700,000,000,000 - Page 11

Azzy · 09-29-2008, 04:30 PM

I tried calling and faxing my rep's office, no luck getting through all day. Anyone else have luck, even if you were for or against?

(My rep is Rep. Jack Murtha... I know, I know.....)

RealtorTommy · 09-29-2008, 04:32 PM

I emailed....But I expect nothing to be done on my wish list...I say bail out the people...Give the money back....I was told it would come to $275,000 per adult citzen....

Yellow5 · 09-29-2008, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by RealtorTommy

I emailed....But I expect nothing to be done on my wish list...I say bail out the people...Give the money back....I was told it would come to $275,000 per adult citzen....

Not so lucky...just did a quick search...approx. 228 million people over 18 in the country...works out to almost $3,100 per adult.

Dave Cameron · 09-29-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RealtorTommy

I emailed....But I expect nothing to be done on my wish list...I say bail out the people...Give the money back....I was told it would come to $275,000 per adult citzen....

Might need to check the math on that one.
305186613 United states citizens as of mid-2005
27.4% 0-19 years old
221565481 Adults

700,000,000,000/221565481=$3160 per adult

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Whoops, beat me to it!

Yellow5 · 09-29-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Harbinger[TG]

I love 1/3 of the dems said no but it is still the GOPs fault...

I love that 2/3 of Republicans opposed it, but the GOP is still blaming partisanship...

And DC - always good to have confirmation

Harbinger[TG] · 09-29-2008, 04:51 PM

Giving citizens 3 grand will do nothing. What is that maybe 6 moths of mortgage payments... Fat lot of good that will do when unemployment triples in the same time.

Azzy · 09-29-2008, 04:53 PM

PLus that assumes that everyone pays taxes.. 40% of Americans dont. It would be another big fat welfare check to most people.

How about give that $70 billion back to the people who the government took it from in the first place? Times like this really show how much in need we are of a fair tax or even a flat tax.

Harbinger[TG] · 09-29-2008, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Azzy

PLus that assumes that everyone pays taxes.. 40% of Americans dont. It would be another big fat welfare check to most people.

How about give that $70 billion back to the people who the government took it from in the first place? Times like this really show how much in need we are of a fair tax or even a flat tax.

I would go for a fair tax over a flat tax any day. Anything but giving the average lazy idiot their money back.

Azzy · 09-29-2008, 04:56 PM

Could you imagine the amount of capital that would flow in if we had just a flat rate sales tax in this country? Businesses would be clamoring here like Cuban refugees on floating chevy trucks.

Harbinger[TG] · 09-29-2008, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Azzy

Could you imagine the amount of capital that would flow in if we had just a flat rate sales tax in this country? Businesses would be clamoring here like Cuban refugees on floating chevy trucks.

That would only last until some other country lowered theirs. That is how Ireland became the Tech and Medical leader in Europe.

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Azzy Passing through rider Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finleyville, PA	I tried calling and faxing my rep's office, no luck getting through all day. Anyone else have luck, even if you were for or against? (My rep is Rep. Jack Murtha... I know, I know.....) __________________ Bryan "Azzy" Spiegel Riverside Renegade Paintball / C.C. S.V.S. Plankowner - LPPC#6 "It is my right to be uncommonâ€”if I can. I seek opportunityâ€”not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.... â€ - Dean Alfange

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09-29-2008, 04:53 PM	#107 (permalink)
Azzy Passing through rider Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finleyville, PA	PLus that assumes that everyone pays taxes.. 40% of Americans dont. It would be another big fat welfare check to most people. How about give that $70 billion back to the people who the government took it from in the first place? Times like this really show how much in need we are of a fair tax or even a flat tax. __________________ Bryan "Azzy" Spiegel Riverside Renegade Paintball / C.C. S.V.S. Plankowner - LPPC#6 "It is my right to be uncommonâ€”if I can. I seek opportunityâ€”not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.... â€ - Dean Alfange

09-29-2008, 04:56 PM	#109 (permalink)
Azzy Passing through rider Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finleyville, PA	Could you imagine the amount of capital that would flow in if we had just a flat rate sales tax in this country? Businesses would be clamoring here like Cuban refugees on floating chevy trucks. __________________ Bryan "Azzy" Spiegel Riverside Renegade Paintball / C.C. S.V.S. Plankowner - LPPC#6 "It is my right to be uncommonâ€”if I can. I seek opportunityâ€”not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.... â€ - Dean Alfange

09-29-2008, 04:32 PM	#102 (permalink)
RealtorTommy Banned Join Date: Sep 2007	I emailed....But I expect nothing to be done on my wish list...I say bail out the people...Give the money back....I was told it would come to $275,000 per adult citzen....