Expats in Asia > Ring of Fire
If only the US had Australia's Leadership
fivetrout:
Shaun,
Those sounds are weird! Some maybe a wail from Big-foot? Some sound like Godzilla. hehe. They seem distressed! And also I hear friction of some sort...like a ship being launched.
Maybe it's cries from our forefathers turning over in their graves at what this country, and others has become!
shaun:
It isn't the sound that scares me it is the reports afterward. They are trying to explain things. Crap we're in trouble.
David E, we can't even get American's to agree to a national ID to help avoid voter fraud. I can only imagine what the fringed elements in the forsaken country would say about mandatory voting with financial penalties if you don't. It is a great idea but I think it will never happen here.
Obama care is fining people for not getting health insurance and some have discovered that the fines for them is cheaper than the insurance coverage they can qualify for. How messed up is that? It is just another form of taxation on the poor something our current President is not suppose to be about. The poor have had so much imbedded tax thrown at them over the last 6 months it is absolutely astounding. But I had better not get started on that one or we will be here all day.
On the bright side all of this is helping me to plan out my future. ;D
Willy The Londoner:
--- Quote from: shaun on October 13, 2014, 07:04:48 pm --- The poor have had so much imbedded tax thrown at them over the last 6 months it is absolutely astounding.
--- End quote ---
World wide it is the poor that pays the price for all. Health workers (nurses and ancillary staff) in the England were awarded 1% rise by the government appointed panel. The first rise they have been granted in three years. However the government has stopped the increase being paid and at the same time the elected MPs in the Parliament have been awarded 9% on top of their 70,000 GB Pound (112,00 US Dollar) salary.
Willy
fivetrout:
It's easy to get caught up in the youtube conspiracies...but where there's smoke you have to ask yourself...WTF! All signs point to the New World Order influencing world events.
CypherDragon:
Shaun - the easy way out on taxes is to simply eliminate the personal income tax. Seriously; take away the income tax and replace it with a national sales tax...something that the infrastructure is already in place for, is much easier to manage, and is automatically a progressive tax system with no real loopholes possible. Then you can get rid of the monstrosity that the IRS has become, since now you only have corporate taxes to worry about. Exempt items needed for basic survival like groceries, and you've just reversed the tax system from being effectively regressive to being very progressive. But that makes too much sense, eliminates a big branch of the US Gov, and puts more of the tax burden where it should be - on the rich and highly successful, so it'll never happen...at least probably not in our lifetimes.
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