mglunt
join:2001-09-10
Fredericksburg, VA | reply to pnh102
Re: Wow... Bush is Screwed Now!
We need taxpayer funded broadband. That way, the true cost to us all is hidden and we all think we'll have cheap broadband just like the other countries (Shhh, don't tell anyone they are socialist countries with 40-50+% tax rates). |
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pnh102
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| said by mglunt  :(Shhh, don't tell anyone they are socialist countries with 40-50+% tax rates). Go higher, you're being generous 
Anyway, I get a kick out of these "objectives:"
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1. The creation of an organized national broadband strategy with measurable benchmarks.
Why is this needed? This group already knows that our broadband "sucks."
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2. The development of policies that ease the transition from analog to digital.
Analog to digital what? Do these clowns even know what they are talking about?
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3. A plan for closing the digital divide and bringing broadband to those who can most benefit.
What digital divide? We have people on welfare living in furnished apartments with hardwood floors and 60" TVs already.
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ARGONAUT
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join:2006-01-24
New Albany, IN | reply to mglunt
That's right, we're all working for a company called The US Government not the other way.  |
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firephoto
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To be like those poor impoverished socialists that wear nice clothes and own nice houses and drive nice cars. That would be a terrible thing to go along with broadband.
I would think that the average of 30% or so federal income tax along with various state sales taxes plus those property taxes that are annoying puts us up pretty high too but I guess that's not your point. Socialism = high taxes so we are good, they are evil right? |
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Syian
join:2007-12-20
Gwinn, MI
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ha... ya know, as much as i was raised to distrust governments in general, i think that the design/building/implementation of a nationwide government funded fiber optic infastructure would actually do this country a lot of good. Here's Why.
1) far. far. less. waiting for buildout.
2) even the playing field a bit as far as service providing goes, as EVERY ISP would have to buy their time wholesale from the government.
yeah. it'll never happen, of course, but that's part of the reason that so many other countries have "cheap" broadband. tho, the 40-50% tax rate statement seems a bit high to me, i'd place it closer to 30-40%... though, on top of that, the american 40 hour workweek is considered "insane" by most of the rest of the world, so go figure.
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
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said by mglunt :(Shhh, don't tell anyone they are socialist countries with 40-50+% tax rates). Gee, how much do you pay here in the United States between State and Federal income taxes, local property taxes and sales taxes? It seems that here in New York we have to work at least half a year to pay all the taxes we owe and we do not get all the benefits the "socialist" countries get. |
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sokhapkin
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Somerset, NJ
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said by mglunt :(Shhh, don't tell anyone they are socialist countries with 40-50+% tax rates). Which countries you're talking about? USSR had (and Russia still has) flat tax rate of 13%. |
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WageSlave629414
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I honestly don't know which is worse, lazy welfare mamas or filthy-rich investors that shop around looking for some city willing to build a free factory, give them free land, water, sewer and 50 year tax breaks. Of course, the city has to tax the hell out of all the $10/hr employees to pay for it all. At the end of the day I guess it doesn't matter, it's always the W2 wage earner that pays the freight for both groups of blood-sucking leeches. |
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR | said by WageSlave629414 :
I honestly don't know which is worse, lazy welfare mamas ... Can you name at least one "lazy welfare mama"? |
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BodyBumper
join:2004-06-21
Beverly Hills, CA | Keisha Jones, Elvira Sanchez... (yes I made up those names but you get my drift) |
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FiL
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join:2005-08-16
Silver Spring, MD | So black's an latino's the only demographic on welfare these days?
And here I am thinking the Appalachian people were hill billy Latino! Stupid me! |
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BodyBumper
join:2004-06-21
Beverly Hills, CA
| said by FiL :So black's an latino's the only demographic on welfare these days? How dare you say such a vile thing? black and latina women work harder than any other race of women in the US... to even suggest that they just sit around and push out welfare babies is absurd!
You should be ashamed of yourself. 
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KrK
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said by mglunt :(Shhh, don't tell anyone they are socialist countries with 40-50+% tax rates). U mean like the USA? |
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KrK
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said by BodyBumper :How dare you say such a vile thing? black and latina women work harder than any other race of women in the US... Yeah, all those other women are all slackers who live on easy street. Why you condemning him FOR THE EXACT SAME BEHAVIOR you just exhibited?
Pot? Kettle?
Glass Houses? Hurling stones?
Sheesh.
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supergirl
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said by WageSlave629414 :
I honestly don't know which is worse, lazy welfare mamas or filthy-rich investors that shop around looking for some city willing to build a free factory, give them free land, water, sewer and 50 year tax breaks. Of course, the city has to tax the hell out of all the $10/hr employees to pay for it all. At the end of the day I guess it doesn't matter, it's always the W2 wage earner that pays the freight for both groups of blood-sucking leeches.
Thanks for the "education", Archie Bunker!!
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supergirl
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said by FiL :So black's an latino's the only demographic on welfare these days? And here I am thinking the Appalachian people were hill billy Latino! Stupid me! "There's only 10 parts of the country Black people on welfare are. There are no Black people in Minnesota. The only Black people in Minnesota are Prince and Kirby Puckett. The rest of the country is broke-a** white people living in a trailer home, eating mayonnaise sandwiches, screwing their sister, and listening to John Cougar Mellencamp records." -Chris Rock
By the way, who the f is Kirby Puckett?
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roc5955
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| reply to FiL
(begin sarcasm)Those hillbilly Latinos and African-Americans sure are taking all our tax dollars! NEVER would a Caucasian person get welfare! (end sarcasm)
IMNSHO, I think that we should stop the current Corporate Welfare State. The one where large corporations are paid big bucks to move jobs overseas! Oh, and these people, they're generally lily-white!
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Road Roid
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said by mglunt :We need taxpayer funded broadband. That way, the true cost to us all is hidden and we all think we'll have cheap broadband just like the other countries (Shhh, don't tell anyone they are socialist countries with 40-50+% tax rates). History's roads are paved with ubiquitous anti-socialist rhetoric shortly before the peanut gallery spouting said rhetoric wake up to fascism. It's a slam dunk. |
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WageSlave629414
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said by PDXPLT :Can you name at least one "lazy welfare mama"? Good point! It would be easier to find the names of billionaire investors that receive corporate welfare. |
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