Windwalker |
05-05-2009 01:00 PM |
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Originally Posted by golfhobo
(Post 448998)
Or been more accurate!
These amounts are NOT ALLOWED...BY LAW. the O.P. is an idiot! (not YOU, WW.... the one who created this stupid email!)
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May not be allowed by law today, but not all that long ago, the Republican party had "THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE". Membership was $100,000 donated to the party. The POOR MAN'S PARTY, the Democrats, required $200,000 for you to join the "TWO-HUNDRED CLUB". In each case, it gave you a seat on "THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE".
For that matter, the author did not state that people WERE donating that much, only stating that they could AFFORD TO DONATE that much.
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Originally Posted by golfhobo
(Post 448998)
Too STUPID to tie HER shoes! The $3.00 "allocation" block on the tax return, just "allocates three dollars of your tax payment to that particular party's GOVERNMENT funding for their campaign. It's like "personal pork!"
It doesn't COST you a SINGLE friggin dollar! :hellno:
It's NO WONDER that our country is in the shape it's in! Our citizens are too stupid to even understand campaign laws OR the "donation" block on the tax form! :confused::hellno::eek1:
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And, if you've ever watched the show "STREET SMARTS" on TV, you would find it impossible to believe that they have even survived long enough to reach the age they were at. I also do not know that the "10,000 to 1" ratio is accurate either. But, the point behind the letter is a lot of what I've been saying for a long time. There were some bad loans made, but I believe there were far more that simply went bad because of the poor decisions by management with regard to employee wages. I know what kind of KICK IN THE PANTS my own finances got when my wife was diagnosed with cancer. The surgery was done with Blue Cross coverage, and a $3000 annual cap on our cost. But the radiation and chemo was done after the company switched to Humana, and while 80% across the board doesn't sound that bad, all the items that were not covered by the policy really added up in a very short time. The annual cap from Blue Cross was sorely missed for a long time. I'm now married to a "$60,000 woman". (Actually, it was more than that.)
No, not everyone was faced with a catostrophic illness, but without any cost-of-living raises, it's not that hard to understand all the foreclosures going on, even now. The financial commitments were made when times were better. At the time, the stats looked far better than they do now. So, the context of the letter may be far more accurate than you give it credit for.
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Originally Posted by golfhobo
(Post 448998)
Jesus, friggin Christ get me off this planet! There's no intelligent LIFE down here! :hellno::moon::lol2:
Except on CAD.... of course! ;):cool:
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appology excepted...:smokin:
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