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<blockquote data-quote="W. Mark Hellinger" data-source="post: 39138" data-attributes="member: 692"><p>Re: Gibson raided</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well... I don't feel guilty at-all. And I don't have a pool either.</p><p></p><p>So... this morning I caught-up to the intertube news of the day... being the grand plan to get us out of our funk.</p><p></p><p>The big cheese unvailed his new & improved (or first) idea on the subject, which among other things included: Increase taxes on the "rich".</p><p></p><p>Based on the facts and figures that were presented... guess what? Liz and I arguably qualify as one of those "rich"... who have been selected to be sheered.</p><p></p><p>Ok... fair's fair. We live in a 300sq. ft. house, our daily driver is a 15yo. Astrovan I bought offa eBay a few years ago for $1K... from the govt. because they'd culled it out. Liz owns 3 blouses and 2 pairs of jeans... she's currently peeling spuds for dinner for our one meal of the day, and I just finished changing oil in my 30 yo. lawnmower. Admittedly, we have a few toys, sort-of: some 15 - 30 year old sound gear that we keep entertaining the masses with, and some nice tools to do the work with, and we drink coffee in the morning ground from fresh coffee beans. And we have a cat (rodent control). So... based on the stats, we're part of the "rich"... hokey... if they say so... so where does our money go? We buy inventory and construct buildings, and buy manufacturing equipment and associated infersturcture, pay taxes, and write paychecks. Poof- money all gone. Pile more taxes on me... eh? Does anyone who cares to know think I'm going to downsize my living? Like sell my POS 300sq. ft. house and move into something smaller (pray tell what? a pup tent?)? Or sell my 15 yo. Astrovan and buy a cheaper pile of shit? Oh that's right... I also own a 50mpg motorscooter to get me around when I only need to get me around. Or cut down from our customary one meal a day of mostly home grown food and down-size our wardrobe... to like... I dunno... wear gunny sacks and eat weeds and maybe some road kill a couple times a week (assuming a cup of coffee and a cigar in the morning doesn't really count as a "meal")? No... I don't think we'll be doing that... well, we might have to if the shit gets too deep... but before we do that, we'll probably dispense with the whole inventory, buildings, inferstructure, manufacturing, employee, and TAX thing... first... then take it from there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="W. Mark Hellinger, post: 39138, member: 692"] Re: Gibson raided Well... I don't feel guilty at-all. And I don't have a pool either. So... this morning I caught-up to the intertube news of the day... being the grand plan to get us out of our funk. The big cheese unvailed his new & improved (or first) idea on the subject, which among other things included: Increase taxes on the "rich". Based on the facts and figures that were presented... guess what? Liz and I arguably qualify as one of those "rich"... who have been selected to be sheered. Ok... fair's fair. We live in a 300sq. ft. house, our daily driver is a 15yo. Astrovan I bought offa eBay a few years ago for $1K... from the govt. because they'd culled it out. Liz owns 3 blouses and 2 pairs of jeans... she's currently peeling spuds for dinner for our one meal of the day, and I just finished changing oil in my 30 yo. lawnmower. Admittedly, we have a few toys, sort-of: some 15 - 30 year old sound gear that we keep entertaining the masses with, and some nice tools to do the work with, and we drink coffee in the morning ground from fresh coffee beans. And we have a cat (rodent control). So... based on the stats, we're part of the "rich"... hokey... if they say so... so where does our money go? We buy inventory and construct buildings, and buy manufacturing equipment and associated infersturcture, pay taxes, and write paychecks. Poof- money all gone. Pile more taxes on me... eh? Does anyone who cares to know think I'm going to downsize my living? Like sell my POS 300sq. ft. house and move into something smaller (pray tell what? a pup tent?)? Or sell my 15 yo. Astrovan and buy a cheaper pile of shit? Oh that's right... I also own a 50mpg motorscooter to get me around when I only need to get me around. Or cut down from our customary one meal a day of mostly home grown food and down-size our wardrobe... to like... I dunno... wear gunny sacks and eat weeds and maybe some road kill a couple times a week (assuming a cup of coffee and a cigar in the morning doesn't really count as a "meal")? No... I don't think we'll be doing that... well, we might have to if the shit gets too deep... but before we do that, we'll probably dispense with the whole inventory, buildings, inferstructure, manufacturing, employee, and TAX thing... first... then take it from there. [/QUOTE]
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