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Old 03-10-2009, 05:38 PM   #1
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Answer: Just Raise The Taxes!!!

People are struggling to get by these days, many are without work and what do the Politicians want to do???? Raise the taxes! They want to raise the gas tax......they want to charge a tax for every mile we drive!!!! They want to raise the state income tax now because......"there is less tax coming in due to all of the residents who are out of work".........what a great solution....raise the state income tax!! So basically all of us who are still working have to pay the freight??? No tax reform on behalf of the government....no overspending or abuse of funds has taken place right?? Where is all this "Stimulus" money??? Almost a Trillion Dollars????? Supposed to be distributed to States, Cities and Towns to help keep jobs and create more jobs???? If so then why did New Bedford lay off 150 city workers??? Fire Dept., Police and town workers??? Mayor of Boston is talking layoffs.....but where is all the "Stimulus" money??? When will these "New Jobs" appear???? They are talking a "second" "Stimulus" package already.....and by the way...this would be the "third" "Stimulus" package....the first one was named a "Bailout". Very clever those Politicians....very clever! They tax us when we make it, they tax us when we save it, they tax us when we invest it, they tax us when we spend it, they tax us when we fish, they tax us when we drive, they tax us when we drink water, they tax us when our feet hit the floor in the morning!!!!! My suggestion is......begin here......bring our soldiers home from the Middle East ASAP!!! Right there we will be saving......I forget the dollar figure per day for that shindig but lets say its $50,000,000 a day!!! Lord knows Iraq is not paying for any of that party!!! WTF!!!! I would guess that out of every dollar we earn....we pay about 65 cents of that dollar to the friggin' Government as it is!!!!!

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Old 03-10-2009, 07:00 PM   #2
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You're mixing Federal and State taxes. I don't think the Feds really care about State taxes when formulating policy. They each only care about their own budgets.

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Old 03-10-2009, 07:04 PM   #3
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Old 03-10-2009, 07:49 PM   #4
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Subject: Letter to the IRS

Actual 'Letter to the Editor' from the February 5th edition of the Wichita Falls , Texas Times Record News...


Dear IRS,

I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April 15, but all is not lost. I have paid these taxes: accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, dog license tax, federal income tax, unemployment tax, gasoline tax, hunting license tax, fishing license tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax, luxury tax, Medicare tax, city, school and county property tax (up 33 percent last 4 years), real estate tax, social security tax, road usage tax, toll road tax, state and city sales tax, recreational vehicle tax, state franchise tax, state unemployment tax, telephone federal excise tax, telephone federal state and local surcharge tax, telephone minimum usage surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle license registration tax, capital gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas assessment tax, Colorado property tax, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma and New Mexico sales tax, and many more that I can't recall but I have run out of space and money.< /div>

When you do not receive my check April 15, just know that it is an honest mistake. Please treat me the same way you treated Congressmen Charles Rangel, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and ex-Congressman Tom Daschle and, of course, your boss Timothy Geithner No penalties and no interest.

P.S. I will make at least a partial payment as soon as I get my stimulus check.

Ed Barnett








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Old 03-10-2009, 08:16 PM   #5
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THE war on DRUGS

Eliminate it immediately...

now the first thing you think of is

not while my kids are in question or in jeopardy...
same as the NIMBY effect.....

but it's the illegality of drugs especially marijuana
that has transformed a harmless weed into a multi- billion
dollar business that cannot be stopped ever !!!!!

Christ all mighty..... its been over forty years of war and
all those billions of dollars have been wasted...imagine all
those billions of dollars we Americans are spending on drugs going
back into the economy instead of going to the drug lords.
or................... another idea...

then TAX it... $50 dollars per ounce is being suggested in California recently. it sounds wacky i agree "on the table" but it's the illegality that makes it profitable in the first place and ultimately desirable. that would boost tourism 50-80 % overnight

ok enough about that... but just think about it...realistically
because the real drug war is inches away from spilling over into this country as a ALL out WAR ,,, not just smuggling even though they have in roads all the way to Canada and back again...

The DEA does a 2 million dollar bust and they think they did some major dent in their operation... and that is a huge crock of crap
because they could give away 2 million every day and still be laughing all the way to their off shore banks.... WHY?

because we made drugs illegal and there fore profitable in the first place.... let the Arab nations have their all the heroin, hashish ,,ganja, opium ,and any other drug that makes them passive i say...

did ya know they are offering tribesmen Viagra for info...that's right!
bribing them with drugs because they won't accept money.
good plan guys make more terrorists why don't ya...

ok i'll take a breather here ...now you can bash away...
but RAVEN has Spoken...



we have been giving other countries billions of dollars....
either in aid or waging war against them...and that has to stop!

because if you just take our own money from our taxes and dump it back to each individual state... say 104 billion .... 2 billion given back to each state for helping their economy where needed is
going to make a huge difference.... RIGHT?

out in Oregon they are trying to charge people on bicycles $54 dollars every two years just to drive a bicycle on the road way

but wait.... i was watching TV the other night and they were talking about when we were trying to get rid of communism
which was a noble effort... but dropping bombs on Laos 24 hours a day every nine minutes for ten years straight --oh my god !!!

Bombing friggan rice paddies.... it didn't accomplish JACK
my apologies to all who fought there and died or survived.

We have more people in jail than any other country on earth
and yet the jails are all over crowded.... take all those people
and make them work for America instead of pumping iron.

There's more corruption in those JAILS than the crimes that got the
prisoners in there in the first place. total waste of money.

People are being killed everytime they let them out... so make them work...and not picking up trash either... make them make money for America somehow to pay their debt to society. let them make algae for fuel... fuel should be free by now ! from Kuwait and Iraq combined to pay off the debt they owe us for their liberation.

I think their should be a huge tax credit for anyone who grows a garden and donates food to food banks... also

Fish farming the Ocean has never even got off the ground...
and killing off all the TUNA " i think "
will have grave consequences too...
same as no more BEES or plankton in the sea....

it's similar to taking the wolves out of the eco system
as it causes ramifications straight down the line.

Tuna never stop swimming as do sharks...
they keep the oceans healthy. imho

AND JAPAN can KISS my ass with all their friggan delicacies
and potions and formulas for manhood blah blah blah
grow your own.... China too! quit eating DOGS ya idiots

i hear ya BIGFISH ! it's got totally ridiculous now more than ever.

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Old 03-10-2009, 08:32 PM   #6
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there seems to be only one more self serving group of individuals in this state than our state reps, our state university system.
why would the corrupt midget and Meehan quit the lapping from the public trough to take a job in education?

I am constantly amazed, once people are elected how low their assessment of their constituents IQ goes that we will actually continue to allow this stuff to continue?

Oh did Finneran get his shingle back last night?
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Old 03-10-2009, 09:37 PM   #7
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With people loosing jobs on a daily basis, loosing their homes to foreclosures , suicide hotlines getting record numbers of calls a day and tons of people actually going through with it,
I'm surprised there are not shooting sprees everyday !
The politicians have their St. Patty's breakfast coming up, that would be a great place for one !
The next Obama state of the union address would be another great place for one !
Corporate execs like the ones from Citi bank who took bailout $ and bought a construction co in China should be shot also !
This state/country needs a %$%$%$%$ing revolution !

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Old 03-10-2009, 09:40 PM   #8
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Maybe someone with a spud gun loaded full of s....h....i.....t will go in and take a few out!

Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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Old 03-11-2009, 08:45 AM   #9
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One word - DEMOCRATS!

We warned you! Now bend over and take it. They won.

Big Fish and you're not aware yet that the changes in tax laws will LOWER the amount of people who will PAY TAXES! Soon (if you not already) you will have the voting majority not paying taxes (over 50%) and the minority paying all of the taxes will have NO SAY in the government. Welcome to the liberal wet dream.

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With people loosing jobs on a daily basis, loosing their homes to foreclosures , suicide hotlines getting record numbers of calls a day and tons of people actually going through with it,
I'm surprised there are not shooting sprees everyday !
Antidepressants
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Antidepressants
there is only one i can think of....

that should be free

DRUG companies are EVIL
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