09/18/11 - DVCers Take Over the Dream (S.S. Member Cruise 2011) - Thread #6

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

We have 3/2 1500 sq ft

What does that 3/2 mean?? Three bedrooms?? Two baths??

Yes ma'am! It sho is!

Were you able to get ahold of Derrick?

 

[lpotter]

Got the rubber boots, went down in the crawl, wiggled the pump a bit and it turned on!! Now it needs to pump 1500 square feet of 6 in deep water! Maybe someone could do the mathematics on that and come up with total gallons of water.

Yes, but how many feet of head and how many horse is the pump?

 

[friends with mickey]

The DISboard GODs have spoken,

Was it the DISboard Gods or the lurker behind the curtain?

Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[friends with mickey]

Congrats on 1000

Thank you Wall-e

 

[lilliansmommy]

(Kelly)...I offered her my "key" option for her bday, but she didn't want it...

Yes I did. Still do. Just haven't been on in a while.

 

[mlholster]

Good evening everyone. Hope you all had a great weekend, we did.
We went to our local parade and clapped for all the Vets in the parade. It was really good to see. Many people yelled out thank you, to that I say Amen. Thank you to all our Vets
I've been trying real hard to keep up with ya all Love all the talk.

 

[lilliansmommy]

Yes ma'am! It sho is!

Were you able to get ahold of Derrick?

Nope, haven't called him yet. I will shoot him out an email tomorrow!!

 

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

 

[friends with mickey]

Yes and it is lonely out here tonight

 

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

Yes and it is lonely out here tonight

So I've noticed.

 

[friends with mickey]

So I've noticed.

I guess the usual suspects are recovering from last night's posting marathon

 

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

I guess the usual suspects are recovering from last night's posting marathon

The flurry of posting was mind blowing!

 

[friends with mickey]

The flurry of posting was mind blowing!

Just reading all those posts was exhausting

 

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

This morning I checked to see if there was any activity last night and about dropped the PB&J I was making for the kid's lunch!

 

[Truffle]

If you are tired of all the taxes you have to pay in this country then take a look at THE FAIR TAX. It's an alternative to the tax code we have now. It would completely replace what we know today about how to pay taxes. It would eliminate every single Federal tax and the IRS and replace it with a national sales tax and a prebate program to reimburse you for taxes spent on necessary items needed to live.

On the surface, it sounds good. That being said, 30 - 35% is pretty steep for taxes, especially when it is repressive. It takes a much greater amount of money from those who are at the lower end of the economic scale than it does from the ones who are better off. Additionally, the price of things won't change, because businesses won't drop the prices just to allow for the tax cost, which makes everything immediately cost that (tax amount) more. And the city and state sales taxes won't go away, because those entities still need those income streams. So we end up with a real tax rate of closer to 42 - 45%. The Fair Tax is only revenue neutral if everybody keeps buying the way they do now, which cannot happen due to the extra cost of everything. It would take many, many years for consumer goods to get back to their current level of purchasing numbers, if ever...

Don't get me wrong, I believe that our tax system is broken, but I don't think that is the best solution.

 

[friends with mickey]

Wall-e was a one man wrecking crew.

 

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

Wall-e was a one man wrecking crew.

Yeah he was! I wish he'd pop on now and help us get to the next / !

 

[Truffle]

Wall-e was a one man wrecking crew.

Nope, he had help from the west coast women...

 

[Truffle]

And with that, I am off to bed. 5:30 is WAY too early!

 

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

On the surface, it sounds good. That being said, 30 - 35% is pretty steep for taxes, especially when it is repressive. It takes a much greater amount of money from those who are at the lower end of the economic scale than it does from the ones who are better off. Additionally, the price of things won't change, because businesses won't drop the prices just to allow for the tax cost, which makes everything immediately cost that (tax amount) more. And the city and state sales taxes won't go away, because those entities still need those income streams. So we end up with a real tax rate of closer to 42 - 45%. The Fair Tax is only revenue neutral if everybody keeps buying the way they do now, which cannot happen due to the extra cost of everything. It would take many, many years for consumer goods to get back to their current level of purchasing numbers, if ever...

Don't get me wrong, I believe that our tax system is broken, but I don't think that is the best solution.

Sounds to me that we could have an interesting debate about this!! But just not here, I'm sure the Mods would delete the posts!