Reply By: danielostPosted: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 They can afford to pay more with no harm to them or their families. again how do you know. do you know every rich man in the country.</T
I would like to see a Biden/Obama or a Biden/Richardson ticket. :CONGRAT:
Reply By: DaiwaPosted: Tuesday, January 01, 2008See? SEE what?
Reply By: DaiwaPosted: Tuesday, January 01, 2008To people like Gene, bodies don't matter. It's all about the tear-jerk anecdote. I have helped those that need help at both a food bank and as president of a non profit corp. that helped both low income seniors and low income home owners. We support about
With the exception of the clothing and the bunk beds, not one of those items was a necessity, Col.I assure you, we are doing MUCH better than "surviving"! I am glad for you. However when just a place to live plus utilitles runs $15,000 you can not live on $24,000.
Reply By: DaiwaPosted: Monday, December 31, 2007Again, nothing but anecdotes, bald claims & assumptions, no evidence. YOU ARE NUTS!
lots of people live off of 24,000 or less even in the areas where you lived. as i told you i can live off of a 1000 a month. perhaps not as well as you do but i don't really care. if i really wanted to be rich i could be by the end of next year. They exist not live. You and those like you are a SAD ex
Here is some more Class warfare: Local Report for Long Island: Executive Summary An estimated 259,000 Long Islanders turn to a soup kitchen, food pantry or emergency shelter for help with food each year. 93,000 of them are children. Going Hungry During Lunch Hour 21 December 2007 by Anna Kramer A Boston law firm celebrates the holiday season with an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet--part of the fall 2007 Fast for a
Reply By: Gideon MacLeishPosted: Sunday, December 30, 2007 ok now either gene is lying or brad and gid is. No, I would never accuse Gene of lying.When he shows me the bodies, I will apologi
Reply By: Gideon MacLeishPosted: Sunday, December 30, 2007 NO I mean to have a place to live, food on the table and the basics! If they have no food on the table, they're dying. Duh. Please
Reply By: danielostPosted: Sunday, December 30, 2007 I just documented the number is $250 Billion not $750 Billion. No, you simply claimed it was. to gene this is the same thing </
If you assume the "best possible choices" to be brand new car, surround sound system, big screen TV, state of the art computer, etc, you're absolutely right. NO I mean to have a place to live, food on the table and the basics!
When you document the deaths in mass numbers from starvation in Philadelphia, I will believe you. Until then, you completely lack credibility, as people CAN and DO live on the numbers that you insist are "starvation wages" in all parts of the country. That was NOT the issue. It is what it takes to live
Reply By: DraginolPosted: Saturday, December 29, 2007Yea, $750 billion is just about righthttp://www.answers.com/topic/united-states-federal-budget-2007Outright welfare + Medicaid = ~$700 billion. Technically 23% this year (down from 25% prevoiusly).At what point are you going to give up on this? You are entitled to your own opin
Reply By: Gideon MacLeishPosted: Friday, December 28, 2007 Have to put off that 52 inch HD TV? Actually, I live in an area where the median income is about $24,000/year, and I'm one of three
3) We continue to lose jobs overseas because of three primary reasons 1) Our manufacturing labor is too expensive and uncompetitive. 2) We are not producing enough high tech talent domestically for large corporations to be able to staff their technical needs in an affordable way and 3) Because American consumers have no loyalty t
Reply By: FrogboyPosted: Friday, December 28, 2007 No member of Congress or candidate has said the deficit is acceptable. In fact they have said just the opposite. The fact that we must pay almost 1/2 a Tril
I would like to know why we have given Pakistan $11 Billion dollars. If anyone believes we have been effective in reducing the danger from the radical Moslems they are kidding themselves. We have done a GREAT job in protecting America from another attack. However the underlying reasons for the hatred the Radical Moslems have for our country has never been worse. Our invasion in Iraq and continued threats to Iran just feed the hate and add to the numbe
The economy is working against the low and middle income families. As you pointed out the drop in Home Values which is the most significant asset most middle class people have is a real problem. The high energy prices are worse then a tax increase because it impacts ALL economic groups including the low income families. The high personal debt is another issue that holds very real problems for many people in the future. Continued loss of manufacturin
Reply By: DaiwaPosted: Friday, December 28, 2007 shift wealth to those with the money ?!?!?!? WTF? SHIFT wealth TO those WITH the money? How is that possible? <
Reply By: DraginolPosted: Friday, December 28, 2007 . I provide links to the sources for my data and Gene simply unilaterally declares them wrong.But my point doesn't require the figures I provided to be correct. Gene's own admissions do it fine:<TABLE cellpadding=8 wi
And since you support SCHIPS, why don't you get a second job to pay for other people's health care? Many do have second jobs but with the cost of health coverage it may still not be possible for everyone. The issue of balancing the federal budget which is the issue would only require the wealthy to pay
Reply By: Gideon MacLeishPosted: Friday, December 28, 2007 That is not correct. What is needed is what Congress agrees to spend. That may not agree with every person but when the majority of Congress sets th
Reply By: FrogboyPosted: Thursday, December 27, 2007 First, the $300 Billion for Medicaid is the TOTAL spent by BOTH Federal and the 50 States The $280 billion is spent by the federal gover
The problem is and has been that our goverment inevitably spends more than it takes in and they need to take steps to stop spending what they don't have. That is not correct. What is needed is what Congress agrees to spend. That may not agree with every person but when the majority of Cong
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