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OK. But I also indulge myself

Flavius — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:13:33 +0000

In reply to To second what Aunt Sam is

OK.

But I also indulge myself in occasional quotes of poems. Mostly, but not always, somewhat related to current issues.

So beware!

To second what Aunt Sam is

Verified Atheist — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:37:06 +0000

In reply to I'm flattered by the

To second what Aunt Sam is saying, don't consider non-controversial (on dag, at least) with being sterile. Sure, a good Ron Paul post will generate a lot of comments, and do have their place, but it's often the things we have less of an opinion about (exactly because we have less knowledge about) that are more useful to think about.

I can understand, but the

Aunt Sam — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:35:04 +0000

In reply to I'm flattered by the

I can understand, but the truth is there is so much info spread over hundreds of posts that it is impossible to 'keep up' with the flow of factual data.

I come to these blogs in an effort to become better informed. Posts like this one are on point, concise and provide me with knowledge that I need and utilize both in making decisions and to share with others. (I don't consider these types of posts sterile, in fact quite the opposite - very fertile and productive.)

Again, appreciate.

I'm flattered by the

Flavius — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:16:18 +0000

In reply to Thanks for this. Would you

I'm flattered by the suggestion. I'm simply not knowledgeable enough to be a truth squad.That said, it's useful to know that you'd like me to do so. I'm uncomfortable using up dagblog space with something as sterile as providing a second life here for stuff first posted elsewhere.

Thanks for this. Would you

Aunt Sam — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:50:52 +0000

In reply to In case you actually prefer facts

Thanks for this. Would you please consider doing this often, highlighting various topics that have been so perverted or misunderstood (and not just by Repubs, but others too).

i.e. - Facts about the Keystone Pipeline, Healthcare issues, domestic and foreign budget, et al. Timely matters. Rumor control as it were. I know it's much to request, but sure would be appreciated and greatly needed.

Happy New Year.

Or to expand on

Flavius — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:33:00 +0000

In reply to As long as you are fact

Or to expand on PeraclesPlease: VOTERS DO NEED TO KNOW that if you sell a $400,000 home there will NOT be a $15,200 tax bill.

And this bill is NOT set to screw the retiring generation. Unlike the email you quoted. Which was intended to cause them to vote against their own interests.

Lucky you came here to check the facts. They're wrong.

And yes it is important that in November 2012 you don't vote for people like the group who attempted to mislead you.

Unless of course you actually agree with them and you are misleading us.

No, it's not true. It's a tax

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:29:38 +0000

In reply to As long as you are fact

No, it's not true.

It's a tax on >$500K *PROFIT*. So if you buy a house for $1 and sell it for $500K, there's still no tax. If you sell it for $600K, you pay 3.8% on $100K, or $3762.

As long as you are fact

Resistance — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:42:51 +0000

In reply to In case you actually prefer facts

As long as you are fact checking..... is this one true?

(Sent to me by email, by a group seeking my vote)

“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes,” President Obama, September 12, 2008

Beginning January 1, 2013, ObamaCare imposes a 3.8% Medicare tax on unearned income of “high-income” taxpayers which could apply to proceeds from the sale of single family homes, townhouses, co-ops, condominiums, and even rental income, depending on your individual circumstances and any capital gains tax exclusions. Importantly, the “high income” thresholds are not indexed for inflation so will reach increasing numbers of middle-class taxpayers over time.
VOTERS NEED TO KNOW.

If you sell a $400,000 home, there will be a $15,200 tax. This bill is set to screw the retiring generation who often downsize their homes. Does this make your November and 2012 vote more important?

Two things that particularly

Flavius — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:52:00 +0000

In reply to There is no Social Security

Two things that particularly bother Republicans are:

o Not accepting W's explanation that there is no social security Trust Fund. And

o Endangering the social security Trust Fund by extending the reduction in its withholding tax.

There is no Social Security

NCD — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:08:19 +0000

In reply to In case you actually prefer facts

There is no Social Security Trust Fund libtards! George W. Bush, April, 2005:

“A lot of people in America think there is a trust — that we take your money in payroll taxes and then we hold it for you and then when you retire, we give it back to you,” Bush said in a speech at the University of West Virginia at Parkersburg.
“But that’s not the way it works,” Bush said. “There is no trust ‘fund’ — just IOUs that I saw firsthand,” Bush said...

Bush was just telling the truth, GOP style. For Republicans, gov't IOU's and 'trust funds' are just a scam to fleece small fry suckers who pay payroll taxes.