All categories - 13 April 2007

2007-04-13 11:07:38 · 9 answers · asked by Jane Y 2 in Elections

2007-04-13 11:07:24 · 26 answers · asked by House Speaker 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Tax Cuts - A Simple Lesson In Economics… This is how the cookie
crumbles… Please read it carefully…

Let’s put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand. Suppose that every
day, ten men go out for dinner. The bill for all ten comes to $100. If
they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like
this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing!!!

The fifth would pay $1.

The sixth would pay $3.

The seventh $7.

The eighth $12.

The ninth $18.

The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

So, that’s what they decided to do.

The ten men ate dinner in the restaurant every day and seemed quite happy
with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve.

“Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the
cost of your daily meal by $20.”

So, now dinner for the ten only cost $80. The group still wanted to pay
their bill the way we pay our taxes.

So, the first four men were unaffected. They would still eat for free!!!

But what about the other six, the paying customers? How could they divvy
up the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his “fair share”???

The six men realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they
subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth
man would each end up being “PAID” to eat their meal.

So, the restaurant owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each
man’s bill by roughly the same %, and he proceeded to work out the amounts
each should pay.

And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).

The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% savings).

The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28% savings).

The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).

The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).

The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before and the first four continued to
eat for free… But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare
their savings.

“I only got a dollar out of the $20,” declared the sixth man. He pointed
to the tenth man “but he got $10!”

“Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar,
too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more than me!”

“That’s true!!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back when
I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!”

“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison. “We didn’t get
anything at all. The system exploits the poor!”

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for dinner, so the nine sat
down and ate without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they
discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all
of them for even half of the bill!

2007-04-13 11:07:16 · 14 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

Here are my stances:

Social issues
1. I am against the death penalty
2. I am for abortion
3. I agree with gay marriage
4. I think women should be treated the same as men but not better.
5. I am for gay marriage

Economic Issues
1. I support privitization of services and getting people off health care.
2. I am for lower taxes.
3. Government intervention in businesses are bad.

Please, tell me what I am (i.e. liberal, conservative, etc.) I need to know.

2007-04-13 11:07:14 · 10 answers · asked by supercrosbyacademics 1 in Politics

I just admitted to myself that i'm lesbien. (after a few years of denil) and i think i should tell my mom but....I'm afraid of how she'll react. i mean she says oh I won't get mad or I'll understand but i know from experience that about half the time that isn't true....

another problem is how do you bring something like that up? I mean i can't just walk into the room and say "Oh ya mom by the way i'm lesbien" thats just like not possible.

Please people, don't make any rude or stupid comments, i need serious advice.

2007-04-13 11:06:59 · 6 answers · asked by Angie 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-04-13 11:06:43 · 51 answers · asked by $mitty Cent 2 in Polls & Surveys

The only reason I can think of is that controlling people have to find ways of being artifically uprighteous.

2007-04-13 11:06:26 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i want to volunteer by helping out the community like helping the needy or other subjects but i need ideas to what i should volunteer on. but theres a little catch to this, im only 15, would this matrer? thanks for your support.

2007-04-13 11:06:26 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service

2007-04-13 11:06:24 · 55 answers · asked by bex 4 in Polls & Surveys

My boyfriend and I have been dating for 1 year and 7 months and every time I ask him to do something with me like go to the movies, mall or just hang out with some of my friends he wont, he works all the time and he say its because he is so tired, he says that why he never fills like going out with me but if his friend he lives with say something about going to the bar he ant so tired any more, and I just fill like he don’t want to be seen with me and it is getting very old!

2007-04-13 11:06:16 · 14 answers · asked by janice h 1 in Singles & Dating

they are all based on no more than words in a book. Why does Scientology seem silly and Christianity not. Why believe one and not the other

2007-04-13 11:06:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-04-13 11:06:07 · 2 answers · asked by THE 2 in Mathematics

Great risk!!!

2007-04-13 11:06:06 · 3 answers · asked by brittv83 2 in Credit

Would you be able to taste the rainbow?

2007-04-13 11:05:55 · 20 answers · asked by fishingforhope 1 in Polls & Surveys

In India we live with our parents even after our Marriage and I heard that this is a weird thing in USA culture.

2007-04-13 11:05:18 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

When meeting a requirement of not more than 19 minutes, if a process runs 18 minutes and 37 seconds, is this considering passing the requirement (rounding to 19 minutes) or failing the requirement (automatically assume that 19 minutes is the equivalent of 19 minutes and 0 seconds)?

2007-04-13 11:05:04 · 4 answers · asked by rrrresch 1 in Mathematics

2007-04-13 11:04:54 · 2 answers · asked by nooso s 1 in Diet & Fitness

so, how many religious folk out there are aware that there was a manmade reason for declaring the eating of shellfish an abomination? this abomination was actually written into the bible when people were getting very ill from eating bad shellfish, and eventually dieing of a disease known as trichinosis. it still occurs today, but for some reason eating shellfish is no longer considered an abomination. go figure...

2007-04-13 11:04:04 · 20 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

My husband is a mechanic. We have been married almost five years and I want to do something special for our anniversary, this time for him...What are some suggestions?

2007-04-13 11:04:04 · 7 answers · asked by Star 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-04-13 11:04:03 · 12 answers · asked by curious 1 in Horoscopes

PC was giving to me told add it needed was a Graphics card how do tell what one they took out the old one

2007-04-13 11:03:47 · 3 answers · asked by ozzmanb 2 in Other - Hardware

bacardi razz or strawberry smirnoff?

2007-04-13 11:03:46 · 9 answers · asked by Tinsley 1 in Beer, Wine & Spirits

I have been using tap water that i have let sit for about a week to do water changes with and my fish still die. Am I using the right water or should i not let the tap water sit for a while? Also I use a dechlorifier. What do I do a water change with?

2007-04-13 11:03:46 · 11 answers · asked by robby 1 in Fish

2007-04-13 11:03:45 · 48 answers · asked by Araceli H 1 in Fast Food

2007-04-13 11:03:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Car Audio

I mean... clearly, Bush wouldn't have offered the job if he didn't think the guy was in his corner... and it turns out that even the people he thought was in his corner says stuff like:

One of those who spurned the job, retired Marine Gen. John J. "Jack" Sheehan, was outspoken about his reasons for turning it down.

"The very fundamental issue is, they don't know where the hell they're going," said Sheehan, a former top NATO commander. Sheehan said he believes that hawks like Vice President Cheney have more influence in the White House than those looking for a way out of Iraq. "So rather than go over there, develop an ulcer and eventually leave, I said, 'No, thanks.' "

I mean... this guy was a general, marine no less... I would think he knows what he's talking about...

I find this much more disturbing than just the daily banter back and forth by politicians who are POLITICIANS and seem to know little about war...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/11/the_skinny/main2670807.

2007-04-13 11:03:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Where can i watch dragonball episodes for free?

2007-04-13 11:03:19 · 7 answers · asked by Sriram 2 in Comics & Animation

2007-04-13 11:03:15 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I recieved this email a little while ago from a friend....

Dear Friends,

I am writing to ask that you keep Rick Marks, a life long friend of mine, his wife Emily and especially their son Lawrence in your prayers. Emily was expecting twin boys in early August, but one of her amniotic sacs ruptured at only 21 weeks causing a premature deliver of their son Charles 6 days later. Charles fought hard for 7 hours, but died later that day. Their other son did not deliver for another 6 days and was born on April 4th at only 23 weeks, weighing 1 lb 3 oz. Lawrence is in the NICU at Baptist South here in Montgomery. His condition continues to improve, but is very fragile. Please visit their website for updates on his condition.

For more info go here.....
http://disguiseddisciple.com/2007discussion/index.php?topic=79.0

2007-04-13 11:03:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality