Politics & Government - 1 July 2007

And what would the World be like if they did?

2007-07-01 07:07:06 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

whats ann coulers problem

2007-07-01 07:05:08 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

to learn a few life skills they have forgotten....compromising... telling the truth, sharing, caring about others ect....

2007-07-01 07:01:48 · 14 answers · asked by Lindsey G 5 in Politics

I love them both!

http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml
Colbert

http://www.dennismillerinfo.com/
Miller

2007-07-01 07:01:18 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Who their leaders should be.....?

The arrogance is sickening. They have undermined the Abbas government since it's inception but as soon as Arabs start killing Arabs they take sides by releasing millions of dollars to Abbas.

Never mind starving the Palestinian people for the past 2 years.

And people say Israel wants Peace... BALONEY.

2007-07-01 06:56:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-01 06:55:55 · 11 answers · asked by sammie jane 1 in Government

you libs needn't get hacked off about this, your own politicians and media outlets constantly refer to his quotes..does he make your blood boil???? GOOD!!

2007-07-01 06:54:46 · 11 answers · asked by federalistcapers 2 in Other - Politics & Government

The electoral college votes for the president of the USA. Sure, they SHOULD vote for whoever the people vote for but they dont HAVE TO. How much money would it take to buy out the electoral college? How do we know its not bought out already? When do we even vote for these people, what are they called...

Also, didnt Bush win the election over Algore because of electoral votes, not popular votes? Wouldnt that mean that the people did not elect our president into the whitehouse?

Doesnt this mean that amercia is NOT a democracy?

2007-07-01 06:53:45 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

as they and the brits,russia,the west in general say then why do we not have peace?if everybody wants it why is it so hard to achieve?is it becauseYou force your peace down the throats of those who dont believeYou?and whose peace will it be?Yours or theirs?and i thought peace came from within not from without?and how does one accept Your peace when Your tanks and warplanes are in their country?

2007-07-01 06:53:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Democrats think they’re striking out at the rich, they’re actually jeopardizing the retirement portfolios of millions of middle-income Americans. Firemen, police officers, and teachers, to name a few, are all represented by the big state and city pension funds.

The latest assault comes courtesy of House Democrat Sander Levin. Late last week, he introduced a bill that essentially would abolish the 15 percent capital-gains tax preference for risk investing, and raise it by 20 percentage points to the 35 percent corporate and personal rate. This goes beyond an earlier tax attack on a public offering by the Blackstone Group, and would slam into all private partnerships, including buyout funds, hedge funds, venture-capital firms, real estate partnerships, and oil-and-gas deals.

Incidentally, while attacking capital gains, the congressional Democrats are killing initiatives for across-the-board cuts on wasteful appropriation bills. According to the Club for Growth, House Democrats defeated separate measures that would cut spending by 4 percent, 1 percent, and 0.5 percent.

Does this mean the Democrats favor tax hikes over real spending control? It appears so.

Washington economist Kevin Hassett says this is part of the Democrats’ “war against winners,” and he’s right on the money. In particular, these willy-nilly changes of the tax rules would have a chilling effect on capital formation, and could constitute the biggest attack on capital since the 1930s.

As mentioned, the lightning rod in this tax-hike endeavor was the Blackstone Group, the private-equity giant that went public last week. Blackstone’s investment-fund profits are taxed at the 15 percent cap-gains rate, and since these profits come from high-risk investments, that’s how it should be. But Democrats in Congress view these profits as plain income, and greedily want a higher take.

But plain ol’ income this is not. The recent crack up of two Bear Stearns sub-prime-mortgage hedge funds shows just how risky these ventures can be.

Yes, there’s big money to be made when these private partnerships click. But the economy at large also is a beneficiary. Private buyout funds often save highly troubled companies from bankruptcy. They insert skilled managers who streamline operations and make businesses more efficient, a process that can ultimately lead to greater profits and business expansion. You know a lot of these companies: Chrysler, Staples, Sears, Domino’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, Toys“R”Us, Clear Channel Communications, Hospital Corporation of America. All of these firms were brought back from the dead thanks to private partnerships.

Nobody knows for sure whether Congress will green-light the Democrats’ anti-growth agenda. The hope is that President Bush will veto any tax hike that lands on his desk. But the mere threat that Congress would embark on such a program of wealth destruction and economic impoverishment — all in the name of taxing “rich people” — has investors reeling.

Ironically, a lot of today’s anti-cap-gains momentum is the handiwork of former Clinton Treasury secretary Robert Rubin. He actually believes a low cap-gains tax has no economic growth impact at all. However, back when Clinton and Rubin were running things, the personal income-tax rate was lifted from 31 to 40 percent, while the cap-gains tax was reduced from 28 to 20 percent, making for a 20 percentage point tax advantage for cap-gains over regular income. Flashing forward, the current Bush administration lowered the income-tax rate to 35 percent and the cap-gains rate to 15 percent, preserving that 20 percent differential.

Hmm . . . Is Rubin saying the cap-gains tax advantage was good for the Clinton boom, but not the Bush boom?

Truth is, that differential provides a strong incentive for entrepreneurial risk taking and higher-risk, cutting-edge investment — both of which lend real torque to the economy.

Another unfortunate irony is that while Democrats think they’re striking out at the rich, they’re actually jeopardizing the retirement portfolios of millions of middle-income Americans. Firemen, police officers, and teachers, to name a few, are all represented by the big state and city pension funds. And these funds are heavily invested in the hedge and private-equity funds that the Democratic tax machine is targeting. Is this fact lost on the Democrats? And don’t they realize that two out of every three voters in recent elections owned stocks — either directly or indirectly? Are they attempting to commit political suicide?

If the Democrats get their way, job creation will be adversely affected, too. Clearly, you can’t create new jobs in the private sector unless there’s a new or expanding business to create those jobs. And since new and expanding businesses require capital for investment funding, if you tax that capital more, you get less investment and fewer jobs.

In short, you can’t have capitalism without capital. The process works for “rich people” and the middle class.

Whenever Democrats wage war against the rich, the middle class becomes the collateral damage. This may be the law of unintended consequences, but it is something this Congress fails to understand.

2007-07-01 06:49:41 · 5 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

2007-07-01 06:47:33 · 11 answers · asked by briana t 1 in Military

2007-07-01 06:47:08 · 20 answers · asked by M 2 in Immigration

2007-07-01 06:43:59 · 10 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7 in Politics

instead of goods made in the USA?

2007-07-01 06:38:51 · 14 answers · asked by Darth Vader 6 in Politics

My husband is trying to become a SGT. He already turn in his application and did the testing. Well in 2003 he got into a fight and was caught drinking when he was 19. Of course its on his military record. He has been out of trouble ever since then. Do you know if that can affect him for getting SGT. Right now he is so stressing it. Any help out there???? What do military really look at when they pick SGT????

2007-07-01 06:38:22 · 2 answers · asked by jenny21gon 2 in Military

Or, are they following the heard?

2007-07-01 06:35:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Them I hear it all the time .
When the poor are mentioned its always the fault of who . You know those people who .
When racism is mentioned it always the fault of those people you know the ones we tried to help .
When people want a better health system it is always those people who cause problems .
Everything would be fine if those people where not here illegally and those people would get educated and go to work .
Those people I here are to blame for everything wrong .
Those people do not go to church you know .
Those people are not like us after all .
Those people will not adapt to our way of life will they .

After all its those people the liberals who are causing all the trouble right .

Those people are not like us are they .
Their skin is different or they do not have the faith we do or love this country enough to support our leader who ever he is .
Those people just need to leave .
Then we can build our own houses cars boats and cut our own lawns and paint our homes

2007-07-01 06:34:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

really self explanitory...

2007-07-01 06:31:22 · 7 answers · asked by $.KillaH 1 in Elections

2007-07-01 06:30:09 · 18 answers · asked by Chicago 4 in Immigration

Do you think he is a loyal americano or a commie in disguise? I personally see his ideas as patriotic and eye openers! No one else seems to care enough to contradict the goverment ,that by the way is very un-American!!

2007-07-01 06:29:50 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Do you think democrats (tax everyone up to their eyeballs), libertarians (eliminate most taxes) and republicans (somewhere in the middle) can find consensus? Should we stop spewing hatred at each other and try to have a rational discussion about taxes, government size and its role, and a plethora of other issues from a standpoint that a resolution of a particular issue should benefit everyone? Do you think it's possible? Should we have a national ongoing campaign to move the country in that direction? United we stand works better in my opinion.

2007-07-01 06:28:52 · 3 answers · asked by Jay S 3 in Politics

as they and the brits,russia,the west in general say then why do we not have peace?if everybody wants it why is it so hard to achieve?is it becauseYou force your peace down the throats of those who dont believeYou?and whose peace will it be?Yours or theirs?and i thought peace came from within not from without?and how does one accept Your peace when Your tanks and warplanes are in their country?

2007-07-01 06:27:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

this is amazing to me?

2007-07-01 06:26:13 · 7 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Military

Rupert Murdoch (Fox News owner) probably has Citizenship in:

Israel
US
Russia
Australia
France
China


Wow!!! No wonder the US is so ***** up

2007-07-01 06:25:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

was it the arabs? some other ppl from an unarab country? americans? i know some think it was set up by Bush but someone still had to take over the planes

2007-07-01 06:24:05 · 23 answers · asked by Southern Princess 3 in Politics

much that is wrong in our country....when republicans have had complete control of government for the past six years? How did you do it? Is Cris Angel a liberal pulling off a mass illusion?

2007-07-01 06:23:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-01 06:21:23 · 10 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7 in Politics

is suicide legal in any country...quick help me out...is it legal and allowed in any country...i need it for my assignment

2007-07-01 06:17:10 · 10 answers · asked by Gaurab N 3 in Law & Ethics

He once called Jesus his favorite political philosopher.Does that work through in his policy descisions?Please cite bible verses if possible

2007-07-01 06:10:00 · 20 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7 in Politics

Issue of Religion and Government .
All I'm asking is that you look it up for yourself . No twist no spin .

And then post a rational explanation for it , because when you find it , it will be quite clear what Jefferson was talking about. . . HINT : It had absolutely NOTHING to do with separation of church and state .

But I know the Liberals won't believe me and that's why I want them to look it up for themselves .

2007-07-01 06:09:21 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics