May's Mother of all threads Mayhem. Be nice.

[deadeye]

Weiner Holder. Is that a name or a statement?

[Bawanna]

Weiner Holder. Is that a name or a statement?

My guess is both.

[JFootin]

I don't think Holder has a weiner. Sure has some balls, though.

[MW surveyor]

Shamelessly stolen - The divorce!

On the first day, he sadly packed his belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases.

On the second day, he had the movers come and collect his things.

On the third day, he sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining-room table, by candle-light; he put on some soft back ground music, and feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar, and a bottle of spring-water.

When he'd finished, he went into each and every room and deposited a few half-eaten shrimps dipped in caviar into the hollow center of the curtain rods.

He then cleaned up the kitchen and left.

On the fourth day, the wife came back with her new boyfriend, and at first all was bliss.

Then, slowly, the house began to smell.

They tried everything; cleaning, mopping, and airing-out the place.

Vents were checked for dead rodents, and carpets were steam cleaned.

Air fresheners were hung everywhere. Exterminators were brought in to set off gas canisters, during which time the two had to move out for a few days, and in the end they even paid to replace the expensive wool carpeting.. Nothing worked!

People stopped coming over to visit.

Repairmen refused to work in the house. The maid quit.

Finally, they couldn't take the stench any longer, and decided they had to move, They put Their House on the Market.............but a month later - even though they'd cut their price in half - they couldn't find a buyer for such a stinky house.

Word got out, and eventually even the local realtors refused to return their calls.

Finally, unable to wait any longer for a purchaser, they had to borrow a huge sum of money from the bank to purchase a new place.

Then the ex called the woman and asked how things were going. She told him the saga of the rotting house. He listened politely and said that he missed his old home terribly and would be willing to adjust the divorce settlement in exchange for having the house.

Knowing he could have no idea how bad the smell really was, she agreed on a price that was only 1/10th of what the house had been worth ... but only if he would sign the papers that very day.

He agreed, and within two hours her lawyers delivered the completed paperwork.

A week later the woman and her boyfriend stood smiling as they watched the moving company pack everything to take to their new home ...and to spite the ex-husband, they even took the curtain rods!

I LOVE A HAPPY ENDING, DON'T YOU?

[OldLincoln]

I like that one! .... Here's one I don't like.

I don't know why Obama's internet tax proposal popped into my head but it did along with the realization of how it is going to further punish the economy. Think for a moment where everything is made... China. Those things have to be shipped here, the cost of which is added to the retail price. If Obama adds on internet sales tax, what's to keep China from opening their version of Amazon online and sell directly to USA citizens. The final price should be the same or less than it is now, without sales tax. The brick and mortar shops will remain in peril, and the American on-line businesses will dry up.

Am I wrong?

[ltxi]

We are in desperate financial need of a national VAT.

[OldLincoln]

How will a national VAT recognize internet sales from a foreign country? It's liked buying a bottle of whiskey at the liquor store and the clerk slips it into a paper bag concealing it from view. You may have a good idea what's in the bag but can't prove it without looking inside.

All taxes tied into the retail sales venue can be avoided through barter, out of country purchase, etc. CA doesn't allow most firearms, but they can be, and are, still acquired.

[yqtszhj]

We just need the gubment to stop spending so much.

[kahrseye]

We just need the gubment to stop spending so much.

We have a BINGO!

The last thing we need is another tax.

[Bawanna]

I only heard of this last wednesday. I have no information and I'm not involved.

Gotta be Weiner and Holder. Pick one to throw under the bus.

[Barth]

I only heard of this last wednesday. I have no information and I'm not involved.

Gotta be Weiner and Holder. Pick one to throw under the bus.

Throwing just one under the bus is like eating just one potato chip.
We are going to need a bigger bus.

[ltxi]

How will a national VAT recognize internet sales from a foreign country? It's liked buying a bottle of whiskey at the liquor store and the clerk slips it into a paper bag concealing it from view. You may have a good idea what's in the bag but can't prove it without looking inside.

All taxes tied into the retail sales venue can be avoided through barter, out of country purchase, etc. CA doesn't allow most firearms, but they can be, and are, still acquired.

You're missing my point. If it becomes another federal revenue source it doesn't matter if it's even or fair. It gives the US Gov't more control over the States and overall more money to waste. Then benefits won't have to be cut nor income taxes raised and everyone can go back to not caring.

[JFootin]

IMO, a much, much better solution is the Fair Tax, fully implemented as designed, which includes the dissolution of the IRS. That, and a very serious return to the limited government intended by the founding fathers.

[wyntrout]

The government doesn't need more money. It needs less so that it doesn't continue to grow until it surpasses our Gross national Product. It needs to be starved and pruned of duplicative programs... many of which do nothing but add to the growing bureaucracies that are sucking our nation dry of its lifeblood!

The VAT would be on TOP of the already over-burdensome and unwieldy tax code system that we have! It would be just one more tax that would keep increasing!

The Fair Tax which is contingent on repeal of the current tax code, would be the best system... and the fairest!

Wynn

[ltxi]

The government doesn't need more money. It needs less so that it doesn't continue to grow until it surpasses our Gross national Product. It needs to be starved and pruned of duplicative programs... many of which do nothing but add to the growing bureaucracies that are sucking our nation dry of its lifeblood!

The VAT would be on TOP of the already over-burdensome and unwieldy tax code system that we have! It would be just one more tax that would keep increasing!

The Fair Tax which is contingent on repeal of the current tax code, would be the best system... and the fairest!

Wynn

Your point being what? One thing I really like about VAT that is it's regressive. Regressive taxes being the fairest imo..With VAT every one pays their consumptive fair share.