tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post115932321256417676..comments2023-11-05T03:20:46.695-05:00Comments on The Ostroy Report: Al Franken Rips Tony Blankley a New One on MSNBC's HardballThe Ostroy Reporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04955421147082736335noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159880319100218362006-10-03T08:58:00.000-04:002006-10-03T08:58:00.000-04:00DEMOCRATS STOP SMOKING!!AL GORE CLAIMS YOU SMOKERS...DEMOCRATS STOP SMOKING!!<BR/><BR/>AL GORE CLAIMS YOU SMOKERS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTING GLOBAL WARMING!!<BR/><BR/>IF YOU SMOKE, YOU ARE RUINING THE EARTH FOR MY CHILDREN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159365436579655592006-09-27T09:57:00.000-04:002006-09-27T09:57:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159815815720185922006-10-02T15:03:00.000-04:002006-10-02T15:03:00.000-04:00To 1:11 -- What the Dems have, very much unlike t...To 1:11 -- What the Dems have, very much unlike the Republicans, is the intelligence, experience and common-sense-ability to foresee probable outcomes if certain actions are taken, based on the understanding of cause and effect. I hope you remember how this administration was unable to do that before it invaded Iraq and the hideous consequnces that will cost them the coming election. It's an ability the Republicans should at least try to acquire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159809096432282022006-10-02T13:11:00.000-04:002006-10-02T13:11:00.000-04:009:51, To have any FACTS to back up your incorrect...9:51,<BR/> To have any FACTS to back up your incorrect analysis?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159797067262999002006-10-02T09:51:00.000-04:002006-10-02T09:51:00.000-04:00Transactions under the Fair Tax would be like tran...Transactions under the Fair Tax would be like transactions of illegal drugs. Criminal. And look how unsuccessful we've been stopping those illegal consumer transactions. In fact, as we sadly know, many of the law enforcement people become engaged in profiting from those drug dealings. Of course it's true drug dealers don't pay income tax now, but all of that would change if all drugs, instead of just alcohol, were to become legal. Then the IRS could do its job. To solve illegal immigrants not paying taxes - deport.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159796533211746242006-10-02T09:42:00.000-04:002006-10-02T09:42:00.000-04:00Keeping commercial transactions legal is A LOT eas...Keeping commercial transactions legal is A LOT easier than tracking individual incomes and expecting individuals to truthfully report income.<BR/><BR/>The fairtax also collects taxes when illegal aliens and people who work under the table purchase items. These people NEVER pay taxes under the current tax code.<BR/><BR/>The fairtax removes the Congressional ability to 'buy' votes and to perform the democratic favorite social engineering via taxation.<BR/><BR/>Support the FairTax!<BR/><BR/>Call your representatives and tell them to SUPPORT THE FAIRTAX!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159756535353118402006-10-01T22:35:00.000-04:002006-10-01T22:35:00.000-04:00The Fair Tax is not fair. The income tax is fair a...The Fair Tax is not fair. The income tax is fair although it now needs revision. Can you just imagine the force needed to keep all commercial transactions legal so that the "fair tax" is collected? That would be more complicated and less effective than the IRS. What is in it for you guys pushing it? You have a bridge you want to sell to dopes who fall for your Fair Tax?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159541186998483232006-09-29T10:46:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:46:00.000-04:00Thank you for sharing your insight freedem. Everyb...Thank you for sharing your insight freedem. Everybody needs to understand what you say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159537497359155282006-09-29T09:44:00.000-04:002006-09-29T09:44:00.000-04:00...and what if you are a gazillionaire and decide ......and what if you are a gazillionaire and decide to take a year off? You pay no taxes that year except earned interest? You can fly your private jet all over the earth, causing more global warming than most countries. <BR/><BR/>Taxation based on income is not 'fair'. Taxation based on 'consumption' is fair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159502033542613982006-09-28T23:53:00.000-04:002006-09-28T23:53:00.000-04:00A Fair tax.5% on the first 100k10% on the second15...A Fair tax.<BR/>5% on the first 100k<BR/>10% on the second<BR/>15% on the third and so onto the old maximum of 90%.<BR/>You can take actual expenses off the top but tax breaks come off the bottom.<BR/><BR/>Note that no matter how many gazillion dollars you make you only pay 5% on the first 100k etc., so everybody pays the same taxes.<BR/><BR/>I will gladly pay 90% tax on my second million I make this year as long as everybody else does too. If we make that second mil of course.<BR/><BR/>That would be a fair, simple, and equitable tax.Freedemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11258226225035507448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159500655912712442006-09-28T23:30:00.000-04:002006-09-28T23:30:00.000-04:00Libertarians are frauds, because they are all for ...Libertarians are frauds, because they are all for smaller Official government with a semblance of transparency and accountability But a larger oligopoly with no transparency or accountability.<BR/><BR/>Privatized Government is still government, only you got no power.<BR/><BR/>If a decision is made that affects your life, that IS Your Government.<BR/><BR/>If you are charged for the privlige, that is Taxes. <BR/><BR/>If you have no say in the decision, That is Tyranny!<BR/><BR/>Think about that the next time your employer changes medical insurance and the new one decides that you don't get your old doctor or meds.<BR/><BR/>Oh!, and on actual topic hurray for Al, He will make a great Senator. His intelligence and understanding rise above even his AA brethren.Freedemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11258226225035507448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159452087843201782006-09-28T10:01:00.000-04:002006-09-28T10:01:00.000-04:00If the FairTax should become law, call your poor m...If the FairTax should become law, call your poor mother and tell her to find the nearest "blackmarket" merchant, probably a Republican, so she won't have to pay 28% percent of her purchase in taxes. Don't call your rich uncle - he'll already know where the merchant is. In fact, he may be the blackmarket salesman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159447264788460582006-09-28T08:41:00.000-04:002006-09-28T08:41:00.000-04:00SUPPORT THE FAIRTAX!!!Call your representatives an...SUPPORT THE FAIRTAX!!!<BR/><BR/>Call your representatives and tell them to support The FairTax Act (H.R. 25, S 25)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159400467170913142006-09-27T19:41:00.000-04:002006-09-27T19:41:00.000-04:00"...he might as well be Repububican - he's loved b..."...he might as well be Repububican - he's loved by them ..."<BR/><BR/>Republicans love Johnny too, does this make Johnny Republican?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159394896397255872006-09-27T18:08:00.000-04:002006-09-27T18:08:00.000-04:00Johnny is absolute right. How dare that nut overt...Johnny is absolute right. How dare that nut overtake Ostroy's blog to get to the blog's readers with his harangue on taxes. That is not surprising from someone as obnoxious as he is when he appears on talk shows. And, he might as well be Repububican - he's loved by them as is Lieberman because he supports most of their agenda. And by the way he spued that tax junk on every article still avaialbe on this blog. Talk about rude agression.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159393544193267992006-09-27T17:45:00.000-04:002006-09-27T17:45:00.000-04:00Boortz is not a Republican. He's a registered Lib...Boortz is not a Republican. He's a registered Libertarian. You know, a party that unlike the Democrat and Republican parties believes in small government and limited spending.<BR/><BR/>Support The FairTax!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159387447976649912006-09-27T16:04:00.000-04:002006-09-27T16:04:00.000-04:00Boortz is nothing more than a Republican wing nut ...Boortz is nothing more than a Republican wing nut spreading his crap on Andy's blog. Stick to your blabber on the radio and get off the blogs, we don't like you on the air waves and we sure as hell don't like you on the blogs. <BR/><BR/>Anon 10;42, you are right, it has NOTHING to do with the topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159378739722308502006-09-27T13:38:00.000-04:002006-09-27T13:38:00.000-04:00anonymous 10:24, You obviously did not read the e...anonymous 10:24,<BR/> You obviously did not read the entire statement from Neal Boortz. If you did, you would see that the FairTax relieves all households of the responsibility for paying sales taxes on the basic necessities of life through a rebate system. Nobody pays federal taxes on the basic necessities of life.<BR/><BR/> Those who save the money they earn, don't get taxed. Those who spend the money they earn, get taxed on their consumption. The FairTax is truly the only tax reform plan that completely eliminates the responsibility for the payment of any federal taxes whatsoever on the poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159368121381963212006-09-27T10:42:00.000-04:002006-09-27T10:42:00.000-04:00with all due respect, what does the tax issue writ...with all due respect, what does the tax issue written above have to do with Al Franken and Tony Blankley's exchange last night?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159367065874050712006-09-27T10:24:00.000-04:002006-09-27T10:24:00.000-04:00Deducting the same percentage of taxes from all in...Deducting the same percentage of taxes from all incomes is not fair or humane. Say, a flat tax of ten percent was deduced from everybody as a mean of simplification and "fairness." Ten percent is a far greater "chunk" of a lower yearly income than for someone, say, who earns $250,000 plus, or even 50,000. THe FairTax suggested above again favors the very rich. You people who want to do in the poor forget that any country is only as strong as its weakest link. And, if I were to go a step further into the area of values and religion, you know that Christians are admonished to "Feed the poor."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159363203133109252006-09-27T09:20:00.000-04:002006-09-27T09:20:00.000-04:00Ostroy -- How com it's thumbs up for Franken for a...Ostroy -- How com it's thumbs up for Franken for an angry defense and yesterday it was thumbs down for Clinton doing the same?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159363182266843752006-09-27T09:19:00.000-04:002006-09-27T09:19:00.000-04:00I can't wait till there's an available clip of thi...I can't wait till there's an available clip of this. Thanks for the post! I think it's crucial for progressives to make some noise. Playing it safe into November is a sure way to lose the race.<BR/><BR/>-Craig Houghton<BR/>http://leversandpulleys.com/blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159359099618953532006-09-27T08:11:00.000-04:002006-09-27T08:11:00.000-04:00I saw it and I agree totally with the poster above...I saw it and I agree totally with the poster above and Andy.<BR/><BR/>However, my concern lies with how the Repubs will cheat regarding the voting machines and suppressing the vote.<BR/><BR/>Are we prepared to fight for the correct vote counts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1159329365480588152006-09-26T23:56:00.000-04:002006-09-26T23:56:00.000-04:00...and so Bubba's tantrum caused the tide to turn ......and so Bubba's tantrum caused the tide to turn and now others have the fire to start fighting back against the conservative spin/lies machine...<BR/><BR/>How sweet it is!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>You go President Bill, Keith Olbermann, Al Franken and the rest of you. It is sweet music to our ears and we're behind you..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com