tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post5229747437963766814..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: The Shortest Honeymoon on RecordAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-69176079328170632602009-02-04T11:45:00.000-08:002009-02-04T11:45:00.000-08:00The term "public service" has become a very bad jo...The term "public service" has become a very bad joke.<BR/><BR/>Let us not be any more fearful than necessary. Even during the Great Depression, at least 80% or more still had jobs though wages were obscenely low for most. And government excise taxes took a piece of their earnings for all manner of common things like movie tickets and such.<BR/><BR/>I understand the stimulus package has come in for still opposition in the Senate. It may crash and burn.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-69518501504434789662009-02-04T11:36:00.000-08:002009-02-04T11:36:00.000-08:00Daschle was just one member of a crew of train wre...Daschle was just one member of a crew of train wrecks. I have very mixed feelings as to how this will play out. On one hand I noticed that as I went to breakfast this morning there was the same crowd as usual...and it really snowed here today….they were going to work after breakfast…someone has a job apparently, in spite of all the hype. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand I find it hard to believe that a government that owes Social Security 55 trillion and has a debt ceiling of 10 trillion can keep spending and end up righting itself forever. At some point it has to fail. Especially with people in charge who clearly lack any sense of economic sanity or the courage to stand up to those they are trying to appease.<BR/><BR/>Whether it is the environmentalists or corporate welfare programs that go to such ones as the sugar king of Florida, they don’t have the courage to stand up and to do the right thing. Not to mention that I don't think most of them are very bright.<BR/><BR/>This non-payment of taxes by these three who just made “mistakes” is just the tip of the iceberg. If we really had any idea of what was going on, I think we would be outraged. Daschle wanted everyone who ran afoul of the IRS to be punished to the full extent of the law when he was in the Senate. Of course that is for the “little people”. I am sure that he feels that he has been punished enough because of the public humiliation he has had to endure. The whole bunch of them believe that this kind of punishment is more than enough for he and his ilk. Further punishment is for the "common" folk who are sent to jail or have their property appropriated and are hounded for years until they end up with a heart attack and die. I know one such person. <BR/><BR/>Then there are those in leadership positions that see this as an excellent opportunity to take control of everyone’s life. I would like to recommend reading Jonah Goldberg’s book, Liberal Fascists. It is a real eye opener. There was a great deal of information there that I never saw before, even as a history buff, and as for the information he presented that I was familiar with; I never saw it put together in such a coherent fashion before. Add that to Timothy P. Carney’s “The Big Ripoff” and you will really feel helpless.<BR/><BR/>Although I only have mixed feelings because I am like everyone else, we all “want” everything to work out…and I hope I am wrong……but I have a very real sense of foreboding.... I am not encouraged by much of what I am seeingRich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-56076046942154783852009-02-04T08:58:00.000-08:002009-02-04T08:58:00.000-08:00I am informed that the Senate has rejected the sti...I am informed that the Senate has rejected the stimulus bill (and I will have to check into this mementarily), but if true, it is a very good sign that some degree of sanity and fiscal prudence may yet prevail. <BR/><BR/>I am not so pessimistic about the recession as most at this time. With tax cuts and other steps to isolate the "toxic paper" banks are holding, it could be turned around fairly swiftly.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-61230059433817592972009-02-04T08:54:00.000-08:002009-02-04T08:54:00.000-08:00Oh, and thank God Daschle withdrew .... that would...Oh, and thank God Daschle withdrew .... that would have been a train wreck.Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903448394061019454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-14633957816684218332009-02-04T08:52:00.000-08:002009-02-04T08:52:00.000-08:00I don't know about everyone else, but I have a ver...I don't know about everyone else, but I have a very bad feeling about all this. We all know Rush Limbaugh's words were taken out of context when he said he hoped Obama would fail, and I certainly don't want his plans to socialize America to succeed, but this is shaping up to be a real mess. The last thing we need right now is a total collapse of our government. The stability of the rest of the world depends on a strong and stable United States, and we are looking pretty disjointed right now. We're going to have to be very careful of what we hope for right now ...Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903448394061019454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-27194827950676615512009-02-03T18:33:00.000-08:002009-02-03T18:33:00.000-08:00Beats the heck out of me. My Dad was a CPA and I a...Beats the heck out of me. My Dad was a CPA and I am pretty sure what he'd have to say about these lame excuses deemed so smart that only they could head up Treasury or the HHS Departments.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-68695789430507054792009-02-03T18:31:00.000-08:002009-02-03T18:31:00.000-08:00Alan, which line on the IRS 1040 tax form is used ...Alan, which line on the IRS 1040 tax form is used to write in our Geithner Exemption? How about the line for the Daschle Credit? I can't find a space for either on my form. Help!TJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17628180650493416710noreply@blogger.com