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From: stephe_k on 18 Sep 2009 00:03 Bill Graham wrote: > > "SMS" <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote in message > news:4ab17f94$0$1647$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... >> Bill Graham wrote: >>> >>> "SMS" <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote in message >>> news:4ab132d8$0$1595$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... >>>> Bill Graham wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think of it as the lesser of two evils. Right now, the government >>>>> is giving my money away to the illegal aliens in bushel baskets, >>>> >>>> Actually they're not, at least not the federal government directly. >>>> It's the states that are required to provide education, and that are >>>> not allowed to turn away anyone from emergency rooms regardless of >>>> their ability to pay or whether or not they are here legally. >>> >>> When I use the term, "government" I mean either stste or federal. (or >>> even local county) They are all the same to me, since they all take >>> tax money from me. >> >> The difference is that the state and local governments have no power >> to enforce immigration laws. The federal government mandates on >> education and emergency health care are unfunded mandates that the >> state is forced to accept. Illegal immigrants are not eligible for >> welfare unless a state or locality decides to provide it, so of course >> you never actually saw piles of welfare checks that were being >> distributed to illegal immigrants in Oregon, unless you're referring >> to welfare that is being distributed to U.S. citizens that were born >> here to illegal immigrants. If that's the case I suggest that you work >> on changing the law to eliminate the provision that anyone born in the >> U.S. is automatically a citizen--you'd have a lot of support for that. > > Yes. I knew a family who were illegal's, but they worked very hard, and > the guy fixed my automobiles for me, so I got along well with him. Well my friend YOU are the reason they even come to this country and stay. My guess is you were paying this guy cash, probably at a very discounted rate to have your car repaired, so this was a "good illegal" according to your post. What you did was NO DIFFERENT that buying stolen goods. YOU are the people who encourage ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. Just like theives wouldn't steal if they couldn't sell what they stole, if people didn't pay illegals to work, they wouldn't be here. Stephanie
From: Ray Fischer on 18 Sep 2009 00:07 Bill Graham <weg9(a)comcast.net> wrote: >We have been over this ground too many times already. Let's just look at the >present and near future. How can any good come out of spending several >trillion dollars right now? You can't recover from a monetary loss by >spending more money, whether you are an individual or a country. Of course you can. It's done all the time and is commonly known as "investing". Everyone, from governments to corporations to individuals take on debt to invest and earn more money in the future. -- Ray Fischer rfischer(a)sonic.net
From: SMS on 18 Sep 2009 00:11 stephe_k(a)yahoo.com wrote: > But massive deficit spending did affect all of this. You can't spend > BILLIONS on a war and at the same time LOWER taxes. You blame the dem > for "Tax and spend" but ignore the effects of "Tax rebate but spend a > lot more". That is EXACTLY what Regan AND both Bush's did. Well to be fair, George H.W. Bush did have to clean up the mess Reagan made with the S&L's, and he did agree to a tax increase to reduce deficit spending slightly. And no doubt this was behind his loss for re-election. George H.W. Bush also correctly called Reaganomics, "voo-doo economics." > And where exactly do you think we borrowed this money to go to war while > lowering taxes came from? The deficits run up by the tax cuts for the wealthy exceed the cost of the health care proposals. People complain a lot about George W. Bush because not only was his presidency a failure in terms of domestic and foreign policy, but he also was personally unpopular, and not well-spoken. Reagan was more dangerous because his policy failures were not as well understood or publicized because he was personally very popular. It's only in the past couple of years that everyone is beginning to realize the damage Reagan wrought.
From: Ray Fischer on 18 Sep 2009 03:12 Bob Larter <bobbylarter(a)gmail.com> wrote: >SMS wrote: >> Bob Larter wrote: >> >>> Don't you think it's kind of hypocritical that on the one hand >>> right-wingers oppose abortion, calling it murder, and yet on the other >>> hand, they support the death penalty? >> >> Actually no. With abortion I can at least understand their opposition, >> even if I don't agree with it. >> >> At what number of weeks in the pregnancy would you say that abortion is >> no longer acceptable? Clearly few people would support it at 38 weeks. >> What about 27 weeks? > >Given that my son was born at 26 weeks, & is now a perfectly healthy 8 >year old, abortions as late as that do bother me a lot. Less than 1% of all abortions occur in the 3rd trimester and those few are almost always done for medical need. > That said, I >still believe that the woman's right to choose trumps the rights of the >foetus. > >> While their opposition to RU486 is pretty >> ridiculous, at least you can see where they are coming from in opposing >> abortion after the fetus is more than a few weeks old. > >My personal dividing line is at the point where the foetus is viable >outside the womb. Currently, I think that's around 24 weeks. Only if you have a million dollars to spend on medical care. A more practical limit of viability would be around 33 weeks. -- Ray Fischer rfischer(a)sonic.net
From: Bob Larter on 18 Sep 2009 03:18
stephe_k(a)yahoo.com wrote: > Bill Graham wrote: >> >> "Walter Banks" <walter(a)bytecraft.com> wrote in message >> news:4AB228D8.59CB1866(a)bytecraft.com... >>> >>> >>> SMS wrote: >>> >>>> David Ruether wrote: >>>> >>>> > I think you don't understand the predominant beliefs of the US > >>>> electorate >>>> > very well... I think few see the election of Democrats as >>>> specifically > to >>>> > "steal rich people's money so more can be given to (poor) me", as the >>>> > unbelievably odd (to some of us) "bill of goods" the Republicans >>>> have > sold >>>> > to so many for so long that "supporting the interests of the rich >>>> is > best for us >>>> > (the poor) because, well, someday we may also be rich - which is a >>>> > fantasy, >>>> > but one that is widely held by Americans, especially now with > >>>> widespread >>>> > popular lotteries in existence. BTW, this nonsense predates the > >>>> "anything >>>> > socialistic is bad" myth sold also by those on the Right, who fail >>>> to > mention >>>> > that much of what is taken for granted as basic services *is* > >>>> socialistic... >>>> > Armed with these two myths, a disreputable bunch of rascals is >>>> often > able >>>> > to draw roughly 50% of the electorate's votes. Pushing these >>>> myths, > with >>>> > repeated lies and deceptions added, works for winning elections, > >>>> alas... >>>> >>>> The other issue many people don't understand is how the salary >>>> structures have evolved in the U.S. in regards to gross pay and net >>>> pay. >>>> A position paying $100K where $30K is paid in a combination of all >>>> taxes >>>> is not going to be paying $100K if the tax burden falls to $10K. Even >>>> within the same corporation there are differentials based on cost of >>>> living of different areas of the country (and world), and these >>>> differentials are based on both expenses for taxes and the costs of >>>> goods and services. >>>> >>>> If, after the past eight years, anyone voted Republican with the idea >>>> that Republicans would protect their savings, investments, and job, >>>> then >>>> they haven't been paying attention. Yet Republicans can talk about tax >>>> cuts (unfunded tax cuts) and there are still some naive middle and >>>> lower >>>> class voters that think that they'll automatically be better off paying >>>> slightly lower taxes. These people are unable to look at the big >>>> picture >>>> of how government is funded and the effects of increasing deficits. >>>> It's >>>> the same people that whine about how we should have just let GM and >>>> Chrysler go into liquidation, without understanding that the cost of >>>> liquidation would be much higher. >>> >>> For most of the last generation in the US fiscal reality has been almost >>> the opposite of the rhetoric. The Democrats by an large have balanced >>> budgets and some cases created government surpluses and invested in >>> economic growth. The Republicans have been deficient spending and >>> investing in special interests. >>> >>> w.. >>> >> Usually because the Republicans have had to handle the wars, (mostly >> because they have happened to be in office when we were attacked, or >> otherwise obligated to wage them) > > > The KEY thing to note is: IF the country is at war spending BILLIONS, > you don't give HUGE tax breaks to big business at the same time. You'd think that'd be common sense to anybody, but apparently not. -- W . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est ---^----^--------------------------------------------------------------- |