Why am I smirking?

[Torvald Von Mansee]

http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/...10-taxes_N.htm

[GoldenRivet]

keep smikrin TVM


i wouldnt expect you to even be able to figure out when the taxes for the gazillions of dollars this administration has spent will go into effect.


but when they do... your smirk will rapidly fade.


enjoy it while it lasts.

also... did you miss the article about how there are so many illegal immigrants that the percentage of individuals paying income tax is minuscule?

smirking about that is like having a car with a wobbly tire.

the engine explodes and the car will no longer run.

and your happy because the tire isnt wobbly anymore as a result.

[AVGWarhawk]

Funny, my property tax went up considerably. The sales tax went up considerably. But that is not the problem as the article points out...it is the spending...eventually someone wants to get paid...your taxes will take care of that when they are raised. So, smile for now as it will not last long.

[GoldenRivet]

Additionally... where do you think the trillions are going to come from?


there are two possible Democrat answers

1. Higher taxes

2. The printing press


there are a considerable number of problems with BOTH of those "solutions" your fumbling monkey hero has so brilliantly come up with

How much are the taxes on cigarettes, gasoline, and telephone service?

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Snestorm

How much are the taxes on cigarettes, gasoline, and telephone service?

And alcohol?????

[SteamWake]

Heh you think taxation is bad now... just wait as the others have pointed out you aint seen nothing yet.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/9...igh-price-tags

Oh and wait till they pass the cap & trade legislation.

[Turbografx]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

your fumbling monkey hero has so brilliantly come up with

Watch it with the pseudo-racism (hell, outright racism).

Anyway, as a political outsider (I didn't vote dem or rep, I didn't like either of the candidates), I still think Obama has a way to go before he has reached G.W. Bush levels of government spending and growth.

Also, the problems he inherited contribute towards his criticism.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Turbografx

Watch it with the pseudo-racism (hell, outright racism).

Anyway, as a political outsider (I didn't vote dem or rep, I didn't like either of the candidates), I still think Obama has a way to go before he has reached G.W. Bush levels of government spending and growth.

Also, the problems he inherited contribute towards his criticism.

ill just point you to this HIGHLY entertaining thread

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=169112



and yeah.... Trillion dollars in the first year... thats similar to billion only with a T and a few extra zeroes.

personally i dont think BO has a long way before he outspends Bush + every other president combined

[Turbografx]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

ill just point you to this HIGHLY entertaining thread

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=169112



and yeah.... Trillion dollars in the first year... thats similar to billion only with a T and a few extra zeroes.

personally i dont think BO has a long way before he outspends Bush + every other president combined

Rather than reverting to jokes and conjecture, lets looks at some figures.

http://mercatus.org/publication/spending-under-president-george-w-bush?id=26426

During his eight years in office, President Bush oversaw a large increase in government spending. In fact, President Bush increased government spending more than any of the six presidents preceding him, including LBJ. In his last term in office, President Bush increased discretionary outlays by an estimated 48.6 percent.
During his eight years in office, President Bush spent almost twice as much as his predecessor, President Clinton. Adjusted for inflation, in eight years, President Clinton increased the federal budget by 11 percent. In eight years, President Bush increased it by a whopping 104 percent.

I remember the total expenditure of the last administration was $11.5 trillion.

So far Obama has spent/earmarked approximately $2.6 trillion. If he serves two terms, and spends the same amount each year (which wouldn't make sense, seeing as almost 1 trillion was one time stimulus money), he would spend 10.4 trillion.

[Turbografx]

DECEPTICON LIES! Beware the Decepticons!

You will have to pay for bail-out **** sometime, just not this year.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

Why am I smirking?

I don't know, but I can guess: Because you are by nature arrogant and smug, and it's more important to you to say "I'm right and you're stupid" and kick people who disagree with you than to have a reasoned, honest discussion?

You may be well-read, and even intelligent, but you strike me as extremely shallow and in need of justification just to feel complete.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I don't know, but I can guess: Because you are by nature arrogant and smug, and it's more important to you to say "I'm right and you're stupid" and kick people who disagree with you than to have a reasoned, honest discussion?

You may be well-read, and even intelligent, but you strike me as extremely shallow and in need of justification just to feel complete.

Damn, I was about to quote the same thing and just say "No idea". Hah!