The Rocket
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2 minutes ago, Biggie Smails said:
Well bully for you and to some extent I agree with you on repeal and replace..Trump did make a lot of promises and obviously hasn't delivered.
Obamacare is a mess and needs fixing. But I've yet to see a "better" plan from the Repubs.
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12 minutes ago, Fireball 440 said:
I thought the same thing. 28 new submarines.... for what exactly?
Because the US LOVES to be able to kill brown people and cost is no factor in that regard. Health care for their citizens - can't afford that shit.
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9 minutes ago, Biggie Smails said:
Respect...do you think anybody respects you or your opinion Wartcock?
Don't care. But my positions are logical and not slanted party line bullshit.
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Put a head Oring in the old Rush last weekend. Bought my Reg sticker this week. Sled is all ready to go - just add fuel.
Not bothering to even buy a trail pass with my kids' hockey schedules. I'll buy day passes if I get to ride.
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Great use of $ borrowed from China, while Americans go without healthcare.
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On 2017-10-14 at 9:49 AM, DriftBusta said:
Oh, so lying and bribing everyone from congressmen to insurance companies to get a law passed that fails every actuarial test given to it, and actually raising the cost, while limiting the access is now a good thing? The law is a failure look at all the insurance companies who've pulled out of the exchanges ffs. The law is a mess. Trumps promising to lower our taxes...how is that robbing my house blind? Delusional. And argumentative and delusional at that.
Where is Trump's or the Repubs replacement for Obamacare? I chuckle at the Donald and the Repubs wanting to cut taxes with zero plan on how to pay for it, any spending cuts or any concern for blowing up an already shitty budget.
If ANY.of the Repubs and Donny supporters would hold them accountable you might get a little respect.
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14 minutes ago, snoughnut said:
How about putting an end to welfare for deadbeat parents, it seems there's alot of incentive for them to have babies just for that reason. Even if birth control is free and easily accessible, who's going to make sure they're using it? Why would they want to take birth control if govt. is offering a safe place to land via welfare for being a baby factory?
So - you don't want to let them abort an unwanted child and then you want to exclude them and the child from your social safety net.
Sounds heavenly.
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1 minute ago, Snake said:
3 trucks from Them to do what i do. Ground, air and home delivery.
3 trucks, 3 guys. How much per hour are they spending? Manpower, fuel, upkeep, etc...
Let me guess.... you'd pay the 3 guys...
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2 minutes ago, Snake said:
Want more! more! from the government but won't do shot to earn it.
Hypocrisy I say!!
What do you do that a FedEx guy doesnt?
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1 minute ago, Snake said:
Lemme know when you take 2 months off....
Bragging about union demanded holiday time. Priceless.
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2 minutes ago, Snake said:
Jealousy.
Ugly ain't it?
Jealous of what? Not being allowed to turn left?
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1 minute ago, Snake said:
If not my AWESOME insurance, if just go to the VS.
I work for my bennies... I don't ask for handouts :bc:.
No - your socialist union extorts your bennies from your company. Don't pretend they don't.
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50 minutes ago, SnowRider said:
He's the most hypocritical dumb fuck on the site
What makes it even funnier is his wife is a government worker with all the beanies that come with that.
Public sector worker and a Teamster - CONSERVATIVES FOR LIFE!
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8 minutes ago, SnowRider said:
What's fucked up are the new anti-choice laws from zealots like you. Abortion should be cheap, legal, and rare - and it is if women have birth control access and comprehensive sex education. Unfortunately the Bible thumping fucks oppose these things and want everyone to pray hormones and sex away. Fuck them.
Anti abortion crowd are the same ones that are against free and easy access to birth control. Then complain about baby mama's being on welfare. It's fucked up and illogical.
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13 minutes ago, T1R9sledder said:
Nothing yet...since these is Slinger's fantasy what if thread I thought I'd play. Just to verify...are you RR?
The one and only
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8 minutes ago, Snake said:
Obamafraud didn't work?????
I bet someone here predicted that.
How you like keeping your plan/doctor? That was great... "#1lie of the year!
Your socialist labour union extorted your health care plan from your company. Way to stick to your principles you table pounding Conservative.
But hey - fuck everybody else eh?
Where is Trump's replacement for Obamacare - oh wait.
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36 minutes ago, T1R9sledder said:
And what price is that? Higher income, lower taxes, the populist party that emerge from the ashes of the GOP and Dem parties that will rule the US into the 22nd century
What legislation has Trump tabled or passed to increase income or lower taxes?
I see millions of people's health care cost going up.
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16 minutes ago, Highmark said:
God or no god. I know my conscience is clear with my stance that this should not be killed simply because someone wants it dead. 19 week old miscarriage.
I find it disgusting people talk so matter of fact about the hundreds of thousands killed without ever actually looking at what occurs and who is being killed.
If it were only so black and white. What if the fetus is not viable outside the womb? What if the mother's life is in grave danger if the pregnancy continues?
if you don't believe in abortion don't have one. Pretty simple.
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17 hours ago, ArcticCrusher said:
Canada is one.
Yup and good for Canada.
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Who in their right mind rents out their house to strangers with all their personal stuff unsecured and without proper insurance.
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57 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:
Another one who gets it.
From: John Brussa
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2017 2:52 PM
To: 'andrewsheer@parl.gc.ca'
Subject: Liberal Government Tax Proposals
The Honorable Mr. Scheer;
I don't usually write to elected officials, but I wanted to thank you for standing up for the spirit of entrepreneurship and risk taking in this country. First, let me introduce myself with a little of my back story.
I am currently the Chairman of a mid- sized Calgary based, energy focused law firm. I have practiced in the tax field all my life (over 30 years) with some recognition as a leading practitioner with stints as a Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation. I am also keenly interested in the Canadian business sector, having served on more than thirty Boards of Directors of public companies. I have recently been appointed a Jarislowsky Fellow at the Haskayne Business School. I say all this in that I have seen the effect of taxation on business from both the professional capacity and the business perspective. I have had many interactions over the years with the Federal Department of Finance and have some inkling of the advice Mr. Morneau is receiving. I am decidedly not like the Prime Minister nor the Finance Minister in that my parents were poor immigrants to Canada, and I have not benefited from a trust fund or the legacy of heading a family corporation. Perhaps that informs my views.
This is my unvarnished view.
Minister Morneau's contention of "fairness" and loop-hole closing is ludicrous and disingenuous.
The Income Tax Act is replete with provisions which encourage types of behavior. Most such types of behavior are socially beneficial and generally laudable. Such is the case with the "loop-holes" he is targeting. I am sure that you know this, but the tax system is built to encourage investment. That is why the tax rate on a dollar of consumption is much higher than on a dollar which is re-invested. The easiest way to understand this is the difference between rates on corporation and the rates on individuals. The theory of tax integration means that a dollar earned in a corporation and distributed to a shareholder ( a combination of the corporate tax and the individual tax on the same dollar) is taxed at a rate which is between 60% and 100% higher than a dollar retained in the corporation (corporate tax only) What Minister Morneau sees as nefarious (or perhaps he is simply a demagogue) is simply something which has been in the tax system for many years because it is good economics for Canada. To the extent a shareholder keeps his money in his corporation, he is saving and not consuming. That increases everything from risk capital to bank loans available to expand economic activity. As much as I disagreed with Stephen Harper's wisdom in eliminating income trusts, at least I understood that the rationale was to prevent decreases in corporate investment. Income trusts were thought to be offensive not because of the tax leakage (there was none as subsequent statistics show) but because they defeated the incentive that the tax system has for the retention of earnings in a corporation to fund investment.
When we examine the current state of the economy and high level of personal indebtedness, it is clear that CANADA NEEDS MORE SAVINGS, NOT LESS. It needs more people to defer consumption and to provide risk capital to the economy. The proposals from this Government are nothing more than an attempt to collect revenue and suppress savings. . Well, no great country was built on the back of government spending and consumption. I had to cringe in that I heard the bureaucrats at Finance saying that the RRSP limits and TFSA limits define the "right" amount of savings and anyone who tries to save more should be taxed into being disabused from doing so! That is his idea of "leveling the playing field". Presumably, if this is not enough to fund a comfortable retirement, the Government take care of the shortfall. This is the worst type of sophistry. All the more from individuals (the Finance Minister and Prime Minister) who have scarcely had to take any risks to attain economic security.
Apart from the technically flawed argument for the proposals, the vilification of the "rich" is disgusting. I am a fan of Churchill when he said that capitalism is the unequal sharing of wealth while socialism is the equal sharing of misery. The Government's disregard for the entrepreneurs in our society is apparent. Their disdain for those who would take care of themselves and not be a burden on society is pronounced.
Thank you for speaking out on this. If there is anything I can do to help I would be willing to.
John Brussa
Partner and Chairman
BD&P BURNET, DUCKWORTH & PALMER LLP Law Firm
(Published with the Author's Permission)
VERY well said.
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On 2017-10-04 at 12:13 PM, Usedtoskidoo said:
More solid governance on behalf of our Idiot in Charge
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/abdulahi-hasan-sharif-attack-police-jasper-1.4319245
42 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:I don't think anyone is blaming the Liberals for the attack. Just his governance for letting more in when the ones dealing with it were obviously against it.
Hummmmmm.......
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23 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:
Oh, the white Christian, that's right and JT called that a terrorist act as soon as he knew the shooter was white.
Problem, what terrorist connection did he have?
Unlike this chump who was investigated two years ago for extremist views and they did not consider him a threat at the time, so they got it wrong.
There is no requirement to be "connected" to terrorists for a terrorism charge.
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14 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:
No system is infallible, but JT has since pushed through many more refugees with his ego trip and more mistakes will be made.
No one said it was and I think few here agree with his accelerated refugee acceptance plan. But trying to blame the Liberals for this attack is idiot level party hackery.
who here is going to admit...
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He's failed to lead or to accomplish any of what he promised while providing more childish distractions than a Kardashian.
IMO the "repatriation" story is a fallacy. Most of it will be used to complete share buybacks - which won't spur growth. Like Tim Cook says having billions offshore doesn't cause them to not invest in a project in the US. They simply invest the money offshore and borrow what they need in the US. Not a single US based project is foregone because the $ is offshore.
The winner in this will be the shareholders and the EPS #s.