafta screwed the American worker beyond belief.
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I wouldn't say NAFTA has been a wild success but it hasn't "screwed" the American worker either. It's actually helped a lot of US based businesses create jobs here and kept a lot of manufacturing in the Americas versus Asia.
:rotfl:
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Any treaty that sends any job across our borders screws American workers. And by workers I mean "the masses".
And all the savings? Right to the share holders and upper management. No wonder a ceo gets paid millions.
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Slipknot 04-22-2016, 08:18 AM I wouldn't say NAFTA has been a wild success but it hasn't "screwed" the American worker either. It's actually helped a lot of US based businesses create jobs here and kept a lot of manufacturing in the Americas versus Asia.
:bs: coming from the guy who would piss on your leg and tell you it's raining
I guess everyone has an opinion, and some have been brainwashed with so much bull that they believe it
so keeping a job or 2 in Mexico or Central America instead of going to China helps the people and businesses in the US how exactly? Tell that to the folks who lost their jobs and are out of work
Jim in CT 04-22-2016, 08:49 AM http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/19/bill-clinton/bill-clinton-glass-steagall-had-nothing-do-financi/
Sums up where you're wrong pretty well.
Clinton says it wasn't his fault, that's good enough for me! I seem to recall he also said that he didn't touch Monica Lewinski.
Spence, th earticle you posted, also says this..."there isn’t a single what-caused-the-crisis narrative that every economist accepts"
Yet in another thread, you said Bush caused the crash. Where did you get that from?
Jim in CT 04-22-2016, 08:50 AM But then there was nafta. ;)
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That hut some people, no doubt. Did it play a role in the 2008 crash?
Jim in CT 04-22-2016, 08:58 AM No.
You're an actuary right, someone who understands how trends would impact future performance?
How then does a tax cut magically impact the year it's implemented, GDP being calculated after the fact. Not to mention there's an already established vector? Not to mention the other variables that had a much larger impact on the economy like the tech boom.
It's time to fess up on your real job. Subway? Don't be ashamed, any work is respectable in my book.
"How then does a tax cut magically impact the year it's implemented"
I didn't say it did. I said the economy took off after that tax cut. And I was correct.
"Not to mention there's an already established vector?"
There was? From 1993-1995 growth ws a steady +2.5% average for those three years. Not much of a vector there that I see. Please explain? Then yes, it shot up in 1997, I am not going to claim I know why, because i don't.
If in 3 years before th ecut, GDP grew by 2.7, 2.4, and 2.7, please tell me how that's an "established vector" by which anyone in their right mind would ssume that growth would shoot up to 4% or more, and stay there? I'm all ears.
"It's time to fess up on your real job. Subway?"
I was a sandwich artist in college! Great job...I also worked at headquarters in Milford CT, doing data mining (looking to see when coupons worked, seeing what impact weather had on sandwich sales, things like that). I learned to look for patterns, or "verctors" as you correctly called it.
Spence, you claim that the following data points:
2.7
2.4
2.7
constitute an increasing trend. And you question my ability to analyze data. What teacher told you that those points represent an upward vector?
Enjoy.
Jim in CT 04-22-2016, 09:00 AM Not going to waste my time.
Nafta screwed the American worker beyond belief.
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true. But it helped the American consumer beyond belief, because things are so much cheaper.
We need to get out of the manufacturing mindset, and steer kids towards the best jobs that are likely to exist in the next 40 years. It's a bit more restrictive, but it's not impossible. Engineering, accounting, ANYTHING related to healthcare...
Jim in CT 04-22-2016, 09:03 AM And all the savings? Right to the share holders and upper management. .
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The savings also went to anyone who buys anything.
buckman 04-22-2016, 09:29 AM true. But it helped the American consumer beyond belief, because things are so much cheaper.
We need to get out of the manufacturing mindset, and steer kids towards the best jobs that are likely to exist in the next 40 years. It's a bit more restrictive, but it's not impossible. Engineering, accounting, ANYTHING related to healthcare...
Or the trades . Also a lot of jobs are going to be lost in the next 10 years due to automation .
Spence , what government branch do you work for anyways ? I'm just curious .
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spence 04-22-2016, 10:15 AM Spence, you claim that the following data points:
2.7
2.4
2.7
constitute an increasing trend. And you question my ability to analyze data. What teacher told you that those points represent an upward vector?
A) Your numbers are wrong and B) your data range is too small. As a hogie assembling number cruncher you should have known this.
spence 04-22-2016, 10:15 AM Or the trades . Also a lot of jobs are going to be created in the next 10 years due to innovation .
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Fixed.
buckman 04-22-2016, 10:58 AM Fixed.
So you are voting for Trump . You had us all fooled
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Jim in CT 04-22-2016, 02:03 PM A) Your numbers are wrong and B) your data range is too small. As a hogie assembling number cruncher you should have known this.
A. I posted my source, if you have th ecorrect numbers, please share.
B. YOU are the one who said there was an upward trending "vector", or something. All I said was that after the tax cut, the economy did very well. You are the only person I have ever heard dispute that. I see you didn't provide any supporting data.
I was better at assemblking sandwiches, and I liked that job a lot more.
scottw 04-22-2016, 07:13 PM Spence , what government branch do you work for anyways ? I'm just curious .
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the one that's completely screwed up and doesn't know it :tooth:
ecduzitgood 04-23-2016, 10:29 AM Spence , what government branch do you work for anyways ? I'm just curious .
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https://www.yahoo.com/tech/pro-clinton-pac-unleashes-ridiculous-1-million-plan-205647195.html
Pro-Clinton PAC unleashes a ridiculous $1 million plan to ‘correct’ Reddit
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