Where on the political spectrum do you lie? (Mods: Please don't move!)

[superman78]

i guess i'd say independent, although i think we should just get rid of the parties and not have sides, haha, i'm sure i'll hear something for saying

anarchy every man for him self

[Lopaka]

I'm military and proud of it....so guess mine!!

[Amanda]

I consider myself a progressive libertarian who values personal freedom on lifestyle issues while identifying with a common good on social and economic issues. Essentially, the country is going in the exact opposite direction from my personal philosophy on nearly every major issue, so watching the nightly news is a tremendously frustrating experience for me.

[CoventryCat86]

I'm on the Republican State Central Committee in Connecticut so GUESS

[QuietC]

I'm on the Republican State Central Committee in Connecticut so GUESS

democrat? haha, yeah i know it was lame, don't matter what you are too me, if your an alright dude, then your alright in my book

[CoventryCat86]

democrat? haha, yeah i know it was lame, don't matter what you are too me, if your an alright dude, then your alright in my book

LOL!! I spend a heck of a lot of my spare time with politics. I've volunteered on many campaigns since 1992 and managed a campaign for a guy who won a State Rep. seat (State Representative Mike Alberts ) in Connecticut in 2004 by 48 votes out of over 10,000 cast!!! It was the closest race in Connecticut last year and my biggest success so far. It's one thing to work on a campaign where the guy ya work for is either unopposed or has a weak opponent but it's great to win these highly contested races where we were outspent 2 1/2 to 1 The bottom line was he out hustled his opponent and ran a great race especially since Connecticut is a heavily Democratic state. Out of 151 State Reps, we only have 52 seats, two away from a veto proof majority. The State Senate is 24 - 12 Democratic so if the Democrats had veto proof majoroties in BOTH chambers, the Republican Governor would be rendered useless. So this win that I played a major part in was key considering there is one Republican State Rep. who votes with the Democrats almost all the time.

Sorry, I tend to avoid talking "politics" on cigar boards (other than CigarWeekly where they have a specific forum for it where you need persmission to access it) since most people don't want to hear about it.

[CoventryCat86]

OOOPS

This thread should be in the "politics" forum.....

[ggiese]

I'm on the Republican State Central Committee in Connecticut so GUESS

You're a damn spy for the Democrats!!!

[Iced T]

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Seriously though. After state, local, national, and other taxes, Americans are really taxed of about 50% of their earnings.

[reaganyouth84]

http://afybush.ytmnd.com/
-Mike

[Kenyth]

I don't know about %50. That sounds like an inflated figure.

What we need to do is centralize a taxation point. Income is a good one. By taxing on multiple levels of activity, you get unfair taxation based on what you do rather than what you make. This is why the wealthy don't like income tax and would rather see other forms of taxes increased. Sales tax, property tax, sin tax, etc. all combine into taxes that hit the middle class harder than anyone else. The top of the economic food chain likes to see the middle class and below spend all their income and save little. This maximizes their economic impact on demand and minimizes the amount of interest earned. Interest is the real moneymaker and the less who earn from it the better for those who do.

Putting money in the bank is almost as bad as spending it. To maximize your wealth accumulation, spend frugally and actively invest. Now, if I could only convince my wife of this . It's too late anyhow. We have the new big house, two cars, and a new baby. We're pretty much breaking even. At least we don't have a slew of credit card debt. Unfortunately, my ex-wife's custody suit sucked up the 5K I had put away before my marriage. The bitch! She even managed to win.

[reaganyouth84]

I don't know about %50. That sounds like an inflated figure.

What we need to do is centralize a taxation point. Income is a good one. By taxing on multiple levels of activity, you get unfair taxation based on what you do rather than what you make. This is why the wealthy don't like income tax and would rather see other forms of taxes increased. Sales tax, property tax, sin tax, etc. all combine into taxes that hit the middle class harder than anyone else. The top of the economic food chain likes to see the middle class and below spend all their income and save little. This maximizes their economic impact on demand and minimizes the amount of interest earned. Interest is the real moneymaker and the less who earn from it the better for those who do.

Putting money in the bank is almost as bad as spending it. To maximize your wealth accumulation, spend frugally and actively invest. Now, if I could only convince my wife of this . It's too late anyhow. We have the new big house, two cars, and a new baby. We're pretty much breaking even. At least we don't have a slew of credit card debt. Unfortunately, my ex-wife's custody suit sucked up the 5K I had put away before my marriage. The bitch! She even managed to win.

That's all good and fine, but you can't even begin to disagree with my last post, haha.
-Mike

[Iced T]

I can personally say for a fact that that is true. Maybe not for everybody though. This includes gas taxes, sales taxes, etc. They worked out a McDonald's workers yearly income and totaled the earnings at 50% of what he grossed, after tax. The average worker has to work to April to start earning money for themselves.