CNN says Romney's out

[Tippster]

Exactly my point, Tim.

Fatback: let's use Tim's 25% model. You make $20k, Gates makes $1B

You pay $5k, leaving you $15k to live on.
Gates pays $250M (not likely) leaving him $750M to try to eek by on.

Who paid more dearly? Who could use the money more? Therein lies the disparity of our viewpoints. BTW - that $350k figure is yours. My wife and I earn far less than that, but you don't want to hear that.

[mr_gyptian]

I just agreed with Mr G on a point he's made in a political thread.

I'm fairly sure our reasoning and sentiments are diametrically opposed but it still makes me want to punch myself in the face. Just in case.

Let me do it for you. I'll knock all your teeth out, that way you can start with a clean slate.


that aside, it appears as if Romney clearing the way has also eliminated Huckabee's chances as VP. Apparently had Romney stayed in the race, at some point Huck would have been able to offer up his delegates in return for something like being the running mate to insure a McCain nomination.

[fatback]

Tipp, I only came up with 350K because you said you pay 45% of your income to federal tax, which would put you in the 35% bracket. I see you corrected that in an earlier post and I missed it, my bad on that.

Obviously those making below a certain figure say 25K wouldn't pay any tax.

[Steven S. Dallas]

that aside, it appears as if Romney clearing the way has also eliminated Huckabee's chances as VP.

I agree. McCain has a choice in VPs- someone to attract the religious right (like Huckabee), or someone to nail down more traditional Republicans. I think he'll go with what's behind door no. 2 (since the evangelicals would never go for Clinton or Obama anyway).

[PNWbrit]

Let me do it for you. I'll knock all your teeth out

Ooooooh get her. Thinks she's tough she does.

that way you can start with a clean slate.

Actually the old choppers are not far from that point.

[doughboyshredder]

I'll give you a simple formula for straightening out the problems of the United States. First, you tax the churches. You take the tax off of capital gains and the tax off of savings. You decriminalize all drugs and tax them same way as you do alcohol. You decriminalize prostitution. You make gambling legal. That will put the budget back on the road to recovery, and you'll have plenty of tax revenue coming in for all of your social programs, and to run the army. - Frank Zappa

.

That's a guy I could have voted for.

[Cono Este]

The mkt say's its going to be Obama.

And he hates rich people. That means all you selfish people makin gover 90 k a yr.

You know who you are.

[house]

and FWIW, Romney was a big phony and McCain is too old.

haha well if we can eliminate candidates using such criteria, I'm not voting for hillary cause she's a woman, nor obama cause he's black.

[laseranimal]

Moderate/Liberal Republicans don't watch Fox News, that's why they're upset. If McCain wins then Fox, Rush, and all those other douchbags take a big step towards irrelevance- one of the more positive aspects of a McCain presidency. Almost makes me hope he wins. Almost.

well DUH

the whole reason that Coulter and her ass buddies are voting for Hillary is so they can enjoy the ratings spike and right wing rabble rousing material that 4-8 years of a Hillary presidency would provide

and unfortunately even if McCain wins the right wing will never be marginalized, I thought the same thing when the Dems soundly spanked us in the mid-terms. except instead of

"wow, we really need to work harder at making inroads with the moderates in our party and appeal to more independent minded voters. 6 years of Bush/Cheney conservatism has really rubbed some of them the wrong way and they're defecting or sending message votes."

the prevailing spin out of the gas bags was: "we lost that election because we turned our back on our conservative principles and alienated our base."



Its extremely frustrating to have watched the Northeastern wing of the party become further and further marginalized by bombastic, self righteous demagogues from the South who 50 years ago were probably out burning crosses and denouncing the party they now speak so reverently of as nothing more then a bunch of Yankee carpet baggers.

So to all you Dems out there, you can take those guys back any time you want

[laseranimal]

I'll give you a simple formula for straightening out the problems of the United States. First, you tax the churches. .

so I guess the "line of separation between church and state" only goes one way huh?

[MashedPotatoes]

no, then you tax the businesses owned by the churches.

[MashedPotatoes]

haha well if we can eliminate candidates using such criteria, I'm not voting for hillary cause she's a woman, nor obama cause he's black.

huh? phoniness and old age strike me as fair criticisms, being a woman or being black not so much.

Doesn't McCain have an illegitimate black daughter anyway?

[Tippster]

haha well if we can eliminate candidates using such criteria, I'm not voting for hillary cause she's a woman, nor obama cause he's black.

huh? phoniness and old age strike me as fair criticisms, being a woman or being black not so much.

Doesn't McCain have an illegitimate black daughter anyway?

Ok, how about "Bitch" and "Mr. Sillypants."

[splat]

I wonder who McCain will pick...

If it's Jeb Bush, consider it a done deal.

[skibuminwyo]

Tax Deseret Industries. More. And more. Then you will have people pissed off over half the western states. But it would be good money.

[CUBUCK]

CUBUCK, I've always thought the basic reason the corporation was taxed is because in concept, the ownership of the corporation is creating a new "entity" (akin to a person) often to mainly avoid any individual/personal liability for the corporation financially or elsewise? The penalty for the owners, and benefit for society, for releasing them from that liability is that they have to pay corporate taxes.

If any of the above is accurate, then removing the corporate tax just gives those owners a "free pass" from their liability in the legal sense, no?

There is nothing wrong with paying corporate taxes. In this case the government is "double dipping" because the same income stream is being taxed both at the corporate level and then again for the individual. However, my post was more geared towards tipp calling the dividend tax rate a a loopehole for the rich when anyone who makes an investment in a dividend paying stock benefits from the lower tax rate on dividends. This is especially true for many middle class seniors who now earn the majority of there income through interest and dividends.

[Rush Limbaugh]

anyone who makes an investment in a dividend paying stock benefits from the lower tax rate on dividends. This is especially true for many middle class seniors who now earn the majority of there income through interest and dividends.

You tell them like it IS! Because we KNOW that provision of the tax code was written mainly for the benefit of middle class seniors!

GOD BLESS you! And GOD BLESS your fight against these anti-capitalist swine!

[lemon boy]

fyi- you're not a very funny, creative or useful alias. Sorry.

[Rush Limbaugh]

Squeeze my lemon, and watch the juice run down my leg.

[Harry]

Bump for 2023

[This End Up]

Oh boy, he isn’t running for Senate, because he is too old. So thats nice. Hopefully he isn’t planning a presidential run.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna104899

[Core Shot]

Fuck him right in the hole in his holy underwear.

PS. Polyass jong.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Heck of a necro bump.
That is surprisingly humble of him if he's really just retiring. Should have called out some more of his fellow Senators.

[mcski]

Prob a combo of getting old and polling showing him losing the primary because he went against the orangutan

[Buzzworthy]

I for one am so excited for the next guy these fine citizens pick for Senator.