Election 2010: Teabaggin' the Ds & Rs

[Penske 2.0]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Yes, you were just a lurker then, but I remember those times as well.

I invented the concept for this Board.

Originally Posted by Penske 2.0

Yes, speaking of shattering feminine stereotypes, yowza!.....



Oh Hillary, that hairstyle just doesn't cut it: Mrs Clinton prepares for huge UN meeting with lank locks

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1313592/Oh-Hillary-hairstyle-just-doesnt-cut-Mrs-Clinton-prepares-huge-UN-meeting-lank-locks.

What was she thinking with this look?!?!?

That she's never going to make page 3 of the Daily Mail no matter what she does with her hair, so why bother trying to impress them?

[Penske 2.0]

Originally Posted by ironweed

That she's never going to make page 3 of the Daily Mail no matter what she does with her hair, so why bother trying to impress them?

There is a lot of real estate between impressive and phreakscare the shite outta em.

As an example, you noticed that when I came to NYC I left the hempishly fashionable hippie-cum-lumberjack beard (npi-nttawwt) behind, yes?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Penske 2.0

I invented the concept for this Board.

I don't understand why people aren't more focused on my real estate condundrums. Obamer needs to bring down the cost of housing - gilded age cottages are getting out of reach.

[Penske 2.0]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

I don't understand why people aren't more focused on my real estate condundrums. Obamer needs to bring down the cost of housing - gilded age cottages are getting out of reach.

Cite please?

Originally Posted by Penske 2.0

There is a lot of real estate between impressive and phreakscare the shite outta em.

As an example, you noticed that when I came to NYC I left the hempishly fashionable hippie-cum-lumberjack beard (npi-nttawwt) behind, yes?

Yeah, thanks a lot. I promoted the shit out of your NYC appearance with the beard picture, and now I've got boxes of the "Zoo Yawk! The Official Penske Fan-Klub Nooze-Letter" just gathering dust in my basement. People liked the beard, and showing up without it was like Rush not playing Tom Sawyer on the Power Windows tour.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Republicans opposed health care reform ostensibly on the premise that it would increase the deficit because the cost-savings would be undone by future Congresses. Now they're trying to show how right they were by promising to undo the cost savings:

Republican congressional aides and advisers say their focus would including blocking funding to hire new Internal Revenue Service agents, who are needed to enforce the law’s tax increases. They also would consider barring spending for a new board that approves Medicare payment cuts as well as on research that compares the effectiveness of medical procedures.

Other potential targets include funds to pay for a long-term care insurance program and money to help states set up insurance exchanges where consumers will be able to use tax credits beginning in 2014.

WSJ

[Cletus Miller]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Republicans opposed health care reform ostensibly on the premise that it would increase the deficit because the cost-savings would be undone by future Congresses. Now they're trying to show how right they were by promising to undo the cost savings:



WSJ

Is it still socialism if we get he Chinese to pay for it? Or does that just make it worse?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Republicans opposed health care reform ostensibly on the premise that it would increase the deficit because the cost-savings would be undone by future Congresses. Now they're trying to show how right they were by promising to undo the cost savings:



WSJ

you want to hire more government agents to save money? seriously?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

you want to hire more government agents to save money? seriously?

If we got rid of the IRS, that would save the government lots of money going forward, no? Great idea, Chinaski.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

If we got rid of the IRS, that would save the government lots of money going forward, no? Great idea, Chinaski.

let's find common ground?

I agree with you that cash for clunkers was a great idea. I do not agree with the naysayers at wiki who say:

• "On August 26 the DoT reported that the program resulted in 690,114 dealer transactions submitted requesting a total of $2.877 billion in rebates. At the end of the program Toyota accounted for 19.4 % of sales, followed by General Motors with 17.6 %, Ford with 14.4 %, Honda with 13.0 %, and Nissan with 8.7%.It led to a gain in market share for Japanese and Korean manufacturers at the expense of American car makers, with only Ford not taking a significant hit.

See, even if a single US car was sold that made it worth it- because we have to remember this all occurred before the huge influx of US manufacturing jobs, as promised, began to flood in a year into the Dems being at the helm of everything.

By the way, has anyone looked at the level of defaults from the loans on these new cars?

anyway, the level of fucked-up of the CforC is dwarfed by bailing out the auto companies without requiring the union concessions. given the stupidity of that move, no one can say CfC is dumb on any noticable scale.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

If we got rid of the IRS, that would save the government lots of money going forward, no? Great idea, Chinaski.

Hank's firm has adopted Taxpayer Savings Accounts, in which employees are now responsible for for their own withholding and calculation of potential tax liability. Hank LLP has reduced costs by two FTE and is thinking of adding two paralegals to offset. Maybe three or five depending on how many employees end up in jail.

Win-win-win!!

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

let's find common ground?

I agree with you that cash for clunkers was a great idea. I do not agree with the naysayers at wiki who say:

• "On August 26 the DoT reported that the program resulted in 690,114 dealer transactions submitted requesting a total of $2.877 billion in rebates. At the end of the program Toyota accounted for 19.4 % of sales, followed by General Motors with 17.6 %, Ford with 14.4 %, Honda with 13.0 %, and Nissan with 8.7%.It led to a gain in market share for Japanese and Korean manufacturers at the expense of American car makers, with only Ford not taking a significant hit.

See, even if a single US car was sold that made it worth it- because we have to remember this all occurred before the huge influx of US manufacturing jobs, as promised, began to flood in a year into the Dems being at the helm of everything.

Wait. CforC was about bailing out the US automakers? Does anyone outside of Detroit know this?

And here I thought it was about shifting some demand forward to help fill the hole and replacing fuel inefficient cars with more efficient cars, thus reducing on the margin both greenhouse emissions and dependence on middle eastern oil.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

If we got rid of the IRS, that would save the government lots of money going forward, no? Great idea, Chinaski.

Actually, though it's impossible considering where we are at this juncture in terms of unnecessary complexity and govt interventions, getting rid of the IRS and much of the tax code would greatly benefit the economy and the government.

But it's all preposterous fantasy... as silly as trying to roll back third party involvement in medical care payment and create a direct consumer market.

We are where we are, and we're stuck with it.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Adder

Hank's firm has adopted Taxpayer Savings Accounts, in which employees are now responsible for for their own withholding and calculation of potential tax liability. Hank LLP has reduced costs by two FTE and is thinking of adding two paralegals to offset. Maybe three or five depending on how many employees end up in jail.

Win-win-win!!

Indeed. How could some dim creature like a secretary or paralegal possibly calculate her own tax liability? It's amazing these neanderthals can turn on their desktop monitors in the morning without the help of evolved sorts like you.