Americanising a Belgian

Kristof,
Don't you guys get further education too ?
I know that Finland does with their Tax rate
of about 50%.

Roger

79,
I am sure I could send you to a quick dozen web sites that would differ with your opinion. Then you could send me to 2 dozen that differed with mine. I believe Nauti84 stated it good up above about researching and coming to your own conclusions. I respect the conclusions you have come to and they don't need to balance with mine. I just like it that you or whoever has an opinion and has put some thought into it.

Also, IMO Clinton was a big dissapointment.
T                 

is there any dis-agreement on that this country is being divided into a rich and a poor class? do you think the middle class is being squeezed?
and Greg, If this country added another $3.00 per gallon would it be a tax and what would you do? you would pay it cause you need to drive and you would not think of it as a tax. it would be a tax and you would be forced to purchase it same as a sin tax

And no one wants to address the major problem of our housing bust. Glutonous people buying more house than they can afford and greedy fat lenders sucking the life out of fools. Hey lets dump a couple billion dollars into this problem and bail everybody out, with Taxpayers money?

The housing market is in a shambles, housing starts are non-existant. I provide a service to the construction trades, take wild guess how that part of my business is doing lately. My home value has dropped to the point where my tax base is higher than my resale, it's usually the other way around so now people are paying inflated property taxes.   

The economy is stalled in part because of the housing and in part because of energy costs, at my business it cost me 180% more to heat my facility this year than last. It costs me almost twice as much to have sales people on the road as it did 2 years ago. Maybe I should just raise prices? Impossible because the competitiion is starving and giving their work away to keep the doors open. I'd be better off buying them and shutting them down.

How about that health insurance that we just renewed, only an 18% increase from last year, not bad considering we had to up our deductible to $2000 to achieve that. Health insurance is a joke, all it's good for is catastophic illness so if you get cancer your family won't go broke waiting for you to die, that is if you die fast enough because there are limits you know, it's in the fine print.

You're every day guy is not spending his extra cash on frills anymore, it's going in his gas tank. Sales tax revenues are down because of this, how many counties are installing sales tax hikes next month, we'll be on our 3rd in 3 years. You can't generate more sales when no one has money so the one thing that is guaranteed is income from a higher tax rate. I could never understand why a government doesn't have to operate like a business, instead when they need more money they just take it instead of earning it.

These candidates need to address the facts and get this country's economy moving, it's the only thing that will make a difference and it needs to be the #1 issue.

Common Alan,
Tell us how you really feel...
Roger

BuffaloBFN wrote: Eventually, enough of us taxpayers will get pissed off enough to get together and have a Tea Party! IMHO-American history is very close to repeating itself?!!?

This usually happens when the "Have Nots" can vote themselves a raise.
We are very close to that now.
You do not even have to be a citizen to vote in some states. Just have a Drivers license and you can register to vote.
And in NC, they cannot ask for ID at the check-in table. You just tell them who you are or who you want to be.

critter wrote: BuffaloBFN wrote: Eventually, enough of us taxpayers will get pissed off enough to get together and have a Tea Party! IMHO-American history is very close to repeating itself?!!? This usually happens when the "Have Nots" can vote themselves a raise. We are very close to that now. You do not even have to be a citizen to vote in some states. Just have a Drivers license and you can register to vote. And in NC, they cannot ask for ID at the check-in table. You just tell them who you are or who you want to be.

You and I need to buy each other a beer sometime!

Don't stop Eric,
Stir the pot.
T

critter wrote: Common Alan, Tell us how you really feel... Roger

I'm just getting started Roger,   If I get a couple of beers in me my wifes shuts the door and turns the TV up.

I am one of those first time home buyers that has lost money. I moved from Detroit Metro (worst housing market in the US) to FL and I can not afford to sell the house now. Luck for me I found some decent renters and I am breaking even, but many others are not so lucky and I don't know how long it will last for me.

Oh, and before someone says it, I did not buy more than I could afford. The price has just plain dropped that far down.

I know in Michigan, and many other places, the economy closly resembles the demestic auto industry. When GM and Ford do bad, so does everyone else. Yet people still buy their asain cars to get an extra 3 MPG and then complain because their house price falls.

All this talk about politics and the economy...I think I need a beer too!

Greg, I smile as i type, my rebel side left 10 years ago and if you called me right now i would say lets have dinner, of course i would make you buy lol, its a debate, If that was the case i would never talk to my wife. all i f-in know is im putting $20.00 in my tank every 2 days and its cutting into my beer money

Critter, we are the low ones on the pole when it comes to fuel economy, our government only require us to hit the 24 mpg mark unlike our europeon friends of 34 mpg...thats why you see alot of diesel powered cars in Europe

eric lavine wrote: they made me put in a state of the art septic system which totaled 36k and it required half of the property

Way too much mexican food!   LMAO

my brother just got back from the doctor bitchin, he clipped him for $150.00 cash and wants him to come back in another week, he told him you didnt do anything to me this week
its timing cause were going back and forth and he walks in bitchin and i cant stop laughing

it aint bad, your right, but i just hate bustin my ass anymore, i wanna kick back and enjoy life and dont foresee that in the near future