so true, Obama needs to read this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bottom line is the issue of property rights..the left doesn't respect my property and my right to enjoy my property which is in our constitution. Somehow I am supposed to create a life for my family and just cede it over. not going to happen. Mayor Bloomberg gets this--he has been pretty open about there being a small number of people in NYC who bascially fund everything through taxes..think the number is around 50 thousand so that even if a small number leaves the city and the state..it has dramatic effect--while Rush leaving NYC was a joke to a lot of people..having the guy from the Bills leave is an omen of what is to come. People are going to move to better tax areas and are going to adjust their salaries to stay under taxes..and the state issue is just the beginning. As I stated before--I get it that the left is in and it's their time to have their programs but I don't want to pay for more and I won't pay for more..I will simply adjust my income as I refuse to pay more.

Good idea. Adjust your income. Also feel free to move to the Cayman Islands. No one is stopping you.

[Anonymous]

"As for the war..seems like it continues and it's nice now to be anti war now that we have had years of peace thanks to proactively keeping the fighting over there rather than here and eight years of it cost less than a strike of a pen for what Obama did in a few months."

How dare you say we've had "years of peace." Tell that to the young men and women who are right now out at Walter Reed, trying to figure out how to walk without a leg or deal with their latest skin graft surgery. Haven't you noticed that over 4,000 Americans have died and who knows how many innocent Iraqis? All because we started a war in Iraq that was justified to the American people based on the lie that Iraq had something to do with 9/11. As if this has somehow prevented another terrorist attack. AS IF. Anyone who still makes this ridiculous argument is just mentally deficient. My brother is a U.S. Marine and spent a good amount of time getting shot at in the streets of Ramadi, Iraq. He does not think he prevented anything. He just thinks they sat around and got shot at for no reason and accomplished nothing. He came to stay with me when they buried his buddy at Arlington National Cemetery. It made me sick. What a waste of a life, and for nothing. NOTHING. His friend's death did not keep this country safe. His death just destroyed his mother, left his 3 young children to fend in life without a father and his wife to manage without a husband.

I suppose you consider WWII to have been a "time of peace" in the US because other than Pearl Harbor there was no fighting on US soil. Vietman, Korea, WWI, all times of peace, according to you.

The very fact that you would say that we have had years of peace shows how little understanding you have of anything at all other than what is in your own wallet, and how any opinion you have on anything is worth absolutely zero.

[Anonymous]

There's a semi-literate troll here riling y'all up. He or she is probably in high school. Please ignore these posts.

Obama is correct that we need to find some common ground and start working out our differences from there.

[Anonymous]

Common ground is nice and all but it's just words..look at his actions. He is a left wing nut. Where is Hilary when you need her?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Common ground is nice and all but it's just words..look at his actions. He is a left wing nut. Where is Hilary when you need her?

Troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You managed to completely sidestep my point. I am not asking you to do anything--I am merely asking you to stop trying to take my lawfully earned money. Your guy is in so I can understand his programs going in but do I have to pay for them???????? As for the war..seems like it continues and it's nice now to be anti war now that we have had years of peace thanks to proactively keeping the fighting over there rather than here and eight years of it cost less than a strike of a pen for what Obama did in a few months. As for gay marriage..I have no problem with that and frankly if I was gay, I would be a republican now since republicans believe in getting rid of the inheritance tax which affects financially productive gays. yeah..it does. Did you know, by the way, that Barack Obama campained anti gay marriage so you can't pin that one on me--do you like him knowing that. As for equal opportunity--talking to the wrong gal..I have worked my way up and it can be done but you have to work hard and smart..that's a bummer if you can't get there but it is not a reason to steal from me because I did get there. I have never wanted someone elses stuff..even when I was poor.

As for abortion--sorry but the same way I would say something if you wanted to kill a newborn is the way I feel about killing an unborn..did you have a child by the way?? Because if you did, it is really tough to say that it isn't a living thing..esp. after week 12--they wiggle around and you can see the eyes..it's sad that you think I should be quiet about murder. I am sick of the marketing effort to sanitize abortion..privacy..choice..it's all baloney..

Again..we are worlds away and I can tell that I would surely have a huge headache talking to you and how the world owes you something.. I just want to be left alone and allowed to care for my family..pay my taxes..fair taxes that will not mean I am spending 50% of every marginal dollar--this is what we are moving toward with state and fed taxes together. You would not like me either and again..I fear for our country because there is a huge divide and it is getting bigger. Again..this is how civil wars begin.

If you were truly left alone, you would never have had the opportunity to make this money you are so protective of. You think it's all due to your hard work and initiative? Don't kid yourself. In most countries of the world, you would be struggling to pay for basic necessities. Hard work, smarts, and initiative get you nowhere if you don't live in a country that provides opportunity. So just suck it up and accept that relatively reasonable taxes is part of the package.

[Anonymous]

No we are moving toward countries that have no opportunity because we now have a government that penalizes innovation and hardwork. Apparently pp doesn't own a business so has no idea what it is like to create something and then be attacked for it and told that you should pay more taxes. Good for Californians to finally get a clue and say no to government expansion.

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BY the way..look for California,despite the electorate there or the voting electorate, saying no finally to government expansion..it will be too late and look for the news that the US government will soon be bailing them out. At some point we won't have enough tax dollars for all these handouts. Arnold should grow a pair and cut spending drastically in all areas of the government and see what services the people really mix and which ones don't make that big a deal.

[Anonymous]

We'll see Stalin reincarnated any day now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No we are moving toward countries that have no opportunity because we now have a government that penalizes innovation and hardwork. Apparently pp doesn't own a business so has no idea what it is like to create something and then be attacked for it and told that you should pay more taxes. Good for Californians to finally get a clue and say no to government expansion.

Wrong. Done it twice. I don't whine about it, though.

[Anonymous]

Don't believe that you own a business or if you do that you were successful ..or had actual employees..because you would understand how sensitive businesses are to tax implications and how close margins can make or break a business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't believe that you own a business or if you do that you were successful ..or had actual employees..because you would understand how sensitive businesses are to tax implications and how close margins can make or break a business.

Business is sensitive to all sorts of things, in ways that vary from business to business. Taxes are but one factor in the complex equation that determines whether the profit margin will keep the business alive. And the fate of marginal businesses is just one factor in the effect of taxes on the country as a whole.

Inflating those to the point where government is viewed as the enemy of business is a vast oversimplification. I say that, even though I know that it is anathema in this country to attack religion, and the dogma that Tax is The Devil is a major tenet of the Reaganite Faith.

[Anonymous]

God bless Reagan--he cleaned up the mess left by Jimmy "I'm a wacko" Carter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't believe that you own a business or if you do that you were successful ..or had actual employees..because you would understand how sensitive businesses are to tax implications and how close margins can make or break a business.

Wrong. My biggest business had a staff of 150. Do you actually think that everyone who has run a business must agree with you? FWIW, Warren Buffett completely disagrees with you. So why can't I?

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I flat out don't believe you. sorry. Warren Buffet is a nut and it's interesting that now that he really doesn't care about other people wanting to be rich, he has taken on this sort of left wing position. Bill Gates has a similiar attitude--back when he was building Microsoft he was all about good business.