KaskadskyjKozak

You must be dirt-poor.

First Dru, now Sobo...

Wrong http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/gst-tps/gnrl/txbl/xmptgds-eng.html You don't pay GST on medical services only because the government is paying for these so ultimately it would be taxing itself. Actually, he's right, and you're wrong. Under the GST or HST, taxes aren't collected on sales of basic groceries. You linked the list of "exempt" items, but groceries aren't exempt, they're "zero-rated" meaning they're taxed, but at a rate of - wait for it - 0% You should have looked here: Zero-rated (0%) goods and services g-spotter- u just got served Dru was WRONG about something? WTF??!?!

Carville makes a few simplifications and omissions, but damn the comparison does look stark: link Not so say the D side has been tons better, mind you.

The most qualified candidate we had in recent memory was Bush 41, and all the press did was lambaste him as being a "wimp". And he was no idealogue, he did raise taxes, did he not?

I'm not sure he is qualified. He's not a moron, that's all I'm saying. That and the bar is getting lower and lower on presidential qualifications.

Umm, that he's not a 'moron'. Duh. But is he qualified to run the most powerful country in the world? Was a "community organizer"?

He has an M.S. in Computer Science from Purdue. He also worked in ballistics in the US Navy, and ran a corporation. And you?

Yes it is. I was referring to the Federal minimunum wage. Some jurisdictions have a higher minimum wage.

Here comes the goon squad!

Jay, A couple points from a quick google search: 1) Calculated in real 2010 dollars, the 1968 minimum wage was the highest at $10.04. It's just over $7/hr now. 2) In 1968, the minimum wage was 90% of poverty. It's around 60% now. You say only 3% of jobs are minimum wage. True. But what percent of jobs are up to $10.04 an hour? I think historically-speaking, if you let the market dictate wage with no oversight you will have abuses - what some here call "slave labor". You also have folks who are gonna be better off doing something besides work. And why is it that so many illegals come here to work at jobs that supposedly nobody else wants? We've allowed ourselves to go backwards from where we once were, IMO. And yes, we can disagree w/o calling eachother regressive corporate shills, neanderthals, or claiming the other does not believe what they say because they supposedly watch Fox news, read Ayn Rand, and voted for 40+ years of regressive red-baiting Bush-Reagan deregulatory unfettered baron capitalism.

Keep making up the positions of others - then it's easier to debate them!!

Of course, calling me names is easier than explaining why you supported (and still supported them as of just not too long ago) the wars, the tax cuts, "Free" Trade, etc ... yet "not favor deficits". Perhaps if you explained why you keep flip-flopping, it'd be easier to track what you stand for. You can't even find common ground or let someone agree with you on anything if they disagree with you on most things. Obviously you have some sort of psychosis. "I agree that we need more regulation in the financial sector" "No you don't, you never have!" "Um, yes, I do" "No you don't! No, no no!" :shakehead:

I can only assess the positions you defend and you have yet to support any attempt at re-regulating the markets (or anything else for that matter). Don't fool yourself, the way you fall in all of these discussions is obvious to everyone. Right, you don't favor deficits. You only supported the policies that caused the deficit. You are a lunatic.

Nobody claimed that what Obama proposed was sufficient but at least it's going in the right direction by opposition to Cain's proposal to lower taxation on the rich. There are many ways to go a long toward decreasing the deficit caused by tax cuts for the wealthy, military adventurism, payoffs to big pharma (and other boondoggles) , and the financial crisis caused by deregulation of the financial sector (all policies that you likely supported btw). Cracking down on tax havens alone would net over $100billions/year, and we won't discuss taxing capital gain as if it were income. How many years till you flip flop again to not worrying about deficits? Firstly I don't support all deregulation policies. I know if makes your simpleminded worldview a lot easier to pigeon-hole everyone that disagrees with your ideas of statism, but it only makes you look like a fool over and over again. I have never favored deficit spending, and W's overspending was over the top, and I never supported it. Barry and our current congress are even worse.

Yes, that's why they should give creationism equal time with evolution. FAIR AND BALANCED! don't be a kook, rob.

it's also rather silly to think me an extremist - i don't really give enough of a shit about the world to urge or undergo any radical redrawing of the way things have always been, a necessary qualification for extremists on either side of the spectrum, no? - like jim morrision, i just wanna get my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames apathetic wannabe climber moderatish liberalism is about all i can aspire too Just a little bit of tit-for-tat hyperbole for you, Vanya...

i think you've misquoted/misinterpreted me, but am not quite enough an internet-psycho to go searching through 100,000 posts to get to the heart of it actually, page 1 of all my class syllabi states my official role as "devil's advocate," to tell them they're wrong no matter what they think - it also says that, while i set myself the goal of being as neutral as i can see to be (and our opinion of what is "unbiased" is just that, afterall, an opinion, and to say hitler was an asshole is certainly a biased statement, but one few would believe to be), any student with half a brain and a bit of interest will be able to see exactly what my true political opinions are after a few weeks of close observation, and that they'd be as wrong to swallow my true opinions hook and all as those of their friends, parents n' priests. at any rate, the role of a public teacher is of necessity different from a newsman. i have a choice to not watch an admittedly conservative talking tv-head, my kids don't get a choice about showing up for class though. You previously stated that many students are surprised when you tell them at the end of the year/after they are no longer students what your true beliefs are. Journalists (like teachers) should strive to be balanced in reporting (teaching) and aware of personal biases. It's really not that hard.

Wrong plane. The F-35 is the one that's helping bankrupt us. And yes, boner, military cuts, along with cuts to other programs and some tax increases all need to happen.

Damned dirty hippies!

99%!! Just tax the millionaires and we can keep spending all we want and more! Really!

An 800 billion dollar deficit in 2013. Meanwhile, our genius Barry is trying to tax millionaires which will net a whopping 40 billion a year. Yeah, Cain is a moron and Barry - like Prole and j_bot are smart.

It is up to Barry to prosecute those on Wall Street who are responsible for our mess. He's done nothing. I, for one, would favor the investigations/prosecutions. Bugger off, j_b, your simplistic world view just doesn't hold water.