Because some State governments are run by bigots and morons?
Think about South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi in the 1960's dealing with racial segregation, and you have your answer.
You are suggesting it is better to let individual states enforce the rights guaranteed under...
You are true to your word, not voting republican. The country has taken a long time to realize that the one widely held belief that the republicans are fiscally responsible is a damn lie.
As for the last 40 years, the democratic leadership have been cowards and simply went along with the...
Bush pushed this country into an unnecessary war while cutting taxes. There is no equivalence.
When I run into someone who says "both sides are the same" blah blah I always find out they voted republican. How about you?
You are the only person talking about bringing back loopholes, like there is some magical Ring of Power the inexorably binds the 90% bracket to the loophole.
One ring, for Fenix to bring up
One ring, for Fenix to think up
One ring, to bind the loophold to the 90% bracket, somehow.
66% of retirees count on SS to provide 50% or more of their income. For workers in aggregate, SS provides more retirement income than all other sources of income, combined.
So "extra change" is inaccurate.
Maybe people like you and I would do well without SS. But I look at it this way...
Real wages have dropped in this country since 1973, unemployment is 15%, underemployment adds another 20%, add to the the elderly living on SS, there's 45% of the population.
Of course we could send these folks off to the Work Houses, per some Dickinsonian hell.
Are you suggesting the...
That's not true.
Marginal tax rates for the rich have dropped from 70% to 35% from 1980 to today, the system isn't getting more progressive.
Middle class people pay significantly more of their income in taxes than they did before thanks to bracket creep, and the doubling of SS insurance...
Raise the top marginal rates back to those in the 1950s, you know, the good old days of meat, potatoes, and the missionary position.
1950's : 91%
Today: 35%
I bought the vendetta (92mm fan version/original) last week on a similar deal from zzf, dropped my cpu temps by 5 celsius as compared to the stock cooler that came with my phenom II x3 720 running at 3.4. Fan runs on low setting 99% of the time, so its quiet.
Well made, except for the...
Last time I looked, those people worked, fought the wars, and the built the roads, schools, businesses, and churches that created you. They deserve a decent life.
Typical republican pathology...old people are worthless until they die and leave you the Grand Torino.
The eligibility restrictions on CUs have liberalized significantly of the past several years, Boeing Employee Credit Union (in my home state of Washington) is open to anyone who resides in Washington.
However, I bank at a local bank, because they provide great service. My wife was able...
For all the continuous bitching and crying for tort reform, total medical expenditures for claim costs and malpractice insurance = one half of one percent.
As for Grassley's Strawman argument about unnessessary tests being performed to ward against claims of malpractice, I have two comments...
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