Matt….you are being TOTALLY UNFAIR!!! You are comparing a NINE year period to a ONE year period since Obamachange took place….totally unfair and racist of you!
What I learned in my history class (from a die hard liberal teacher no less) that the Civil War was about States’ rights, and that slavery was just the straw that broke the camel’s back. There were other points to it, like how much to charge for taxes on slaves as well. The Fed government wanted them to pay taxes on every slave, but the slave owners were saying that slaves are property, not people and shouldn’t be taxed as such, so they came up with a compromise of 2/3rds, for every 3 slaves you own, you have to pay taxes on 2 of them (at least that is what my history teacher taught us).
Agentman…that makes sense. The 2/3 makes sense, except remember it was not an income tax it would have to be an excise tax of some sort, perhaps on the purchase price.
I wish I could remember the ball players name right now. They did a TV special with him tracing his roots. He found them and showed the emotional trip he was on. He found the people there still sold their own kids when they found them too expensive to keep. The lifestyle is accepted and it is very hard to change customs.
It is interesting to note that attempts were made to enslave the American Indians. They could not, and this is apparently where the term “wild indian” started.
Rosie, people should take whatever job they can get. Is it a crime that businesses go under? It is not a crime but it is a shame and it is also a fact of life! I don’t want anything from our government. I was laid off from the construction industry in April 2009 and was able to secure a job in Feb. 2010 that pays less than my unemployment benifits just because I have pride and don’t want anything that I don’t truely need. Benjamin Frankilin said it best, “The Constitution guarantees us the right to PURSUE happiness but we have to FIND happiness ourselves”. So boo hoo for the people that take jobs that they normally wouldn’t take! They should be happy that they are working. With MILLIONS of people that think just like I do, we will get rid of these bleeding heart liberals in November and put this country back on the right track. It makes me sick to think of all the people who are collecting checks because they don’t want a job that is available and I have my taxes pay for these lazy, worthless eaters, but it doesn’t make me so sick that I will quit my job and become one of you. I will never be one of you!!!!!
BROVO!!! Bobby G. I admire you. I have interviewed people and offered jobs to people who will tell me they don’t want my offer, they are just interviewing because they have to in order to keep their unemployment coming in. They did not want to work. Why should they? I understand there are some that truly need the help, but come on people, be fair to each other!! Don’t be lazy…got to close as this just gets my grits up and I will say something I should not…
Hal, I have to disagree with you. The idea you mention takes away everything that America stands for. Not that it really matters anyway because before your twisted vision of a better tomorrow comes to fruition, they will have robots to do all of the menial labor that the citizens you project will be performing. What kind of life would that be anyway? No means of prosperity whatsoever, no money, so how can you achieve anything. Who will be the employers? If I had a choice in the matter where I would be on that totem pole, it would definately be as an employer and not an employee. How can you see a world where you cannot be laid off? It makes no sense. If you suck at your job, you are gone! No problem with that in my book.
The ones that get me are those that will work (for benefits) with the attitude of “only pay me this little amount of salary so you don’t screw up any of my welfare programs – AFDC, WIC, Medicaid, etc”….
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Matt….you are being TOTALLY UNFAIR!!! You are comparing a NINE year period to a ONE year period since Obamachange took place….totally unfair and racist of you!
What I learned in my history class (from a die hard liberal teacher no less) that the Civil War was about States’ rights, and that slavery was just the straw that broke the camel’s back. There were other points to it, like how much to charge for taxes on slaves as well. The Fed government wanted them to pay taxes on every slave, but the slave owners were saying that slaves are property, not people and shouldn’t be taxed as such, so they came up with a compromise of 2/3rds, for every 3 slaves you own, you have to pay taxes on 2 of them (at least that is what my history teacher taught us).
Agentman…that makes sense. The 2/3 makes sense, except remember it was not an income tax it would have to be an excise tax of some sort, perhaps on the purchase price.
I found this on attempts to tax slavery.
http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/0/4af487c90ca14fb985256e000057b5eb?OpenDocument
I wish I could remember the ball players name right now. They did a TV special with him tracing his roots. He found them and showed the emotional trip he was on. He found the people there still sold their own kids when they found them too expensive to keep. The lifestyle is accepted and it is very hard to change customs.
It is interesting to note that attempts were made to enslave the American Indians. They could not, and this is apparently where the term “wild indian” started.
Rosie, people should take whatever job they can get. Is it a crime that businesses go under? It is not a crime but it is a shame and it is also a fact of life! I don’t want anything from our government. I was laid off from the construction industry in April 2009 and was able to secure a job in Feb. 2010 that pays less than my unemployment benifits just because I have pride and don’t want anything that I don’t truely need. Benjamin Frankilin said it best, “The Constitution guarantees us the right to PURSUE happiness but we have to FIND happiness ourselves”. So boo hoo for the people that take jobs that they normally wouldn’t take! They should be happy that they are working. With MILLIONS of people that think just like I do, we will get rid of these bleeding heart liberals in November and put this country back on the right track. It makes me sick to think of all the people who are collecting checks because they don’t want a job that is available and I have my taxes pay for these lazy, worthless eaters, but it doesn’t make me so sick that I will quit my job and become one of you. I will never be one of you!!!!!
BROVO!!! Bobby G. I admire you. I have interviewed people and offered jobs to people who will tell me they don’t want my offer, they are just interviewing because they have to in order to keep their unemployment coming in. They did not want to work. Why should they? I understand there are some that truly need the help, but come on people, be fair to each other!! Don’t be lazy…got to close as this just gets my grits up and I will say something I should not…
Hal, I have to disagree with you. The idea you mention takes away everything that America stands for. Not that it really matters anyway because before your twisted vision of a better tomorrow comes to fruition, they will have robots to do all of the menial labor that the citizens you project will be performing. What kind of life would that be anyway? No means of prosperity whatsoever, no money, so how can you achieve anything. Who will be the employers? If I had a choice in the matter where I would be on that totem pole, it would definately be as an employer and not an employee. How can you see a world where you cannot be laid off? It makes no sense. If you suck at your job, you are gone! No problem with that in my book.
The ones that get me are those that will work (for benefits) with the attitude of “only pay me this little amount of salary so you don’t screw up any of my welfare programs – AFDC, WIC, Medicaid, etc”….