HOW IS THIS A$$HOLE STILL BREATHING??

[BanginJimmy]

theres alot of people on here that really dont know a thing about politics. No matter what canidate gets in office nothing will change. I love how people think that the bush tax cuts are making the poor poorer. Most of those tax cuts dont affect the poor in any way and the ones that do affect the poor affect them in a positive way.

Next are the repealing of the Bush tax cuts and the start of the Obama tax plan. Most of the wealth in this country is tax free. This is routinely done by owning prperty in a place like the bahamas which has a vastly lower tax bracket for the very rich and o capital gains taxes. These people may live in the US but their banks are overseas and so is there home of record. That money is completely untouchable to the IRS. So when Obama wants to start cutting back on spenidn where do you think he is going to go? It wont be earmarks, he is one of the leaders in the country for dollars and projects. It wont be a social programs, thats where a vast majority of his votes come from. The money will come from all of the national security agencies and military. Hey thats going to be wasted money anyways considering he is going to make nice with all of the worlds tyrants. The of course this is going to be tax increases for those nasty rich people. Well those rich people are rich for a reason. They are smarter than the average politican. They will find ways to decrease the burdens they will have. Then there is the businesses that will need to pay more in taxes. Well, business dont really pay taxes. They simply pass consumers money onto the govt. What they will do is a combination of raise prices and lower wages/raises to make up the difference in their bottom line.

[nreggie454]

theres alot of people on here that really dont know a thing about politics. No matter what canidate gets in office nothing will change. I love how people think that the bush tax cuts are making the poor poorer. Most of those tax cuts dont affect the poor in any way and the ones that do affect the poor affect them in a positive way.

Next are the repealing of the Bush tax cuts and the start of the Obama tax plan. Most of the wealth in this country is tax free. This is routinely done by owning prperty in a place like the bahamas which has a vastly lower tax bracket for the very rich and o capital gains taxes. These people may live in the US but their banks are overseas and so is there home of record. That money is completely untouchable to the IRS. So when Obama wants to start cutting back on spenidn where do you think he is going to go? It wont be earmarks, he is one of the leaders in the country for dollars and projects. It wont be a social programs, thats where a vast majority of his votes come from. The money will come from all of the national security agencies and military. Hey thats going to be wasted money anyways considering he is going to make nice with all of the worlds tyrants. The of course this is going to be tax increases for those nasty rich people. Well those rich people are rich for a reason. They are smarter than the average politican. They will find ways to decrease the burdens they will have. Then there is the businesses that will need to pay more in taxes. Well, business dont really pay taxes. They simply consumers money onto the govt. What they will do is a combination of raise prices and lower wages/raises to make up the difference.

QFT and repped.

[R3RUN]

The of course this is going to be tax increases for those nasty rich people. Well those rich people are rich for a reason. They are smarter than the average politican. They will find ways to decrease the burdens they will have. Then there is the businesses that will need to pay more in taxes. Well, business dont really pay taxes. They simply consumers money onto the govt. What they will do is a combination of raise prices and lower wages/raises to make up the difference.

So instead of taxing them more we should just keep giving them tax cuts because they can single handedly **** us over? Sorry I have a problem with that. How about we start locking up the assholes that are making billions of dollars a year while taking advantage of American citizens. We can start with the guys at Exxon/Mobil. They made what, 93 billion in one quarter after Katrina? I'm sorry but thats the definition of price gouging and all of them belong in jail.

Of course this will never happen though, because the same guys making all this money are the ones that are paying for the politicians to get into office.


**Sorry for the multi-post.

[BanginJimmy]

So instead of taxing them more we should just keep giving them tax cuts because they can single handedly **** us over? Sorry I have a problem with that. How about we start locking up the assholes that are making billions of dollars a year while taking advantage of American citizens. We can start with the guys at Exxon/Mobil. They made what, 93 billion in one quarter after Katrina? I'm sorry but thats the definition of price gouging and all of them belong in jail.

So you are saying that making more money than the next guy should be illegal? That is a great way to keep businesses in America. That means Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and hundreds of others should be locked up.

I'll try this again for the uneducated.

Gas prices are NOT set by the oil companies. Gas prices are a combination of supply and demand, crude oil futures prices, local and federal taxes, gas station profits, and oil company profits.

Supply has gone up at a slow steady pace for the since 2000. Demand has gone up at a MUCH greater rate with the increased use by China, India and the US.

Crude oil futures prices have gone up with no ceiling in site, the oil companies dont have any say in what the futures traders are selling/buying at.

Local and federal taxes account for nearly a dollar a gallon in GA where the state and county work on a percentage base for their tax cut. This is the reason that gas in GA has gone up more than most other places have. I read that there were only like 5 states that used that model.

Gas stations make very little per gallon of gas they sell. I heard it was only about 1-3 cents a gallon depending on where you are.

Oil company profits ahve gone up dramaticly since gas prices started going up. That happens when prices go up and you make a percentage as profit. I believe that average profit per gallon is in the range of 8-10 cents.

Anyone thinks govt can step in and fix this I have a simple challenge for you. Name 1 program that the US govt have conceived and carried out sucessfully. Thats all I ask, just 1 single program.

[Alan®]

So instead of taxing them more we should just keep giving them tax cuts because they can single handedly **** us over? Sorry I have a problem with that. How about we start locking up the assholes that are making billions of dollars a year while taking advantage of American citizens. We can start with the guys at Exxon/Mobil. They made what, 93 billion in one quarter after Katrina? I'm sorry but thats the definition of price gouging and all of them belong in jail.

Of course this will never happen though, because the same guys making all this money are the ones that are paying for the politicians to get into office.


**Sorry for the multi-post.

Actually they mad that in the first quarter of last year. Do you know what the profit margins are on oil? They are nothing compared to other industries. They have to do 10x more sales to make the same kind of money as other industries. That's not price gouging it's simply record sales. Hillary clinton wanted to tax them even more and put it towards an alternative fuel fund. Which in principle sounds like a great idea but the U.S. has the 2nd highest corporate tax rate in the world why should we tax them more and hurt our economy even further. Hillary clinton was quoted saying also that they made far too much money. Correct me if I'm wrong but this is still America where we have a free market Economy right?