Where Are the 47% of Americans Who Pay No Income Taxes?

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Yes! So what's your favorite? I gotta go with German Apple. :nod:
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CID1990 wrote:I like pie.
Yes! So what's your favorite? I gotta go with German Apple. :nod:
I'm going with the kind that has hair around it. :nod: :D
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GrizFanStuckInUtah wrote:
death dealer wrote: Yes! So what's your favorite? I gotta go with German Apple. :nod:
I'm going with the kind that has hair around it. :nod: :D
I like that kind...it's gluten free...I think...
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GrizFanStuckInUtah wrote:
death dealer wrote: Yes! So what's your favorite? I gotta go with German Apple. :nod:
I'm going with the kind that has hair around it. :nod: :D
Whoa! Didn't realize that was an option! Thanks for keeping it real. :nod:
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kalm wrote:
GrizFanStuckInUtah wrote:
I'm going with the kind that has hair around it. :nod: :D
I like that kind...it's gluten free...I think...
As long as she doesn't have a yeast infection. :shock:
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D1B wrote:
JohnStOnge wrote:The crux of what Romney said is absolutely true. We have reached a point in history where a large percentage of the citizens of the United States think they are entitled to have what they need. They think that if they need something and can't get it on their own that automatically means government is responsible for providing it to them. They think they have a "rights" to food, housing, health care, etc. Frankly, I think Romney underestimated the percentage when he put it at 47%.

And that entitlement mentality works to the advantage of the Democratic Party.

Where he is technically wrong is in saying that 100% of the 47% he was saying pay no income taxes would vote for Obama. It's probably more long the lines of 60% of that 47%. But he's basically right in saying that there is no incentive for people who don't pay income taxes to favor lower income taxes and in saying that there is a large percentage of Americans who have the entitlement mentality.
Okay, John, so where are the jobs? The vast majority of people would work their asses off if there were decent jobs. The wealthy have enjoyed decades of tax breaks now and corporations get more welfare than anyone.

So where are the jobs?

Aint it the deal that we'll give you capitalists and entrepreneurs our labor at a reasonable rate and a larger chunk of our shared cultural, scientific and natural resources, and in return you'll create industries and jobs that give us a decent standard of living?

So where are the jobs?

Don't you work for the government?

So where are the jobs?

Did the capitalists take the easy way out and dropped manufacturing for the fast and easy profits derived from money changing? They sure fucking did.

The biggest conk loudmouths here don't produce a fucking thing. They're all money handlers.

So where are the jobs? Conks. :ohno:
There are literally hundreds of thousands of jobs across America that go unfilled because a) they're "beneath" those who are currently unemployed and b) those who ARE unemployed have no impetus to TAKE those jobs because they're being enabled by a government that needs their vote.
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AZGrizFan wrote:
D1B wrote:
Okay, John, so where are the jobs? The vast majority of people would work their asses off if there were decent jobs. The wealthy have enjoyed decades of tax breaks now and corporations get more welfare than anyone.

So where are the jobs?

Aint it the deal that we'll give you capitalists and entrepreneurs our labor at a reasonable rate and a larger chunk of our shared cultural, scientific and natural resources, and in return you'll create industries and jobs that give us a decent standard of living?

So where are the jobs?

Don't you work for the government?

So where are the jobs?

Did the capitalists take the easy way out and dropped manufacturing for the fast and easy profits derived from money changing? They sure fucking did.

The biggest conk loudmouths here don't produce a fucking thing. They're all money handlers.

So where are the jobs? Conks. :ohno:
There are literally hundreds of thousands of jobs across America that go unfilled because a) they're "beneath" those who are currently unemployed and b) those who ARE unemployed have no impetus to TAKE those jobs because they're being enabled by a government that needs their vote.
Sure thing, Romney. :dunce:

Where are jobs, conks?
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D1B wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
There are literally hundreds of thousands of jobs across America that go unfilled because a) they're "beneath" those who are currently unemployed and b) those who ARE unemployed have no impetus to TAKE those jobs because they're being enabled by a government that needs their vote.
Sure thing, Romney. :dunce:

Where are jobs, conks?
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D1B wrote: Sure thing, Romney. :dunce:

Where are jobs, conks?
Where's the hope and change? Where's the "I'll fix the economy in three years or I don't deserve another term"? I think our president put away his red cape with the big "S" on it in January '09, and we could really use it.
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A sense of entitlement in the land of opportunity has no bounds. There are countless examples, but let's start with members of congress, tax attorneys, trust fund children...
I think that there's something to what you say about the sense of entitlement knowing no bounds. But I don't think getting rich "off the government" necessarily indicates a sense of entitlement. If someone produces something and gets a contract with government to seel the product and gets rich off of that I don't think that's an indication of a sense of entitlement (for example).

But, as I said in some thread (maybe this one, maybe another), I think Romney underestimated the percent of the people who think that they are entitled to have government provide for their basic needs if necessary.
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Aint it the deal that we'll give you capitalists and entrepreneurs our labor at a reasonable rate and a larger chunk of our shared cultural, scientific and natural resources, and in return you'll create industries and jobs that give us a decent standard of living?
No. That isn't the deal. We encourage people to render natural resources into something that will be of use to us. Take our oil resources. What use would they be to us if nobody located them, extracted them, and rendered them into useful products? It's not like we don't get anything out of oil companies doing what they do. Without somebody doing what oil companies do we'd be miserable.

They don't "owe" us jobs. An effect of their activity is the creation of jobs. But that's not the purpose of their existence. BTW, there would be a lot more oil exploration and recovery jobs if liberals would get the hell out of the way. That's where at least SOME of the jobs are.

Meanwhile liberals are laying the foundation for eliminating millions of jobs in the coal industry.

You want jobs? Get the liberals the hell out of the way.
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DSUrocks07 wrote:
D1B wrote:
Sure thing, Romney. :dunce:

Where are jobs, conks?
http://www.monster.com

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D1B wrote: Sure thing, Romney. :dunce:

Where are jobs, conks?
............been waiting almost 4 years for Obama to show us "Where are the jobs". :rofl:
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Good 'ole liberal New England.......supporting the rest of the country.......again. :|

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mainejeff wrote:
Skjellyfetti wrote:Image
Good 'ole liberal New England.......supporting the rest of the country.......again. :|

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Except for Washington, and Alaska...and Maine. :coffee:
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I thought it was all Bush's fault :shock:
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mainejeff wrote:
Skjellyfetti wrote:Image
Good 'ole liberal New England.......supporting the rest of the country.......again. :|

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Walk through grocery store, Home Depot, whatever around the South and tell me that the New Englanders stayed in the NE. They moved here to tell us how great the NE is......

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I've lived in New England
I've lived in the South

I choose to live in the Pacific North West because it's about 300% better than either of those places
and I love the south
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I live in Wyoming because I agree with all the politics here...


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Chizzang wrote:I've lived in New England
I've lived in the South

I choose to live in the Pacific North West because it's about 300% better than either of those places
and I love the south
Sorry, AZ tells me it's the worst place on earth, and I have no choice but to believe him. :coffee:
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Grizalltheway wrote:
Chizzang wrote:I've lived in New England
I've lived in the South

I choose to live in the Pacific North West because it's about 300% better than either of those places
and I love the south
Sorry, AZ tells me it's the worst place on earth, and I have no choice but to believe him. :coffee:
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Grizalltheway wrote:
Chizzang wrote:I've lived in New England
I've lived in the South

I choose to live in the Pacific North West because it's about 300% better than either of those places
and I love the south
Sorry, AZ tells me it's the worst place on earth, and I have no choice but to believe him. :coffee:
Ya...
He lives in a dirt patch frying pan called hell on earth
Seattle just had 95 consecutive sunny days between 75 & 88 degrees - and will now have 30 more days of sunny and 70 degrees
In the winter it won't drop below 35 degrees but 7 to 10 days total all winter
averaging about 45 degrees / perfect mountain biking trail weather

The economy is strong
The food is world class and diverse
The outdoor fun is year round unmatched / lakes / rivers / mountains / The Puget sound / Mount Rainer / World class Skiing / World Class hiking and Biking / top 10 ranked scuba diving
On lake Sammamish where I live we have all day / 22 pairs of mating Bald Eagles / common River otters that frequent our dock / Trout / Salmon / Osprey / Red Tail / Snow Geese / Swans

and I live 10 minutes from Down Town Seattle...
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Chizzang wrote:
Grizalltheway wrote: Sorry, AZ tells me it's the worst place on earth, and I have no choice but to believe him. :coffee:
Ya...
He lives in a dirt patch frying pan called hell on earth
Seattle just had 95 consecutive sunny days between 75 & 88 degrees - and will now have 30 more days of sunny and 70 degrees
In the winter it won't drop below 35 degrees but 7 to 10 days total all winter
averaging about 45 degrees / perfect mountain biking trail weather

The economy is strong
The food is world class and diverse
The outdoor fun is year round unmatched / lakes / rivers / mountains / The Puget sound / Mount Rainer / World class Skiing / World Class hiking and Biking / top 10 ranked scuba diving
On lake Sammamish where I live we have all day / 22 pairs of mating Bald Eagles / common River otters that frequent our dock / Trout / Salmon / Osprey / Red Tail / Snow Geese / Swans

and I live 10 minutes from Down Town Seattle...
Yeah, but Phoenix has Sherriff Joe! Looks like Seattle loses this batte. :(
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Chizzang wrote:
Grizalltheway wrote: Sorry, AZ tells me it's the worst place on earth, and I have no choice but to believe him. :coffee:
Ya...
He lives in a dirt patch frying pan called hell on earth
Seattle just had 95 consecutive sunny days between 75 & 88 degrees - and will now have 30 more days of sunny and 70 degrees
In the winter it won't drop below 35 degrees but 7 to 10 days total all winter
averaging about 45 degrees / perfect mountain biking trail weather

The economy is strong
The food is world class and diverse
The outdoor fun is year round unmatched / lakes / rivers / mountains / The Puget sound / Mount Rainer / World class Skiing / World Class hiking and Biking / top 10 ranked scuba diving
On lake Sammamish where I live we have all day / 22 pairs of mating Bald Eagles / common River otters that frequent our dock / Trout / Salmon / Osprey / Red Tail / Snow Geese / Swans

and I live 10 minutes from Down Town Seattle...
By chopper maybe.
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