TACU, and other groups...

I have slowed down! I don't go like a bat out of heck to get someplace 5 minutes earlier! Thats a MAJOR change that most people fail to even try and accomplish. I also said that I gave up more than movies, stop picking at tiny things. You missed that I don't have credit card debt, and that I didn't drive the greatest cars. I once had a 1985 Nissan Pulsar, which had a giant rust hole in the driver's door, but it did the job!

Here's some life for ya: At one point in my life I had to stay at the Salvation Army. They run a homeless shelter, in case you didn't know that. So don't sit on your pedestal and tell me that I don't know the real world! I do know it, and all the harsh realities in it! I however, did not accept what most others would have done. I decided to get off my ### and change MYSELF, so that I could get a better job, and make a better life for myself.

I MADE a job for myself! So anyone that says it's impossible is lying. Is it difficult? Of course it is, but nothing worth having comes without struggle. Nobody is entitled to anything.

Also, if your truck is paid for, then why in the world are you having a hard time? If my truck was paid off, then that would mean an extra $2000 a month in my pocket. You should be able to do just fine working just about anywhere. Landstar will give you 75% since you own your trailer too.

Again. Do you really NEED all the expenses at the house? I don't have a pool, ATVs, multiple cars, cable TV, or anything else people would consider "fancy." I don't care about the Joneses.

I drive a nice car NOW, because I bought smart and got a used one. Why pay $16,000 for a brand new Ford Focus, when I could have a 2002 Saab 9-5 for $10,000? The Saab has a turbo, leather interior, climate controls, power everything. It's not what you buy, it's HOW you buy it.

My point has been this whole time, that people need to take accountability for the things they are capable of changing, rather than expecting the world to fix it for them. Control your habits, control your spending, and everything else falls into place.

 

We think you are being high and mighty because YOU TREAT US LIKE WE DON'T KNOW CRAP!!!!!!!!! You have missed, that with all the education you've paid for, you have raised a generation that is more intelligent than ANY to come before it. Sadly, you have also raised a generation of apathetic lazy people who value money and things, over morals and people.

Your generation is NOT above reproach.

Congress gets nothing done, because they spend most of their time arguing over which party is better. They get that opportunity because people keep voting on party lines. They keep voting on party lines because they do not WANT to take the time to research things.

I keep trying to get people to go vote for the person they honestly think is best, despite which party they may or may not be a member of. You focused on the last statement, but did not take the time to ponder the one above it. Try again.

You are the pot calling the kettle black sir. You said the same thing I did, with more words.

I keep talking about accountability. If it's not everyone's fault, then why do they keep voting for the same people, with different names?

I never said the President means everything, I used that election as an example, because if I started talking about independent local, and state officials, or even US Congressman, most people wouldn't know the names I was saying, or care enough to look them up.

The president is mostly a figurehead, but they do matter. The President can set the tone for Congress. They accomplish this with PROPER use of the veto.

"I am vetoing this bill because it has a lot of unrelated earmarks."
Interesting that none of the Presidents say that very often. The President CAN affect change, IF they do it right.

Once again, you are assuming that I have no knowledge or care of the subject simply because of age.

There is no such thing as a wasted vote my friend. I'll use Ron Paul as an example. I ran across scores of people who said, and I quote...

"I really like Ron Paul, but he can't win, so I am voting for ..."

If all those people voted for Ron Paul, then maybe, just maybe, he could have succeeded. We will never know, because they voted for the guy they thought "could win." THAT IS WRONG! It only encourages the same things to continue.

Now, before you say it, I am not a Ron Paul supporter. I liked some of his ideas, but he tends to be a little too extreme with a lot of other ideas.

And you call me the ignorant one? Do you know what NAFTA did? Do YOU understand the purpose behind a Tariff?

Taxes can not be the thing to blame, because these companies keep their headquarters here, and still get taxed on their profits. They move call centers to India because it's cheaper to pay them, than it is to pay us. They move manufacturing plants to Mexico, because even AFTER paying for shipment, it's cheaper to produce things at their MUCH lower labor rate.

Without NAFTA, these companies would have to pay an import tax. The import tax made the cost of production balanced, when compared to producing it here. So if it cost $10 to produce a widget in the US, it would only cost $2 to produce it in Mexico. However, when they shipped it into the US, it would have a $6-$7 tax added on to it, which made it cost MORE to produce in Mexico, after shipping costs.

I will agree, NAFTA has nothing to do with call-center, and data processing jobs moving over seas. There's no import tax on a phone call.

Lowering taxes will simply allow the corporations to keep more of their money that they make off of foreign labor, because when the jobs moved south, the prices didn't.

Little bit of irony: Companies moved operations south, or over seas. Costs of labor dramatically fell. The cost to consumer did not go down, which increased their profit margin. The new higher amount of profits caused the amount of money paid in taxes to go UP. All without increasing taxes on corporations.

Wait, nobody thinks in terms like that, they only see tax cut, or tax increase, rather than tax BASE.

 

KittyKat: I have plenty of real responsibility. You do not know me, and to say such things requires personal familiarity. I should not have to give up more of MY money, just because OTHERS have miss-managed theirs.

SilverSurfer: Again, it was an example. Do you know Julie Lassa? Dave Obey? Thomas Petri? Paul Ryan? I thought not.

I am AGREEING with you about Congress being the REAL problem. Good lord! Read what i say, before you respond. Also, you never asked any questions, only made points, which I countered.

Funny how American companies send their jobs overseas, yet Japanese companies create them here.

The definition of insanity is repeatedly trying the same thing expecting different results... So I a really need to stop. I can see that neither of you will see where I am coming from.