A Tail Of Two Resumes

[Triple-H_2005]

and spending hundreds of billions on war and bailing out rich people who got into trouble because of Republican deregulation doesn't affect the upper middle class?

we already have socialism in this country, it's just socialism for the rich.  if you make a profit, you get to keep it.  you won't even have to pay taxes on it.  if you fail, we'll bail you out.

I understand your point, I just don't agree with it.  It can be seen from many different views.
If taxes on the upper class decrease, they'll invest into business and bolster the economy.  Give that same money to the lowest 20% of income (non) earners and the money will be spent, but not grown.  The result will be less advantageous for the economy.

The Repubs aren't perfect.  Nobondy is.  In face, they're all full of shit.  I'm actually a registered Libertarian.  This election is like picking between a shit sandwich and turd popsicle...

I have no problem letting the rich keep what they earned.  They earned it.  The people sitting on their asses earned nothing.

[240 is Back]

Charlie Crist has a 73% apprroval rating in FL.

Half the state is dem.
The economy is in the tank.
He's known as a homosexual.
Tourism, construction are thru the floor.
8 foreclosed homes on my block at last count.

yet 3 in 4 people still give Crist an approval rating of GOOD.



So really, Palin's approval rating isn't all that shocking.  She's hot.

[LurkerNoMore]

I really like how every time 240 proves Coach to be wrong and challenges him to prove something otherwise, Coach disappears..

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[The Coach]

Unlike you, I have a job

[timfogarty]

I have no problem letting the rich keep what they earned.  They earned it.  The people sitting on their asses earned nothing.

you know, I know lots of rich people.   their money works very hard for them, but their days are quite leisurely.  I also know many poor people who work their asses off with two jobs while raising a family.

[240 is Back]

It's about the bigger picture of the economy as well.

mccain promised to keep 4 more years of the bush tax cuts - the same cuts that weakend the dollar by 41% since 2001.

Will your 401k lose 20% more of its value in the next 4 years?

Don't think about the few hundred $ difference between what obama or mccain will give you.

Think about the entire economy.  we're paying AIG 80 billion to stay in business.  We guaranteed 4.1 TRILLION to Fanny and Freddy.  That's taxpayer money, and promising it to these firms devalues the dollar even more.


Which man will keep these destructive financial plans in place?   Well, mccain promised he will.

Obama promised he will not.

[ManBearPig...]

I still haven't seen 240 actually list what obama's accomplished post school. "running a district" isn't really a big deal around here.  assholes are arrested every week for taking bribes and not doing shit while awarding hundreds of thousands of dollars of projects to "they cousins".

as for your heart surgery analogy, i still don't see how that makes obama with his degrees any more qualified than palin.

as a military leader - well, let's face it , being on his foreign committee and visiting other countries doesn't make him any better in my book, unless he was looking for the next place to attack.  seems like his plan's to make america like the rest of the world, while mccain's is to make america number 1 while killing everyone in the way.

(cut and paste what triple h said about taxing corporations vs taxing middle/lower class) - i agree, me and my old man have a company (take it easy assholes, we're not millionaires) and i would much rather see my corporate taxes go down so i can buy some more equipment rather than to my workers (example: one got a dollar an hour raise, and bought a car whose payment is 800 a month, even though he only works 160 hours a month, but somehow he figured if his raise was 160 a month, he can increase his spending on stupid shit like a car by 800).

naturally, when i tell him i have to let him go, he'll be pissed.

so in essence....obama's black, palin's a chick, both disasters.  btw, isn't mccain running for president?  what's this obama vs palin shit?  how about mccain vs. biden?

[ManBearPig...]

It's about the bigger picture of the economy as well.

mccain promised to keep 4 more years of the bush tax cuts - the same cuts that weakend the dollar by 41% since 2001.

Will your 401k lose 20% more of its value in the next 4 years?

Don't think about the few hundred $ difference between what obama or mccain will give you.

Think about the entire economy.  we're paying AIG 80 billion to stay in business.  We guaranteed 4.1 TRILLION to Fanny and Freddy.  That's taxpayer money, and promising it to these firms devalues the dollar even more.


Which man will keep these destructive financial plans in place?   Well, mccain promised he will.

Obama promised he will not.

what's obama's alternative?  saying "i won't do what he did" is kind of a bs response?

[240 is Back]

what's obama's alternative?  saying "i won't do what he did" is kind of a bs response?

Stringent regulation of lenders.

Bush de-regulated, meaning they could lend to anyone.  People making $25k were getting approved for $300k houses by greedy lenders like Fanny/Freddy who suddenly got their leashes taken off.  Bush guaranteed the federal govt would bail them out if they got into trouble, then loosened standards for lending.

They lent to EVERYONE.  And of course, many are defaulting.  So now they either fail - and take the dollar down with them - or they get bailed out.


Mccain bragged he was the "De-Regulator!" which companies loved.  Obama is for mroe regulation on firms to ensure that IF we promise to use taxpayer funds to bail them out, then they have to at the very least not lend to every idiot on the street making 25K.

[timfogarty]

Bush de-regulated, meaning they could lend to anyone.

really it was Phil Graham

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/07/foreclosure-phil.html

[Triple-H_2005]

you know, I know lots of rich people.   their money works very hard for them, but their days are quite leisurely.  I also know many poor people who work their asses off with two jobs while raising a family.

I do, too.  I grew up in a household where my parents broke their backs to keep food on the table.  Only recently, I found out that there was one time when they had to sell every piece of jewelry (sans wedding rings) just to pay the month's bills.

I went to college on loans (which I'll be paying back for the next 15 years) and worked as many as 3 jobs at a time while attending full-time class plus extra independent study hours.

Maybe that's why I have no sympathy for people that are in certian situations. 
Got kids?  Unless you were raped, you knew what the possibilities were when you had sex. 

Didn't get a degree & have a shitty job?  Tough.  Anyone that wants to go to college in the U.S. can go.  The poorer your family is, the easier it is to go.

Some people were born with a silver spoon in their mouths, why punish them for it? 

It's about personal responsibility and the determination to keep moving forward.

Personal responsibility.

[240 is Back]

really it was Phil Graham

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/07/foreclosure-phil.html

Wait, isn't he now one of McCain's top advisers? 

[Dreadlord]

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[dr.chimps]

Do you think he is talking to me?

I could really use your help if you are talking to me.

Every job I have you ruin... and so if this is intended for me; don't screw up the next one so I can send you that money you been posting on getbig I supposedly owe you.

Only fair... you posted personal stuff you say I owe you on the net. 

Don't do that anymore please.

My kid needs something, I'll spread my hussle to get it for him.
That is going forward, you email me, you don't go post it on a board.

Thanks and have a nice day. 

LOL. The Bickersons bringing their act to Getbig!