Comments on: Mind-reading…

By: RS Janes

RS Janes — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:12:04 +0000

Grim, you’re going to hate this, but in Norway they pay about 70 percent of their income in taxes. However, for this they have free health care, subsized rent and mortgage payments (rents are a quarter of what they are in the average large US city), unemployment compensation for as long as you are out of work, good public education where the kids speak several languages fluently, no homeless people, less crime, especially violent crime, corporate power checked by government regulation, clean streets, clean elections, clean food, clean air, clean water and, amazingly, a fairly small government that works in the best interests of the people rather than special interests like multi-national corporations and the wealthy elite. (They also, BTW, do not live in fear of being attacked by Mideast terorrists since they mind their own business.) The Norwegians are among the healthiest and most prosperous people on earth, and actually have a higher standard of living and lower infant mortality rate than we do.

And, incidentally, they are a democracy, so they could vote out their ‘socialist’ government any time they want to — the thing is, they don’t want to.

By: zenferret

zenferret — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:27:54 +0000

Um didn’t Bart say “I think” rather than claiming absolute certain knowledge?

By: grimgold

grimgold — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:52:49 +0000

Rainlander, “some taxes” ????
In case you’ve been living on a desert island in far out Liberal Land, kindly allow me to inform you – we pay at least half of our earnings to the federal and various state and local govts. This “a little more” has been going on until it has begun to hurt the economy.
In fairness to you I also add GW certainly didn’t help things by expanding govt dramatically by signing every spending bill to cross his desk for five years.
We need smaller govt and lower taxes. What we have now is rediculous, no matter what your beloved Hillary says.
Most people realise this which is one reason the Huckster (who I don’t like, by the way) went from nothing to first place in Iowa. His fairtax is touching a nerve. People want more control over their own money.
It’s absurd that the husband works to pay the bills and the wife works to pay the taxes.
We need change. Now.
Grim

By: Rainlander

Rainlander — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:31:22 +0000

They Hate Hillary,
And everybody knows that: A Hater Hates for the sake of hatred and hatreds sake.
It does not matter what She does, it will be wrong according to their priciples which are based on their authoritarian standing and they’ll spend any sum of other peoples money to proclaim it 24/7 on the hatred media.
They’ll hate her in church and over a round of golf and they’ll share a round of hate with
dry martinis at lunch and after hours.
The stronger She appears the more they feel threatened,Show any emotion and she is a hysterical fembot nazi.
They Hate her because They imagine that the good times are almost over and They loath the prospect of paying some taxes to a government they publicly despise and the rest of us who are neccasary but just happen to be in their way, Q.E.D. America.
If I were Her I would offer them a one way ticket to any place on earth they want to go,gratis,on the house.

By: Bart

Bart — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:23:14 +0000

I took a guess at her motives
and I labed is as such.

Besides, wjhat I’m railing again is this bullshit:

“She thinks she’s so smart.” and
“She did that to send a signal that
she’s secretly a Bush-backer.”

Mind-readers are either guessing or
they’ve spoken to God and are just
telling us what He said.