Bobby Jindal's Stimulus Lies

fact is, there are relatively aware people in the repub party who would agree with you. but for the more common republican person, they aren't interested in anything that won't feed their greed, get rid of the poor, and atomize the spirit and experience of being american (as defined by oppressive anti human far right policies) unless it is what they define as the good. recall the tenor of the republican presidential campaign--if it didn't kill something, or justify tearing up the land, or 'pal around with terrorists', and by the way--global warming is just bull, then it was the 'bleeding heart, commie/liberal' crap leading to hell in a handbasket... ps. about global warming, consider this. if the deniers are wrong, and reasonable people do something to slow the disaster, republicans--and the entire human species--will be better off. but if the deniers have their way and we stay on the lemmings course, your kids, grands, etc., and everyone else human and animal will no longer be able to exist on this planet and we will ALL be gone in fewer than 500 years. In total that would equal less than 5 minutes of the entire time the dinosaurs existed. finally, if we--humans, greedy rich, and nutcase religious--don't get a grip and do the right for survival and decent thing, we deserve to go.

I respect your opinion, but many of us do not agree that the Federal government should be rushing frantically to pass a $800 Billion law to create 3 million jobs (do the math) under the guise of an impending catastrophe after only 2.2% increase in unemployment and 25% drop in auto sales (first year of depression saw 4.8% inc in unemployment and 90% drop in auto sales). This money comes from us, Americans who live within their means, work hard and pay gobs of taxes. There are tons of jobs here in New Mexico (unemployment only 5.4%) and my hospital is hiring hundreds of nurses and technicians, but nobody wants to move from CA to come here and work.

... can't read everything, so my apologies to anyone who came up with the "vindaloo" perjorative first, just send me my share of the royalties! Many apocalyptic christians believe that volcanoes, earthquakes and presumably hurricanes are essential parts of the end times - as described in the book of 'Revelations' [and the 'Left Behind' series, see Amazon etc] - and, therefore, they don't need to concern themselves with continuing earthbound physical existence. If the volcano is "super" - as in Yellowstone 600,000 years ago then the apocalypse is pretty much adios on us homo sapiens! Still "Bobby Vindaloo" didn't need to go to Oxford to read the book of revelations. Nor need he convert, there are many apocalyptic Hindu sects!

I'm so sick of people buying into the lies about "Small Business Owners" suffering because of the increase in the tax rate of over $250k. If you are taking home more than $250k each year from your business, either your business is not "small," or you're doing your books wrong. As an example, I work part-time at an automotive repair shop. In a year, we bring in around 1.4 million as revenue. We employ 9 people full-time as well as 5 part-timers. My boss averages about $100k in take-home pay. If we grow the business proportionally to the point where my boss has to start getting worried, we would then be employing around 22 full-timers and 12 part-timers. We would also be more than a $4M/year business. At that point, my bosses' income taxes would not increase by 3%, only the rate he was paying on money over the $250K would be increasing. To put this into perspective. Let's say we've grown to the point in which my boss is making $250K in his own pocket (not the company's) each year. Then, let's assume the business grows by another 1M during that fiscal year. At the same proportion, my boss' cut is about $71,000. This means he would be on the hook for $2200 that he wouldn't have paid under Bush's tax rates. In the meantime, the asset value of his business has grown considerably, and we've employed another 8 full-time employees and 4 part-timers. It's not wise business practice to stuff all of the company's profits into your own pockets. Part of your profits should be reinvested in growing your business. That's where the asset value of your business comes in. If my boss is really concerned with the $2200 he's going to "lose," he can invest his share of the profit back into the business and not have to pay personal taxes on that money until he sells the business. Joe "the plumber" would have taken years and years to build a business big enough that he could bring home $250k. That is, if it's even legal to open a plumbing business without being a licensed plumbing contractor. The poor keep eating up the lies that we can be rich and we should worry about the rich's tax rates. All of the arguments about "socialist" Europe and how we will scare away all of our investors and businesses seem to forget that Europe has both businesses and investors, even in light of their tax rates. Last point - this is all kabuki anyway. It will take less than a month for some tax wonk to find the loophole which will make this whole "increase" go away (and if (s)he's really good, (s)he'll find a way to make it make extra money for the company in decreased tax liability).