Great car, I just cannot complete it on current budget.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
I can't believe how people can believe that it is ok to tax higher incomes a higher percentage.
Ok, I agree if you make a million dollars a year you should pay more in taxes than the guy that makes $10,000. But if you charge them both the same percentage rate, the rich guy is paying far more taxes. Lets grab a number, say 15%. 15% of $10,000 is equal to $1,500, while 15% of $1,000,000 is equal to $150,000. I could accept this as fair. but many of those on the left, and the ignorant masses they are educating in the government schools, think that charging the rich 90% of their income is fair. Lets use the same numbers, 15% for the poor guy, so he is still getting to use 85% of his $10,000 that comes to , $8500 left in his pocket, and $1500 to uncle Sam. OK rich guy, pays 90% of his 1,000,000 to uncle Sam. He gets to use $100,000 while paying the USA $900,000. In what universe would this be fair? not in this one. Use some common sense. Most people, human nature being what it is, would take a look at those numbers, and say let's not make 1,000,000 this year. The tax rate goes down a 200,000. so I would pay 40% there. $200,000 minus 40% is equal to $120,000 to uncle Sam, and $80,000 left in the pocket. and about an extra 100 hours in the week in which to spend with family, that I won't get if I make the 1 Million and only take home $100,000. Sounds like a better deal to me. Of course the super rich, like Madonna, Oprah, and the other Hollywood celebs that say tax the rich more, they don't pay US taxes, they emigrate to some warm banana republic where they can live a few weeks a year, and claim citizenship. Nassau Bahamas anyone?
In the 30's, through the 50's we had a lot of super rich celebs, and businessmen move to Paris, Cuba, and other exotic ports of call. They did not pay the 90% rates, they chose to leave. Tell Bill Gates and Steve Jobs that you are going to take 90% of everything, Do you think they would stay here?
While I am ranting here, lets talk about corporation and corporate taxes. Have you ever seen a business lowering it's profits to pay taxes? I don't think so, the stockholders would be up in arms. They pass those costs through to the consumer in the guise of higher prices. You say "ooh, that's evil, they can't get away with that", but ask yourself, would you buy stock in a company that paid those higher taxes out of profits? I didn't think so.\
Ireland got it right a few years ago. They lowered corporate taxes. Many businesses moved there. Lets lower our corporate tax rate to 5%, and see how it effects businesses here. I bet a lot of those that relocated out of the country would come back.
In the 30's, through the 50's we had a lot of super rich celebs, and businessmen move to Paris, Cuba, and other exotic ports of call. They did not pay the 90% rates, they chose to leave. Tell Bill Gates and Steve Jobs that you are going to take 90% of everything, Do you think they would stay here?
While I am ranting here, lets talk about corporation and corporate taxes. Have you ever seen a business lowering it's profits to pay taxes? I don't think so, the stockholders would be up in arms. They pass those costs through to the consumer in the guise of higher prices. You say "ooh, that's evil, they can't get away with that", but ask yourself, would you buy stock in a company that paid those higher taxes out of profits? I didn't think so.\
Ireland got it right a few years ago. They lowered corporate taxes. Many businesses moved there. Lets lower our corporate tax rate to 5%, and see how it effects businesses here. I bet a lot of those that relocated out of the country would come back.
Monday, March 22, 2010
So called health care reform
1) First of all, as has been said many times, it is miss labeled. The bill passed this weekend does nothing about health care. It is supposed to be about health insurance.
2) Where does the Constitution authorize this kind of thing? Yeah sure you are going to tell me the "General welfare" clause in the preamble. Wrong, all the preamble does is tell us what the document is about. Commerce clause? Wrong again. Back a few years ago, (like 70 or 80) the supreme court made a poor choice and allowed a seemingly inappropriate law to be considered under the commerce clause even though it had nothing to do with regulating interstate commerce. Ever since then Congress has been able to eat away the power of the constitution and enact more inane laws about things the constitution specifically gave power to the states. Read the damn document!
3) This whole bill is bad for the country. Right now because of the way health care is done here in the USA, medical companies, and "Big Pharma" have incentives to innovate, and research. Once you take away the freedom to do that, by having a governmental panel decide who gets what care, the innovation is no longer incentivized.
3) To quote a former president "It's the economy stupid!" Higher taxes and more debt will not fix the economy. That's what this bill does. Not only that but we get to pay for it in new taxes for years before we see any of it's "benefits." Our beloved Government is again playing fast and loose with the numbers here. Go Figure!
2) Where does the Constitution authorize this kind of thing? Yeah sure you are going to tell me the "General welfare" clause in the preamble. Wrong, all the preamble does is tell us what the document is about. Commerce clause? Wrong again. Back a few years ago, (like 70 or 80) the supreme court made a poor choice and allowed a seemingly inappropriate law to be considered under the commerce clause even though it had nothing to do with regulating interstate commerce. Ever since then Congress has been able to eat away the power of the constitution and enact more inane laws about things the constitution specifically gave power to the states. Read the damn document!
3) This whole bill is bad for the country. Right now because of the way health care is done here in the USA, medical companies, and "Big Pharma" have incentives to innovate, and research. Once you take away the freedom to do that, by having a governmental panel decide who gets what care, the innovation is no longer incentivized.
3) To quote a former president "It's the economy stupid!" Higher taxes and more debt will not fix the economy. That's what this bill does. Not only that but we get to pay for it in new taxes for years before we see any of it's "benefits." Our beloved Government is again playing fast and loose with the numbers here. Go Figure!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
OMG Idol guest performers
Was it just me, or was Ke$ha completely awfull last night. It was so bad I had to look up who she was today just to be able to name her. The other guest performer, (Who's name I simarly cannot recall), was not much better. How can the Producers put such poor performers on when they are trying to pick a new star?
Monday, March 15, 2010
My first Blog post "The Second Ammendment"
Yes I know I am way behind the curve, Maybe I am so late to the game that no one will ever know. I don't care, I just need to have my say for a few minutes. My wife is tired of listening to me, and Yelling at the screen does not help any more. I keep hearing and reading that the Tea Party folks are trying to ruin the constitution by bringing it back to what it says. I tend to believe that they are not going far enough. I have read some of the things written by the founders. The constitution says what it means. It needs very little interpretation. Let us consider a moment the idea of the second ammendment:
{ There are several versions of the text of the Second Amendment, each with slight capitalization and punctuation differences, found in the official documents surrounding the adoption of the Bill of Rights One such version was passed by the Congress, which reads:
“ A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Another version is found in the copies distributed to the states, and then ratified by them, which had this capitalization and punctuation:
“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."}
The bracketed information above was copied for Wikipedia, Not my own writing.
Now lets look at what the founders had to say:
"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson: "The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes....Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. Thomas Jefferson's "Commonplace Book," 1774-1776, quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria in Chapter 40 of "On Crimes and Punishment", 1764.
"Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion in private self defense."
(A defense of the Constitution of the US, John Adams)
"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms." (Federalist Paper #46, James Madison)
"...arms...discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. ...Horrid mischief would ensue were (the law-abiding) deprived the use of them." (Thomas Paine)
As if this was not enough argument, lets look at what some of our other famous politicians had to say:
"The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step – in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come – is to teach men to shoot!" – President Theodore Roosevelt's last message to Congress.
Or how about;
"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose." (James Earl Jones)
" By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy... The Second Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important." John F. Kennedy, Junior Senator of MA in a 1959 letter to E.B. Mann [From the 1974 Gun Digest, article titled Gun Laws]
"That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." (George Orwell)
In future posts I will discuss more of the inate nature of the wording of the constitution. It was written very plainly for a reason. It means what it says.
{ There are several versions of the text of the Second Amendment, each with slight capitalization and punctuation differences, found in the official documents surrounding the adoption of the Bill of Rights One such version was passed by the Congress, which reads:
“ A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Another version is found in the copies distributed to the states, and then ratified by them, which had this capitalization and punctuation:
“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."}
The bracketed information above was copied for Wikipedia, Not my own writing.
Now lets look at what the founders had to say:
"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson: "The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes....Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. Thomas Jefferson's "Commonplace Book," 1774-1776, quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria in Chapter 40 of "On Crimes and Punishment", 1764.
"Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion in private self defense."
(A defense of the Constitution of the US, John Adams)
"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms." (Federalist Paper #46, James Madison)
"...arms...discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. ...Horrid mischief would ensue were (the law-abiding) deprived the use of them." (Thomas Paine)
As if this was not enough argument, lets look at what some of our other famous politicians had to say:
"The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step – in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come – is to teach men to shoot!" – President Theodore Roosevelt's last message to Congress.
Or how about;
"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose." (James Earl Jones)
" By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy... The Second Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important." John F. Kennedy, Junior Senator of MA in a 1959 letter to E.B. Mann [From the 1974 Gun Digest, article titled Gun Laws]
"That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." (George Orwell)
In future posts I will discuss more of the inate nature of the wording of the constitution. It was written very plainly for a reason. It means what it says.
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