tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891912176598061762.post5140466477554056670..comments2023-10-25T07:05:33.126-04:00Comments on Wiseley Worded: Obama and the income taxwiseley wordedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284564700570816560noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891912176598061762.post-44482249141173742482009-03-21T04:26:00.000-04:002009-03-21T04:26:00.000-04:00Oh, great. Ian found your blog. Haha. This'll be g...Oh, great. Ian found your blog. Haha. This'll be good! :)<BR/>(I'm assuming that's the Ian I go to school with.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891912176598061762.post-66562886003262853132009-03-20T16:16:00.000-04:002009-03-20T16:16:00.000-04:00Welcome, Ian. I love a good debate.Obama didn't g...Welcome, Ian. I love a good debate.<BR/><BR/>Obama didn't get into Harvard law school with a 3.3 GPA. he got into Harvard Law school with LESS than a 3.3. The fact that he went to Columbia before he was let into Harvard is simply evidence that he's good at whatever method he uses to get into ivy league schools. Since BHO has refused to release any of his transcripts, grades, or the smiley-face-stickered papers hanging on his mommy's refrigerator, I think it's safe to say that the method he employed was not merit. Maybe he had a relative on staff.....<BR/><BR/>As for your criticism of the true free market, well, we actually do agree on one thing: there is about as much chance of seeing a true free market as we have of examing BHO's transcripts. Heretofore in history, however, the closer an econmomy comes to the smith/locke/friedman model, the better the economy has hummed along. And the more the government involves itself, and the more our dear-leaders apply keynesian principles in its meddling, the more suffering is spread throughout the world. <BR/><BR/>Finally, a confiscatory progressive tax rate is a contrivance that, when coupled with a welfare state, becomes socialism. Maybe we disagree on terms? <BR/><BR/>I am in the process in my newest post of explaining how the government caused, not just the housing crisis, but the depression we are likely entering. I look forward to your comments after you read them.<BR/><BR/>Finally, a Ron Paul pipe dream sounds like a wonderful place to be. alas, the conspiracy freaks that infested the movement destroyed his credibility. sad.wiseley wordedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284564700570816560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891912176598061762.post-31788792667988587432009-03-19T04:22:00.000-04:002009-03-19T04:22:00.000-04:00Wow. I think it is safe to say we disagree on ever...Wow. I think it is safe to say we disagree on everything under the sun. Let's talk politics sometime. Just a few things. . .<BR/><BR/>Obama was accepted to Harvard Law with a 3.3 gpa because he did his undergrad work at Columbia in political science and IR. Not too shabby. <BR/><BR/>I am increasingly convinced that you self proclaimed "economically aware" Libertarians have a rather small grasp of Smithian economics. If you did, you would understand the inevitable pitfalls of the unfettered free market. Pure free market capitalism is nothing but a Ron Paul pipe dream. And for good reason.<BR/><BR/>It is a large mischaracterization to label Obama's agenda as "socialist". It isn't even in the ballpark. Same goes for welfare state. Don't be so receptive of the Right's spin words.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and the idea that this housing crisis was caused by TOO MUCH government regulation, or by a government mandate, is simply false.<BR/><BR/>Again, it's safe to say we probably disagree on everything. That's what makes politics interesting. We should have a little debate sometime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891912176598061762.post-13065657181592970042009-03-10T13:19:00.000-04:002009-03-10T13:19:00.000-04:00I read it and i love it. Great idea, much fairer ...I read it and i love it. Great idea, much fairer and less harmful than the income tax, though I don't want "revenue neutral," like the fair tax. I want cuts in governemnt so they can take less from us.wiseley wordedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284564700570816560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891912176598061762.post-34669113530185482502009-03-09T20:54:00.000-04:002009-03-09T20:54:00.000-04:00If you have not already - Read "The Fair Tax" book...If you have not already - Read "The Fair Tax" book by Neal Bortz. It may not be perfect but it will catch the divorcee and Warren Buffet spending those millions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891912176598061762.post-12361554780233533902009-03-09T11:17:00.000-04:002009-03-09T11:17:00.000-04:00Wow. You hit the nail on the head. Look at other...Wow. You hit the nail on the head. Look at other socialist countries - you think the Dr's in those countries feel the same commitment to their jobs as ours (currently) do? And let's not get into dental care - *shutter!*kw0205https://www.blogger.com/profile/00856444927652096334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891912176598061762.post-34892361151539097112009-03-09T08:03:00.000-04:002009-03-09T08:03:00.000-04:00High praise, indeed, Tina. Thank you.High praise, indeed, Tina. Thank you.wiseley wordedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284564700570816560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891912176598061762.post-49931966826938873102009-03-09T00:10:00.000-04:002009-03-09T00:10:00.000-04:00Well, that was worth the wait.Well, that was worth the wait.Tina - Ball Team Co-Captainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418102808046562865noreply@blogger.com