tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post6233220965182769181..comments2024-03-16T05:00:38.826-04:00Comments on Egnorance: There's too much money in politics. Your tax money, specifically. mregnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-84935721032336840742013-10-10T15:08:53.372-04:002013-10-10T15:08:53.372-04:00re: Popeye's "poor people and struggling ...re: Popeye's "poor people and struggling workers"<br /><br /><i>Once a popular young politician, disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was ordered to spend 28 years behind bars on his convictions for racketeering, bribery, extortion and tax crimes.</i><br />--- CBS DetroitAdm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-53407229913819433082013-10-10T14:28:30.798-04:002013-10-10T14:28:30.798-04:00Well, besides being a joke of an article (6 of the...Well, besides being a joke of an article (6 of the top ten states listed are blue states), this is even more absurd:<br /><br /><i>[E]ven as fiscally conservative lawmakers complain about deficit spending, their constituents don't want to give up the Social Security checks, Medicare benefits, and earned income tax credits that provide a safety net for the struggling middle class.</i><br /><br />Then why do those "conservatives" continue to vote for people who promise and attempt to do just that?<br /><br />Son, if somebody shows up on my front porch with money, I'll take it. And when I take my Social Security, that will be no "subsidy". In fact, if you lived here you would know that high income Social Security taxes subsidize everybody else. If I had that money back and invested in even CDs, my monthly SS payout would be far higher.<br /><br />In fact, your goog doesn't even define what a "subsidy" is. Not all "spending" is a "subsidy". Here - let me read the dictionary for you so you'll be able to do crosswords when you're on disability: <br /><br />subsidy: a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private undertaking<br /><br />Federal spending on Interstate highways is not a "subsidy".<br /><br />Federal protection and tax benefits to ethanol producers is a "subsidy". Federal tax benefits to home mortgagees is a "subsidy". Free contraceptives are a classic "subsidy" to support a private undertaking. :-)<br /><br />But in any case, it has nothing to do with Egnor's point. I'm just having a little fun.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-1097471304047405072013-10-10T10:19:13.281-04:002013-10-10T10:19:13.281-04:00Ironically, it's the red states that receive f...Ironically, it's the red states that <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/states-federal-taxes-spending-charts-maps" rel="nofollow">receive federal subsidies</a>. <br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-36708473209542588012013-10-10T08:36:43.485-04:002013-10-10T08:36:43.485-04:00Yes Admiral, it’s outrageous that poor people and ...Yes Admiral, it’s outrageous that poor people and struggling workers want the officials they elected to help them. Those lazy poor just vote, vote, vote, and expect things to get better. What were they thinking? Why can’t they be more like the billionaires giving millions to politicians while expecting nothing in return? Lazy bums.<br /><br />-KW<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-38400273930351011012013-10-10T07:05:25.141-04:002013-10-10T07:05:25.141-04:00This calls to mind the "discussion" I ha...This calls to mind the "discussion" I had with Hooter about Detroit. He read on some idiotic left-wing website that the problem with Detroit was "boom and bust capitalism". Amusing, I know, in light of this:<br /><br /><i>Detroit’s municipal pension fund made payments for decades to retirees, active workers and others above and beyond normal benefits, costing the struggling city billions of dollars...<br /><br />How much each person received is not known. [no records were kept] But available records suggest that the trustees approving the payments did not discriminate; nearly everybody in the plan received them. Most of the trustees on Detroit’s two pension boards represent organized labor, and for years they could outvote anyone who challenged the payments.</i><br />--- NYT (9/25/13)<br /><br />Naturally, some folks in Detroit are cruising for a bailout after handing out cash in wads. Detroit City Councilwoman, JoAnn Watson, demanded some "bacon" from President Lackwit:<br /><br /><i>"Our people in an overwhelming way supported the re-election of this president and there ought to be a quid pro quo and you ought to exercise leadership on that," said Watson...<br /><br />"After the election of Jimmy Carter, the honorable Coleman Alexander Young, he went to Washington, D.C. He came home with some bacon," said Watson. "<b>That's what you do</b>."</i><br />--- HuffPo<br /><br />Exactly. Just as Egnor says.<br /><br />Well, needless to say, the votes were cast and the "bacon" is on its way. At a time when the US is allegedly about to default on its bond obligations, the Chinese are muttering about their interest payments, the government is cutting off death benefits to the families of fallen soldiers, and Lackwit is <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-debt-ceiling-social-security-boehner-deadline-default-government-shutdown-2013-10" rel="nofollow">threatening seniors with a suspension of Social Security checks</a>, <br /><br /><i>[T]op White House officials came to Detroit [with $320 million] and vowed to help the bankrupt city fight crime, improve mass transport and eradicate blight.</i><br /><br />Yeah. Better mass transit and blight remediation is what they need. How about high-speed rail? New art for the Renaissance Center? A hockey arena?Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.com